Joseph F. Fosko
AGE: 74 • Moore Twp., formerly of Manville
Joseph F. Fosko, 74, of Moore Township, formerly of Manville, NJ and Catawissa, PA, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 22, 2012 at home, surrounded by his loving family. He was the husband of Rosalie M. (Genelow) Fosko with whom he shared 51 years of marriage last May 14. Born in West Wyoming, PA on September 16, 1937, he was a son of the late Frank and Mary (Smith) Fosko. Joseph was a graduate of West Wyoming High School class of 1955. He later attended Bloomsburg University where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree and Master of Education. A life-long educator, Joseph was a school teacher and coach for more than 25 years at Franklin High School in Somerset, NJ, before retiring in 1994. He coached football, boys and girls basketball, and softball. Coach Fosko was part of the coaching staff for the 1984 New Jersey State Football Championship Team. Previously, he taught at Southern Columbia High School.
In addition to his loving wife, Rosalie, he is survived by his children, sons, Joseph Fosko and his wife, Denise and James Fosko both of Moore Township; daughter, Cynthia F. Rasavage of Moore Township; eight (8) grandchildren, Joseph, Yana, Nicholas, Edward, Brian, Elizabeth, Emily and Dylan; brothers, Robert Fosko and his wife, Theresa of Warrington, PA and Frank Fosko and his wife, Maryann of West Wyoming, PA, along with many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a brother, Charles Fosko.
His Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 11:00 A.M. in the Parish of Saint Monica, 363 West 8th Street, Wyoming, PA 18644. Friends and relatives are invited to call on Wednesday evening from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. in the George G. Bensing Funeral Home, Inc., 2165 Community Drive, Route 946, Village of Moorestown-Bath, PA 18014. Interment will follow in the Mount Olivet Cemetery, Carverton (Luzerne County).
