John-Koski-Obituary

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John Arthur Koski

Springfield, Missouri, Missouri

Mar 30, 1950 – Feb 24, 2023

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March 30, 1950
DIED
February 24, 2023
LOCATION
Springfield, Missouri, Missouri

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Duyck & VanDeHey Funeral Home - Tanasbourne Obituary

John Arthur Koski, 72, went home to be with the Lord February 24, 2023, in Springfield, Missouri after facing the challenges of ALS for the last couple of years. John, the son of Lucille (Yungen) Koski and W. Arthur Koski was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He grew up in Corvallis, Oregon where...

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John was my husband Robert's and my friend. John and I met in Singapore where I used to live and he led us in a series in physical exercises at our Methodist Adult Fellowship. We became good friends and I even got to visit John, his parents and sister Marilyn in Corvallis in 1982. He had visited our home in Bronson with his sons when they were little and another time by himself. We had spoken on the phone a few times when he was enroute to Orlando for conferences. I have good memories of our...

He was a missionary of missionaries!!

I not only knew John A. Koski. I went to "CHS" Corvallis High School Or., with him. He was a great swimmer and a friend in ones life. No one could have a better friend the John as a friend. We will all miss you John.

I have known John since the summer of 1968 when we met as instructors for the National Cheerleading Association. He was a 'wild & crazy' guy - full of fun and antics. We have been in touch ever since. He stopped to visit several times over the years and I attended a church service in June 2019 where, as Guest Speaker, he shared his extensive missionary work. He has been an inspiration to me and I will miss his encouraging, faith-filled messages. My last text from John was February 4th. I had...

I am a grade school through highschool friend of John's. I too came to the Lord. I admired his mission and supported him. He was God's man.

I met John when he gave classes in exercises at my Singapore Church(Wesley Methodist Church). After he left Singapore, we kept in touch by mail and I had the honor of visiting John, his parents and his sister in 1982. John and his young sons visited my family and I later on and John was our house-guest another time. We are saddened by his passing but know that John is having a good time with Jesus, his Lord. I can see, in my mind's eyes, John speaking with Jesus. Our sympathies to the...

John was a classmate at Corvallis High School. We didn't run in the same circles so I didn't know him well. I did learn later that he was taking the good news of Jesus Christ around the world and that makes him a brother in Christ. See you in heaven, John.