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Taisto Edward Koskela 1919 - 2003

Taisto Edward Koskela of Bryant Pond, Oxford County, ME was born on October 23, 1919 at South Woodstock in Woodstock, and died at age 83 years old on June 29, 2003 in Portland, Comté de Cumberland County. Taisto Koskela was buried at Finnish Cemetery 270 Pioneer St, in West Paris, Oxford County.

Taisto Edward Koskela

Bryant Pond, Oxford County, ME 04219

October 23, 1919

South Woodstock in Woodstock, Oxford County, ME, 04219, États-Unis

June 29, 2003

Portland, Comté de Cumberland County, ME, États-Unis

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Introduction

He was born on Mollockett Mountain in South Woodstock on Oct. 23, 1919, a son of Edward and Tilda Kettunen Koskela where he lived his entire life. On June 25, 1941 he married Eleanor P. Stanley. He was a self-employed dairy farmer and woodsman and also drove a local school bus for 19 years. He served as president of the National Co-Op Store, founding member and past president of the Finnish American Heritage Society of Maine, and was current president of the Finnish Cemetary Assoc. At 75 he recieved his GED. He was an avid outdoorsman and a Registered Maine Guide. As a frequent member of the Biggest Bucks of Maine Club he achieved a Grand Slam by tagging a big buck, a moose and a bear at the age of 80. His was a 32 Degree mason. He recently completed a book of his memories. Surviving are his wife Eleanor of 62 years of South Woodstock; three daughters, Elaine Kesaris of Lewiston, Nancy Mason and her husband Earl of South Woodstock and Linda Pulkkinen and her husband, Joel of South Woodstock; a brother, Waito of South Woodstock; two sisters, Helvi Hale of Greenfield, Mass., and Mirja Rainey of West Paris; seven grandchildren, Karen Bennett and her husband Tim, Alex Kesaris, Heather Mason-Tetreault, Tim Mason and his wife Stephanie, Siiri Cressey, Taneli Koskela, and Laina Pulkkinen; six great-grandchildren, Stephanie Bennett, Samantha and Klayton Kesaris, Katrina and Taisto Tetreault and Elijiah Mason.
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1919

Birthday

October 23, 1919

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South Woodstock in Woodstock, Oxford County, ME 04219, États-Unis

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He was born on Mollockett Mountain in South Woodstock on Oct. 23, 1919, a son of Edward and Tilda Kettunen Koskela where he lived his entire life. On June 25, 1941 he married Eleanor P. Stanley. He was a self-employed dairy farmer and woodsman and also drove a local school bus for 19 years. He served as president of the National Co-Op Store, founding member and past president of the Finnish American Heritage Society of Maine, and was current president of the Finnish Cemetary Assoc. At 75 he recieved his GED. He was an avid outdoorsman and a Registered Maine Guide. As a frequent member of the Biggest Bucks of Maine Club he achieved a Grand Slam by tagging a big buck, a moose and a bear at the age of 80. His was a 32 Degree mason. He recently completed a book of his memories. Surviving are his wife Eleanor of 62 years of South Woodstock; three daughters, Elaine Kesaris of Lewiston, Nancy Mason and her husband Earl of South Woodstock and Linda Pulkkinen and her husband, Joel of South Woodstock; a brother, Waito of South Woodstock; two sisters, Helvi Hale of Greenfield, Mass., and Mirja Rainey of West Paris; seven grandchildren, Karen Bennett and her husband Tim, Alex Kesaris, Heather Mason-Tetreault, Tim Mason and his wife Stephanie, Siiri Cressey, Taneli Koskela, and Laina Pulkkinen; six great-grandchildren, Stephanie Bennett, Samantha and Klayton Kesaris, Katrina and Taisto Tetreault and Elijiah Mason.
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2003

Death

June 29, 2003

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Portland, Comté de Cumberland County, ME États-Unis
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Finnish Cemetery 270 Pioneer St, in West Paris, Oxford County, ME 04289, États-Unis
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Taisto Edward Koskela lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.

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