JAMES WILSON COST 3/10/1924 - 12/01/2011 Jim was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma to Rev. and Mrs. William Thomas Cost.
He had five brothers and one sister who have all preceded him in death. He was educated in the Oklahoma Public Schools, Riverside City College, USC, Berkley, University of Wisconsin, University of Chicago, Boeing School of Aeronautics, and the USAF Institute of Technology. He made his home in Riverside since 1960. Jim served 20 years in the USAF and retired as a Major in 1964. He served in WWII and the Korean War. He was awarded a total of eleven Battle Stars and two Arrowheads for Airborne Invasions.
He is survived by his wife Joanne, daughter Dona, son-in-law Ralph Van Hulle, daughter-in-law Beckee Cost grandchildren Derek, Michael Hermon, Shane and Megan Cost, and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his son Dennis Cost in 2006.
Services will be private with Inurnment at Riverside National Cemetery at a later date.
Published in Press-Enterprise on December 16, 2011
He had five brothers and one sister who have all preceded him in death. He was educated in the Oklahoma Public Schools, Riverside City College, USC, Berkley, University of Wisconsin, University of Chicago, Boeing School of Aeronautics, and the USAF Institute of Technology. He made his home in Riverside since 1960. Jim served 20 years in the USAF and retired as a Major in 1964. He served in WWII and the Korean War. He was awarded a total of eleven Battle Stars and two Arrowheads for Airborne Invasions.
He is survived by his wife Joanne, daughter Dona, son-in-law Ralph Van Hulle, daughter-in-law Beckee Cost grandchildren Derek, Michael Hermon, Shane and Megan Cost, and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his son Dennis Cost in 2006.
Services will be private with Inurnment at Riverside National Cemetery at a later date.
Published in Press-Enterprise on December 16, 2011
JAMES WILSON COST 3/10/1924 - 12/01/2011 Jim was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma to Rev. and Mrs. William Thomas Cost.
He had five brothers and one sister who have all preceded him in death. He was educated in the Oklahoma Public Schools, Riverside City College, USC, Berkley, University of Wisconsin, University of Chicago, Boeing School of Aeronautics, and the USAF Institute of Technology. He made his home in Riverside since 1960. Jim served 20 years in the USAF and retired as a Major in 1964. He served in WWII and the Korean War. He was awarded a total of eleven Battle Stars and two Arrowheads for Airborne Invasions.
He is survived by his wife Joanne, daughter Dona, son-in-law Ralph Van Hulle, daughter-in-law Beckee Cost grandchildren Derek, Michael Hermon, Shane and Megan Cost, and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his son Dennis Cost in 2006.
Services will be private with Inurnment at Riverside National Cemetery at a later date.
Published in Press-Enterprise on December 16, 2011
He had five brothers and one sister who have all preceded him in death. He was educated in the Oklahoma Public Schools, Riverside City College, USC, Berkley, University of Wisconsin, University of Chicago, Boeing School of Aeronautics, and the USAF Institute of Technology. He made his home in Riverside since 1960. Jim served 20 years in the USAF and retired as a Major in 1964. He served in WWII and the Korean War. He was awarded a total of eleven Battle Stars and two Arrowheads for Airborne Invasions.
He is survived by his wife Joanne, daughter Dona, son-in-law Ralph Van Hulle, daughter-in-law Beckee Cost grandchildren Derek, Michael Hermon, Shane and Megan Cost, and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his son Dennis Cost in 2006.
Services will be private with Inurnment at Riverside National Cemetery at a later date.
Published in Press-Enterprise on December 16, 2011
Inscription
US AIR FORCE
WORLD WAR II, KOREA
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
