YOSEF SEIFU WAS THE SON OF THE LATE SEIFU GERAGNE AND ASELEFECH WONDEMAGEGNEHU. BROTHER OF THE LATE ASTER SEIFU, EYERUSALEM T/SELASSIE, THE LATE SAMUEL SEIFU, AND YOHANNES SEIFU. FATHER OF SAMSON YOSEF AND THEODROS YOSEF. GRANDFATHER OF ROMAN YOSEF AND ATHENA YOSEF. UNCLE OF THE LATE TSEGAYE MEKONNEN, THE LATE WUBESHET MEKONNEN, HAILE MEKONNEN, NEBIYOU SAMUEL, NEGEDE SAMUEL, NEAMEN SAMUEL, ABRAHAM SAMUEL, DANIEL YOHANNES, MICHAEL YOHANNES, MEAZA MEKONNEN, YORK MEKONNEN, WOUDNESH MEKONNEN, SEHIN MEKONNEN, ELIZABETH MEKONNEN, HANNA MEKONNEN, JOANNA YOHANNES, HELINA HAILU, DABASH HAILU, AND MILLI HAILU.

MR. YOSEF SEIFU WAS BORN IN HARAR - ETHIOPIA ON JANUARY 02,1943. AFTER FIGHTING A CHRONIC ILLNESS IN WAKEFIELD MASSACHUSETTS, MR. YOSEF SEIFU PASSED AWAY ON JANUARY 07, 2023.

MR YOSEF SEIFU HAS GRADUATED WITH AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE FROM WENTWORTH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IN BOSTON MA.

YOSEF SEIFU SERVED IN THE ETHIOPIAN NAVAL FORCE AS A 2ND PETTY OFFICER AND AFTER HE MOVED TO THE UNITED STATES HE WORKED AT THE AMERICAN BELT WRIGHT COMPANY. LATER ON HE OWNED AND OPERATED A TRANSPORTATION BUSINESS.

MR YOSEF SEIFU ENJOYED READING BOOKS, TAKING LONG WALKS AND SWIMMING.

MR YOSEF SEIFU WAS A HIGHLY DISCIPLINED PERSON WITH EXCELLENT WORK ETHICS AND WAS KNOWN FOR HIS PROMPTNESS. HE ALSO HAD A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR AND WAS VERY POLITE AND KIND. FOR WHICH HE WILL BE MISSED BY HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY VERY MUCH.

RELATIVES AND FRIENDS ARE KINDLY INVITED TO ATTEND VISITING HOURS AT THE JF WARD FUNERAL HOME, 772 BROADWAY, EVERETT, ON WEDNESDAY, JAN 11 ^TH FROM 4 TO 8 PM, FOLLOWED BY A FUNERAL MASS ON THUSDAY, JAN 12 ^TH IN IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH, 487 BROADWAY, EVERETT, FROM 9 AM TO 11 AM. SERVICES WILL CONCLUDE WITH INTERMENT IN WOODLAWN CEMETERY, EVERETT.