Match! CA: Kostka, Thomas Earl Age: 66 / DOB:

Social Security Death Index

Name: Thomas E. Kostka
SSN: XXXX
Last Residence: 92376 Rialto, San Bernardino, California, United States of America
Born: 13 May 1930
Died: 13 Jan 1997
State (Year) SSN issued: Minnesota (Before 1951)

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California Death Index

Name: Thomas Earl Kostka
Social Security #:
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 13 May 1930
Birth Place: Minnesota
Death Date: 13 Jan 1997
Death Place: San Bernardino
Mother's Maiden Name: Gamst

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US Veteran's Gravesite

Name: Thomas Earl Kostka
Service Info.: SSGT US AIR FORCE KOREA
Birth Date: 13 May 1930
Death Date: 13 Jan 1997
Service Start Date: 18 Jul 1950
Interment Date: 25 Feb 1997
Cemetery: Riverside National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 22495 Van Buren Boulevard Riverside, CA 92518
Buried At: Section 56b Site 701

Former address

US Public Records, Vol. 2

Name: Thomas E Kostka
Birth Date: 13 May 1930
Address: 13 Cedar Ter, Rogers, AR, 72756

1940 Census

Name: John Kostka Senior
Age: 73
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Poland
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Inver Grove, Dakota, Minnesota
View Map
Street: Factory Street
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Inver Grove, Dakota, Minnesota
Residence in 1935: Same House
Citizenship: Naturalized
Sheet Number: 6A
Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 105
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
John Kostka 73 Grandparents
Eleanore Kostka 59
Ann Kostka 25 Aunts
Mildred Kostka 23
Stephen Kostka 38 - Father
Steven Kostka 15 _ Siblings
Margaret Kostka 14
Eleanore 12
Joann 11
Thomas 9 <----Unclaimed

(last 3 children not in Index, but on actual image of film)

Father died in San Bernardino, CA

California Death Index

Name: Stephen Joseph Kostka
Social Security #:
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 25 Dec 1902
Birth Place: Other Country
Death Date: 9 Jul 1986
Death Place: San Bernardino
Mother's Maiden Name: Turka

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Brother died before Unclaimed:

Name: Stephen Leroy Kostka
Social Security #:
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 18 Jun 1924
Birth Place: Minnesota
Death Date: 19 Dec 1986
Death Place: Orange
Mother's Maiden Name: Gampst

Ancestry Tree for the extended family, tree is owned by daughter of Joseph John Kostka, brother of Stephen, the Unclaimed's father.

Unclaimed and his siblings not in the tree

http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/35489957/person/18813068239

Have tracked down possible sister, will send to Raine