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Richard David “Rick” Kukuska

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Richard David “Rick” Kukuska

Birth
Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA
Death
19 Nov 2006 (aged 37)
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map
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Richard David Kukuska, 37, of Bay City, died Sunday at United Hospital in St. Paul. He was born on November 25, 1968 in Oakland, California to Stanley and Delphine (Vinge) Kukuska. He attended schools in Maiden Rock and graduated from Ellsworth High School in 1987. In 1989 he graduated from the Red Wing Technical College in the Auto/Light Truck Mechanics program. For six years he was a member of the 544th maintenance Army Reserve Unit out of Wabasha, Minn.

Since 1994 he has been employed at Federal Mogul in Lake City as a machinist. He also raised feeder cattle and grain farmed in the Maiden Rock area. He enjoyed restoring his 1970 Ford truck, for which he received many awards, along with doing carpentry work and spending time with his niece and nephew and other family and friends.

Survivors include his parents of Maiden Rock; one brother, Jeffery (Kristi) Kukuska of Red Wing; one sister, Stacy Kukuska of Maiden Rock; paternal grandfather, Stanley Kukuska of River Falls; one niece, Kaitlynn Kukuska and one nephew, Zachary Kukuska both of Red Wing along with aunts, uncles and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Norman and Hilda Vinge, one aunt, Norma Duffy, paternal grandmother, Jessie Kukuska and one cousin and two uncles.

Richard David Kukuska, 37, of Bay City, died Sunday at United Hospital in St. Paul. He was born on November 25, 1968 in Oakland, California to Stanley and Delphine (Vinge) Kukuska. He attended schools in Maiden Rock and graduated from Ellsworth High School in 1987. In 1989 he graduated from the Red Wing Technical College in the Auto/Light Truck Mechanics program. For six years he was a member of the 544th maintenance Army Reserve Unit out of Wabasha, Minn.

Since 1994 he has been employed at Federal Mogul in Lake City as a machinist. He also raised feeder cattle and grain farmed in the Maiden Rock area. He enjoyed restoring his 1970 Ford truck, for which he received many awards, along with doing carpentry work and spending time with his niece and nephew and other family and friends.

Survivors include his parents of Maiden Rock; one brother, Jeffery (Kristi) Kukuska of Red Wing; one sister, Stacy Kukuska of Maiden Rock; paternal grandfather, Stanley Kukuska of River Falls; one niece, Kaitlynn Kukuska and one nephew, Zachary Kukuska both of Red Wing along with aunts, uncles and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Norman and Hilda Vinge, one aunt, Norma Duffy, paternal grandmother, Jessie Kukuska and one cousin and two uncles.



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  • Added: Aug 5, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94880992/richard_david-kukuska: accessed ), memorial page for Richard David “Rick” Kukuska (25 Nov 1968–19 Nov 2006), Find a Grave Memorial ID 94880992, citing Burnside Cemetery, Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minnesota, USA; Maintained by DDM (contributor 47888166).