Arthur Pogosoff of Mooresville, IN and formerly of Munster and East Chicago, IN passed away on Monday, July 26, 2021.  He is survived by his wife, Mary Lou (nee Wileshal) Pogosoff; daughter, Sharon Pogosoff Mayer; granddaughters, Ava Lyn Mayer, Emma Hope Mayer, devoted son-in-law, Tim Green; sisters, Violet (Frank) Zudock and Helen Pogosoff; and numerous nieces and nephews.  Art was preceded in death by his parents, Koch and Haistan Pogosoff.

Funeral Services will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 5, 2021 at KISH FUNERAL HOME 10000 Calumet Ave. Munster, IN with Rev. Fr. Tavit Boyajian officiating.  Interment will follow at Elmwood Cemetery Hammond, IN.  Visitation will be on Thursday, at the funeral home from 10:00 a.m. until the 12:00 p.m. service.

Art graduated from E.C. Washington High School in 1949 and was employed by the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co.  He enlisted in the U.S. Army at the onset of the Korean War and was assigned to the 501^st Military Police Company of the 1^st Armored Division at Fort Hood, TX, where he graduated as an Honor Student at the Division’s N.C.O. Academy.  Additionally, Art had also served in the Indiana State Guard, the Indiana National Guard and the Army Reserves.  He was also a longtime member of the American Legion Post 369 in East Chicago, IN.

Upon returning from service, he worked as a motor inspector at the company’s Ore Docks and later left to attend Indiana University at Bloomington where he received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Literature and a Master of Science Degree in Education.  Art later taught in the Hammond and East Chicago School Systems for 39 years.

Art was an avid hunter and fisherman his entire life, enjoying fly-in trips to Alaska and the Canadian Wilderness’ remote lakes and rivers.  He particularly enjoyed creating fishing lures which were highly successful in lakes and streams under the name of Lucky Angler Lures.  In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Art’s name to K9s for Warriors.  (k9sforwarriors.com)