Joseph D. Cogan's Obituary
Joseph was born in Chicago, Illinois and passed away in Springdale, AR at Circle of Life Hospice. He is survived by his wife Gina of 47 years, sons Nathan, Nick (Meina), and Todd (Tori) Cogan, daughter Stephanie Yates(Daniel); 6 grandchildren, Dominic, Merrick and Westen Cogan, Alyssa, Dallas and Remy Yates; sisters Jeanne Redman and Rita Lochirco; Brother in-law Michael Zeiss (Cathy), mother in-law Esther Zeiss and 10 nieces and nephews.
Joseph served in the US Army Special Forces as a medic and was deployed to SE Asia during the Vietnam war. He became a physicians assistant after the military and spent most of his career caring for Veterans at the VAMC in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
He will be greatly missed until we meet again in Heaven.
In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made to Circle of Life Hospice
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