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George E. Kostich NYC, NY Malone, NY QCWA # 9805 |
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6th America-born [- 1st son ]to Serbian & Hungarian immigrant parents ...
My Dad
+ 1942: Graduate US Border Patrol School, El Paso, Texas - was transferred to Canadian Border, settled in Malone (Franklin co), NY
+ Life-long: : Malone, N.Y. Volunteer Call Fireman
+ Achieved rank of Sergeant, appointed: "acting Chief"of Malone village Police department
+ Founder: "Kit Novelty Company" ~ Juke box Company ~ telephone number:** "Malone ll"
+ W2KHU = Ham radio operator = known simply as "Big George" - Dad, for years, received QSL postal cards mailed from around the world and addressed simply to: "BIG GEORGE, W2KHU, MALONE, NEW YORK" ... Life was so simple back** then!
+ in North Country (Franklin County) his contributions ensured national defense (MARS, FCC examiner, North Country Radio Clubs) -- received "The Fastest Leftie Key Operator" by his peers and students
+ Homeland Security: retired Inspector (US Customs Service division of the U.S. Treasury Department)
My step-mother (Daddy's widow Kathleen) had him cremated in a most uncivilized fashion, within hours after his death. His only child, I was not allowed to view my father's body.
Surviving were his widow Kathleen Fayette-Kositch (they had no children, together).