Wayne Edward Koessl, 95, of Pleasant Prairie, WI passed away on Monday, August 12, 2024, the same day as his wife of 74 years, Patricia Koessl.\u00a0 Wayne graduated from Mary D. Bradford High School and served in the United States Navy during the Korean War.\u00a0 He was a lifelong Kenosha resident who was deeply committed to the community, serving on the Pleasant Prairie Plan Commission and the Kenosha County Board.\u00a0 Wayne worked for WE Energies for 64 years.\u00a0 He was initially hired as a tree trimmer and spent the next six decades ascending through the company.\u00a0 Wayne also served as the president of the Wisconsin Counties Association, chairman of the Board for the Wisconsin Retirement System, and on the board of the Shalom Center and the United Way of Kenosha.\u00a0 Wayne called Pat his soulmate and was endlessly proud of his family.<\/p>\n
Wayne was preceded in death by his parents and 6 siblings.\u00a0 He is survived by his three sons, Jeffrey R. Koessl (Kathy), Roger A. Koessl (Debra), and Thomas C. Koessl (Kathleen \u201cKacey\u201d); his four grandchildren, Ryan A. Koessl (Tricia), Michael W. Koessl, Christine M. Koessl (Maurice Gordon), and Rachel A. Gardinier (Ryan); and his four great-grandsons, Easton, Oubre, Tanner and Jamir (\u201cJJ\u201d).\u00a0 He looked forward to welcoming an additional grandson and two great-grandchildren in 2024.<\/p>\n
A visitation honoring the life of Wayne will be held on Sunday, August 18, 2024 from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the Piasecki Funeral Home, 3720 39th Ave., Kenosha, WI.<\/p>\n
An additional visitation will be held on Monday, August 19, 2024 at St. Mary\u2019s Lutheran Church, 2001 80th<\/sup> St., Kenosha, WI from 9:00 a.m. until the time of service at 10:00 a.m.<\/p>\n El entierro, con todos los honores militares, tendr\u00e1 lugar en Sunset Ridge Memorial Park.<\/p>\n In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate donations to the Shalom Center, 4314 39th<\/sup> Ave., Kenosha, WI 53144 https:\/\/www.shalomcenter.org\/<\/a> or to St. Mary\u2019s Lutheran, 2001 80th<\/sup> St., Kenosha, WI 53143 https:\/\/www.stmaryslutheran.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wayne Edward Koessl, 95, of Pleasant Prairie, WI passed away on Monday, August 12, 2024, the same day as his wife of 74 years, Patricia Koessl.\u00a0 Wayne graduated from Mary D. Bradford High School and served in the United States Navy during the Korean War.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":7625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"service-location":[],"class_list":["post-11083","obituary","type-obituary","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/obituary\/11083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/obituary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/obituary"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"service-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service-location?post=11083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}