Art was the basketball coach and Driver's Ed instructor at Goshen High School.
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Arthur J. Cosgrove, Sr.
Feb. 8, 1912 - March 29, 2005
SOUTH BEND -- Art Cosgrove Sr., 93, of Eastlake Terrace, Elkhart, died at 2 a.m. Tuesday (March 29, 2005), at Holy Cross Care and Rehabilitation Center, South Bend, where he had been admitted on March 18 after a stroke.
He was born Feb. 8, 1912, in Elizabeth, N.J., to John and Mary (Hennessy) Cosgrove. He married Rita Gantner on Oct. 5, 1940. She died Aug. 7, 1989. He married Bernadine Felske on May 5, 1992. She survives in Indianapolis, along with one son, the Rev. Art (Marty) Cosgrove Jr. and one daughter, Carol (Larry) Munger of Elkhart; four grandchildren, Tammy Elswick of Middlebury, Keli Hansen of Bothell, Wash., Shantelle Ellis of Middlebury and Chad Green of Redding, Pa.; and three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Edgar, Harold and Walter Cosgrove, and one sister, Ruth.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Yoder-Culp Funeral Home, 1911 S. Main St., Goshen, where services will take place at 10 a.m. Friday with his son, Pastor Art Cosgrove Jr. of Richland Bible Church, officiating. Burial will follow at Violett Cemetery, Goshen.
Art was a graduate of Butler University, where he played basketball and captained the 1937-38 team. After teaching one year at Sacred Heart High School, Indianapolis, he began his coaching career in 1939 at Evansville Reitz Memorial. He was 132-25 in seven season and captured the National Catholic championship with his 1941 team. He then moved to the college ranks and coached St. Joseph College in Rensselaer, Ind., where his teams compiled a 66-41 record. Art then moved back to high school coaching and compiled a 57-39 record at Tipton High School and a 39-21 record in three seasons at Franklin High School. He moved to Goshen High School in 1959 to take over a program that had only two winning seasons in 16 years and compiled a record of 183-111 before retiring from coaching in 1972. He was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978, with a lifetime record of 477-237, which ranked him in the top 10 coaches in the state at the time of his retirement.
Online condolences may be sent at yoderculpfuneralhome.com.
ART COSGROVE, Coached Goshen basketball, 1960-1973
Art restored the GHS basketball program, after a drought which saw the Skins go without a sectional title since 1942. It took Cosgrove just three years to win a sectional crown, until 1963, then he not only repeated in 1969, but also won the Regional behind the great John Ritter. GHS lost to FW North at the semi-state in the afternoon. In 13 seasons at Goshen, Cosgrove won 183 of 294 games, developing such players as Ritter, Jay Miller, Chuck Cotton, Randy Saal and others. Prior to Goshen, Art coached one year at Indianapolis Sacred Heart; Evansville Reitz six years, and St. Joseph College, Tipton High and Franklin High four years each. Elected to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978, he has a 32-year coaching record of 477 and 236. Art played basketball at Indianapolis Cathedral, was captain and Catholic All-American, and played in the National Catholic Tournament in Chicago as a senior. He played at Butler University for the legendary Tony Hinkle and was captain his junior and senior seasons.
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Arthur J. Cosgrove, Sr.
Feb. 8, 1912 - March 29, 2005
SOUTH BEND -- Art Cosgrove Sr., 93, of Eastlake Terrace, Elkhart, died at 2 a.m. Tuesday (March 29, 2005), at Holy Cross Care and Rehabilitation Center, South Bend, where he had been admitted on March 18 after a stroke.
He was born Feb. 8, 1912, in Elizabeth, N.J., to John and Mary (Hennessy) Cosgrove. He married Rita Gantner on Oct. 5, 1940. She died Aug. 7, 1989. He married Bernadine Felske on May 5, 1992. She survives in Indianapolis, along with one son, the Rev. Art (Marty) Cosgrove Jr. and one daughter, Carol (Larry) Munger of Elkhart; four grandchildren, Tammy Elswick of Middlebury, Keli Hansen of Bothell, Wash., Shantelle Ellis of Middlebury and Chad Green of Redding, Pa.; and three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Edgar, Harold and Walter Cosgrove, and one sister, Ruth.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Yoder-Culp Funeral Home, 1911 S. Main St., Goshen, where services will take place at 10 a.m. Friday with his son, Pastor Art Cosgrove Jr. of Richland Bible Church, officiating. Burial will follow at Violett Cemetery, Goshen.
Art was a graduate of Butler University, where he played basketball and captained the 1937-38 team. After teaching one year at Sacred Heart High School, Indianapolis, he began his coaching career in 1939 at Evansville Reitz Memorial. He was 132-25 in seven season and captured the National Catholic championship with his 1941 team. He then moved to the college ranks and coached St. Joseph College in Rensselaer, Ind., where his teams compiled a 66-41 record. Art then moved back to high school coaching and compiled a 57-39 record at Tipton High School and a 39-21 record in three seasons at Franklin High School. He moved to Goshen High School in 1959 to take over a program that had only two winning seasons in 16 years and compiled a record of 183-111 before retiring from coaching in 1972. He was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978, with a lifetime record of 477-237, which ranked him in the top 10 coaches in the state at the time of his retirement.
Online condolences may be sent at yoderculpfuneralhome.com.
ART COSGROVE, Coached Goshen basketball, 1960-1973
Art restored the GHS basketball program, after a drought which saw the Skins go without a sectional title since 1942. It took Cosgrove just three years to win a sectional crown, until 1963, then he not only repeated in 1969, but also won the Regional behind the great John Ritter. GHS lost to FW North at the semi-state in the afternoon. In 13 seasons at Goshen, Cosgrove won 183 of 294 games, developing such players as Ritter, Jay Miller, Chuck Cotton, Randy Saal and others. Prior to Goshen, Art coached one year at Indianapolis Sacred Heart; Evansville Reitz six years, and St. Joseph College, Tipton High and Franklin High four years each. Elected to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978, he has a 32-year coaching record of 477 and 236. Art played basketball at Indianapolis Cathedral, was captain and Catholic All-American, and played in the National Catholic Tournament in Chicago as a senior. He played at Butler University for the legendary Tony Hinkle and was captain his junior and senior seasons.
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Art was the basketball coach and Driver's Ed instructor at Goshen High School.
Published in the Elkhart Truth
Arthur J. Cosgrove, Sr.
Feb. 8, 1912 - March 29, 2005
SOUTH BEND -- Art Cosgrove Sr., 93, of Eastlake Terrace, Elkhart, died at 2 a.m. Tuesday (March 29, 2005), at Holy Cross Care and Rehabilitation Center, South Bend, where he had been admitted on March 18 after a stroke.
He was born Feb. 8, 1912, in Elizabeth, N.J., to John and Mary (Hennessy) Cosgrove. He married Rita Gantner on Oct. 5, 1940. She died Aug. 7, 1989. He married Bernadine Felske on May 5, 1992. She survives in Indianapolis, along with one son, the Rev. Art (Marty) Cosgrove Jr. and one daughter, Carol (Larry) Munger of Elkhart; four grandchildren, Tammy Elswick of Middlebury, Keli Hansen of Bothell, Wash., Shantelle Ellis of Middlebury and Chad Green of Redding, Pa.; and three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Edgar, Harold and Walter Cosgrove, and one sister, Ruth.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Yoder-Culp Funeral Home, 1911 S. Main St., Goshen, where services will take place at 10 a.m. Friday with his son, Pastor Art Cosgrove Jr. of Richland Bible Church, officiating. Burial will follow at Violett Cemetery, Goshen.
Art was a graduate of Butler University, where he played basketball and captained the 1937-38 team. After teaching one year at Sacred Heart High School, Indianapolis, he began his coaching career in 1939 at Evansville Reitz Memorial. He was 132-25 in seven season and captured the National Catholic championship with his 1941 team. He then moved to the college ranks and coached St. Joseph College in Rensselaer, Ind., where his teams compiled a 66-41 record. Art then moved back to high school coaching and compiled a 57-39 record at Tipton High School and a 39-21 record in three seasons at Franklin High School. He moved to Goshen High School in 1959 to take over a program that had only two winning seasons in 16 years and compiled a record of 183-111 before retiring from coaching in 1972. He was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978, with a lifetime record of 477-237, which ranked him in the top 10 coaches in the state at the time of his retirement.
Online condolences may be sent at yoderculpfuneralhome.com.
ART COSGROVE, Coached Goshen basketball, 1960-1973
Art restored the GHS basketball program, after a drought which saw the Skins go without a sectional title since 1942. It took Cosgrove just three years to win a sectional crown, until 1963, then he not only repeated in 1969, but also won the Regional behind the great John Ritter. GHS lost to FW North at the semi-state in the afternoon. In 13 seasons at Goshen, Cosgrove won 183 of 294 games, developing such players as Ritter, Jay Miller, Chuck Cotton, Randy Saal and others. Prior to Goshen, Art coached one year at Indianapolis Sacred Heart; Evansville Reitz six years, and St. Joseph College, Tipton High and Franklin High four years each. Elected to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978, he has a 32-year coaching record of 477 and 236. Art played basketball at Indianapolis Cathedral, was captain and Catholic All-American, and played in the National Catholic Tournament in Chicago as a senior. He played at Butler University for the legendary Tony Hinkle and was captain his junior and senior seasons.
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Arthur J. Cosgrove, Sr.
Feb. 8, 1912 - March 29, 2005
SOUTH BEND -- Art Cosgrove Sr., 93, of Eastlake Terrace, Elkhart, died at 2 a.m. Tuesday (March 29, 2005), at Holy Cross Care and Rehabilitation Center, South Bend, where he had been admitted on March 18 after a stroke.
He was born Feb. 8, 1912, in Elizabeth, N.J., to John and Mary (Hennessy) Cosgrove. He married Rita Gantner on Oct. 5, 1940. She died Aug. 7, 1989. He married Bernadine Felske on May 5, 1992. She survives in Indianapolis, along with one son, the Rev. Art (Marty) Cosgrove Jr. and one daughter, Carol (Larry) Munger of Elkhart; four grandchildren, Tammy Elswick of Middlebury, Keli Hansen of Bothell, Wash., Shantelle Ellis of Middlebury and Chad Green of Redding, Pa.; and three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Edgar, Harold and Walter Cosgrove, and one sister, Ruth.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Yoder-Culp Funeral Home, 1911 S. Main St., Goshen, where services will take place at 10 a.m. Friday with his son, Pastor Art Cosgrove Jr. of Richland Bible Church, officiating. Burial will follow at Violett Cemetery, Goshen.
Art was a graduate of Butler University, where he played basketball and captained the 1937-38 team. After teaching one year at Sacred Heart High School, Indianapolis, he began his coaching career in 1939 at Evansville Reitz Memorial. He was 132-25 in seven season and captured the National Catholic championship with his 1941 team. He then moved to the college ranks and coached St. Joseph College in Rensselaer, Ind., where his teams compiled a 66-41 record. Art then moved back to high school coaching and compiled a 57-39 record at Tipton High School and a 39-21 record in three seasons at Franklin High School. He moved to Goshen High School in 1959 to take over a program that had only two winning seasons in 16 years and compiled a record of 183-111 before retiring from coaching in 1972. He was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978, with a lifetime record of 477-237, which ranked him in the top 10 coaches in the state at the time of his retirement.
Online condolences may be sent at yoderculpfuneralhome.com.
ART COSGROVE, Coached Goshen basketball, 1960-1973
Art restored the GHS basketball program, after a drought which saw the Skins go without a sectional title since 1942. It took Cosgrove just three years to win a sectional crown, until 1963, then he not only repeated in 1969, but also won the Regional behind the great John Ritter. GHS lost to FW North at the semi-state in the afternoon. In 13 seasons at Goshen, Cosgrove won 183 of 294 games, developing such players as Ritter, Jay Miller, Chuck Cotton, Randy Saal and others. Prior to Goshen, Art coached one year at Indianapolis Sacred Heart; Evansville Reitz six years, and St. Joseph College, Tipton High and Franklin High four years each. Elected to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978, he has a 32-year coaching record of 477 and 236. Art played basketball at Indianapolis Cathedral, was captain and Catholic All-American, and played in the National Catholic Tournament in Chicago as a senior. He played at Butler University for the legendary Tony Hinkle and was captain his junior and senior seasons.
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