OBIT: Joseph KOSHUTE, 2005, Quecreek, Somerset County, PA
  
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  Koshute, Joseph  09/06/05  Daily American 
  
  Joseph Koshute, 80, Quecreek, died Sept. 4, 2005, at Somerset Hospital. Born
  Oct. 29, 1924, in Windber, the son of the late Michael and Mary (Knapp)
  Koshute. Also preceded in death by brothers, George and Andrew and a sister,
  Mary Yankowski. Survived by his wife, the former Betty Lapina; daughter, Mrs.
  Ronald (Theresa) Burkett, Johnstown; brothers, Michael and John Koshute, both
  of Windber and a sister, Mrs. Cy (Elizabeth) Zelenik, Hummelstown. Also
  survived by a number of nieces and nephews. Member of St. Mary Byzantine
  Catholic Church, Windber VFW, American Legion and the Slovak Club. He was an
  avid Windber football fan and a Pittsburgh Pirates fan. U.S. Navy veteran of
  World War II and retired from Bethlehem Steel after 30 years. Friends received
  from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in the Robert H. Halverson Funeral Home.
  A funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in St. Mary Byzantine Catholic
  Church, Windber. Father Gregory Michalisin celebrant. Committal in Somerset
  County Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to Sisters of St. Basil The
  Great, P.O. Box 878, Uniontown, PA 15404. A wake service will be held at 7:30
  p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home.