Frances Charlene Main Cossa
Frances Charlene Main Cossa
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Charlene loved to travel, her favorite places were Alaska, Yosemite and she never met a beach she didn't love!
Charlene met her husband Gary in high school and went on to marry him a bit later in life. She moved to Oregon in 2004 to be closer to her daughter.
Charlene is survived by her daughter Charlotte "Susie" Allsop, Grandson and Grand-daughter-in-law, Jake and Rachel Allsop. Stepsons Gary Cossa and Louis (Stephanie) Cossa, Sister-in-law, Edwina Main, niece Sharyn (Jim), nephews James (Maria) and Joel, great-niece Caity.
Charlene will be greatly missed by those who loved her, she had a wonderful sense of humor and love of life.
She was preceded in death by her husband Gary and brother James Main.
Funeral services were held at the Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, OR on July 24, 2025.
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