Joseph John Cosgrove

Joseph John Cosgrove, 92 of Sunset Beach, formerly of Brielle, NJ, passed away on Friday, March 27, 2015 in the SECU Hospice House of Brunswick,

Bolivia, NC.

Mr. Cosgrove was born March 11, 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania the son of the late John Michael and Sally Cosgrove. He was a member of Saint Brendan the Navigator, Roman Catholic Church in Shallotte. Mr. Cosgrove served in the African and European Theaters with the US Army as a Ranger during WWII. He received three Purple Heart awards for combat injuries. Mr. Cosgrove was an avid outdoorsman; he loved nature, cooking and his family. He was preceded in death by his wife Anita Jean Cosgrove and a brother Patrick Cosgrove.

Surviving is two sons, Joseph Shawn Cosgrove and wife Leslie of Goshen, New York, and Sean Cosgrove of Glen Mills, Pennsylvania; three daughters, Eileen Ford and husband Gary of Point Pleasant, New Jersey, Collen Cosgrove of Sunset Beach, and Bonnie Jean Brown and husband John of Sarasota, Florida; a sister Mary Weissenger of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; twelve grandchildren including Sean Joseph Ford; and two great-grandchildren.

A celeberation of life will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday April 30, 2015 at St.Peter's Church Point Pleasant Beach, NJ.

Online condolences may be made at www.shallottefunerals.com.

White Funeral and Cremation Service Shallotte Chapel, Shallotte, North Carolina.