OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Local businessman and former town official, Joseph D. Mokarzel, 85, of Old Orchard Beach and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, passed away Friday evening in Maine Medical Center in Portland.
He was a former teacher, head football coach and athletic director at Biddeford High School in the 1950s.
He was preceded in death by: two sisters and a brother-in-law, Evelyn Coffey, Beverly and Thomas Geyer.
He is survived by: his wife , Anita; two daughters, “Missy” and Lisa; a son, “JJ” and his wife Karen Mokarzel; a sister, Maureen O’Leary and her husband Anthony; a brother-in-law, Thomas E. Coffey; four grandchildren; two nephews; one niece; and several cousins.
Visitation will be 2-4 and 6-9 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, at the Old Orchard Beach Funeral Home, 36 Portland Ave., Old Orchard Beach. A funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014, in St. Margaret’s Church, Old Orchard Beach.
Those who desire may make memorial donations to the Joseph D. Mokarzel Memorial Scholarship Fund, MAPS Educational Foundation, P.O. Box 303, Old Orchard Beach, ME 04064. Condolences may be sent to oobfuneral@gmail.com.
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