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Father Micah E. Kozoil

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Father Micah E. Kozoil a retired priest of the Diocese of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, died on Tuesday, November 13, 2018, at Saint Anne Home, Greensburg. He was 75 and had been a priest for 42 years.

A son of the late Charles and Susan (Lacey) Kozoil, Father Kozoil was born in Homestead Pennsylvania on August 3, 1943.

He attended elementary school at Saint Michael Archangel, Munhall, Pa., and public high school in Munhall. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and a Master’s degree in Divinity from Saint Vincent Seminary. He later received a Master’s in Education degree and Doctorate in Education degree in Mathematics at Columbia University, New York City.

He was ordained to the priesthood May 22, 1976 at Saint Vincent Archabbey for the Benedictine Order.

He served on the Saint Vincent College faculty, teaching mathematics and was incardinated as a priest of the Diocese of Greensburg May 11, 1994

In 1991, Father Kozoil began serving as parochial vicar of Saint Margaret Mary Parish, Lower Burrell, Pa., and its former chapel in Braeburn.

In 1995, he was appointed pastor of the newly created Church of the Resurrection Parish in northern Indiana County with its worship sites at Clymer, Ernest, Heilwood, Glen Campbell and Rossiter.

He also served as pastor of Saint Mary (Nativity) Parish in Uniontown (2002-10), pastor of Saint Peter Parish, Brownsville, and administrator of Saint Cecilia Parish in Grindstone (2010-12). He served as pastor of Saint Aloysius Parish, Dunbar, from 2012 until his retirement June 27, 2018.

One of Father Kozoil’s hobbies was embroidering liturgical linens and also Mass vestments with Eucharistic symbols, particularly traditional Eastern European Easter basket covers used during Holy Saturday basket blessing services.

Viewing and funeral arrangements are pending.

Arrangements will be announced by the STEPHEN R. HAKY FUNERAL HOME, INC., 603 North Gallatin Avenue Extension, Uniontown, Pa.

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