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[Lloyd Colston]

Joseph (Joe) Merrill Schlosser, age 88, passed away at the Veterans 
Center in Claremore, Oklahoma, on Sunday, April 8, 2007.  Joe was born 
April 22, 1918 in Celina, Ohio, and was a resident of Vinita for 
forty-eight years.

He was preceded in death by his wife Delores (Dee) Schlosser of 61 years 
on November 30, 2002, his parents Lothar and Helena Schlosser of Celina, 
Ohio, and one sister, Marcie Schlosser Kolp of Van Wert, Ohio.

  Mr. Schlosser attended Business College in Alliance, Ohio, and served 
in the United States Army Air Corp in World War II as a member of the 
Army Air Corp Band. After the war, he was employed by Mersman Brothers 
Corporation as a sales representative for over 35 years.  Upon his 
retirement, Joe was an avid Amateur Radio operator and a volunteer for 
the Navy-Marine Corps Military Affiliate Radio System.  One of his loves 
was music, and for many years he was the music director at the Holy 
Ghost Catholic Church in Vinita.  Throughout his life he was a devoted 
husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather to his family.

Survivors include his sons, Mike Schlosser and wife Polly of Plano, 
Texas, and John Schlosser and wife Jo Ann of Vinita; a daughter, Mary 
Joan (Jodie) Keener of  Rougemont, North Carolina; grandsons, John C. 
Schlosser of Rowlett, Texas, and Parke J. Keener, of Houston, Texas; 
granddaughters, Michelle Ironside of Vinita, and Stephanie Downey of 
Vinita; great-grandsons Jack Ethan Schlosser and Collin Joseph Schlosser 
of Rowlett, Texas, and Kyle Downey of Vinita; two brothers, Richard 
Schlosser of Houston, Texas, and William Schlosser of Celina, Ohio; and 
several nieces and nephews.

Rosary services will be held at 7:p.m Friday at Luginbuel Chapel.

Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. at Holy Ghost Catholic Church, with 
Father Alex Kennedy officiating.  Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Luginbuel Funeral Home. 
  Contributations can be made to the National Kidney Foundation.





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Lloyd Colston       Mayes County Emergency Management
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