Donald Robert Koss Obituary

Donald Robert Koss attended Newburgh Free Academy High School in Newburgh, NY. View the obituary, post a memory, or share a photo about Donald Robert Koss.

Graduation Year	Class of 1975
Date of Passing	May 14, 2012
About	Funeral Services for Donald Robert Koss, age 54 of Hattiesburg, MS who passed away Monday, May 14, 2012 will be held Friday, May 18, 2012, at 3:00 PM at Resurrection Life Worship Center, Picayune, MS; Rev. Allen Hickman will officiate. Burial will be in New Palestine Cemetery. Don was born in Albany, New York on August 16, 1957 and lived in Castleton- on-Hudson and Newburgh, New York. In his youth he was active in Pop Warner Little League and Boy Scouts. In 1975 he graduated from Newburgh Free Academy. He attended William Carey College and the University of Maryland Fire Training Academy. A resident of Hattiesburg, he was a firefighter and battalion chief, retired from the Hattiesburg Fire Department. Recognized in 1986 as Fireman of the Year by Insurance Women of Hattiesburg and in 1991 as Outstanding Young Firefighter by the Hattiesburg Jaycees, Don was a certified smoke diver. At the time of his death, he was Curriculum Coordinator and Public Relations Officer for the Mississippi State Fire Academy in Jackson, where he also served as an instructor. He was preceded in death by his father, Harold J. Koss, his godparents, Louise Sylvester and Donald Terry, and numerous aunts and uncles including Lorraine Van De Wal, Arthur Kuhns, Harley Sylvester, Lillian Terry, Herb and Marion Schmidt, Walter and Kay Koss and cousin Mike Reilly. Survivors include his wife, Kathy Forbes Koss, his daughter, Donielle Koss, his grandson, Jaydon Koss, his mother, Muriel Kuhns Koss, his sister, Leann Koss West, his nephew Adam M. West and wife Amanda, his uncle Charles Van De Wal, his aunt Elizabeth Robinson, and numerous cousins throughout the United States. In lieu of flowers, memorials for Don may be sent to the Mississippi Burn Camp Fund or to the Mississippi Academy Fire Academy Memorial Fund, c/o Sandy Mcalister, 1 Fire Academy USA, Jackson, Mississippi 39208. Donald Robert Koss Hattiesburg