Michael Joseph Stropkai

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His gravesite, photo shown at FindAGrave, has a military marker, which is embossed with a cross, and the following: Michael J Stropkai, Alaska, PFC US Army, World War II, Mar 13 1914 - Sept 27, 1972. He is buried near his son, Scotty. His wife, Tin, was cremated in accordance with her wishes.

His listing on the Social Security Death Index has the same dates of birth and death. His account was shown as established in Idaho. A Michael J. Stropkai, born 1914, and a native of West Virginia enlisted at Fort Hayes Columbus, as a resident of Belmont County, Ohio. He was a graduate of grammar school, his civil occupation was that of miner/mining machine operator, and he was 5'10' tall, weighing 150 pounds. The 1920 Federal Census shows a Mike Stropsky, born in West Virginia, and living in Colerain, Belmont, Ohio. He was the youngest son of Mike and Anna Stropsky, both born in Slovakia. Mike Stropsky Sr. was working as a coal miner. His daughter, Michael, emailed that after her father moved to Alaska, he worked as a clerk for the Alaska Railroad for more than 30 years.

Family/Spouse: Tin Lea McLemore. Tin (daughter of Cecil Earnest McLemore and Agnes Evelyn Packer) was born on 21 Feb 1924 in Burkburnett, Wichita County, Texas; died on 18 Jul 2000 in Palmer, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]