Kurt Miska

Born May 16, 1935 in Mineola, New York, he was the son of German immigrants Hans Oscar and Eva Elizabeth (Bertsch) Miska. At two months of age, with the heightened tension between Germany and the rest of the world, it was hard to find work in the United States, so the family moved from New York back to Germany. Kurt lived his early years outside of Berlin attending school and speaking German as his main language. Kurt was able to return to the US in 1947 and resided with foster parents until his parents were able to return in 1950. He was a man of many hobbies and interests, he was a model train enthusiast, photographer, he enjoyed woodworking, gardening, and amateur radio. He was a car enthusiast. He enjoyed his Ferrari and even wrote a book about them that can be bought on Amazon still today. In addition, he wrote countless articles for train and car magazines and was editor of the ETE Express. He loved to read, especially books about physics, space and aerospace. He and his wife enjoyed to travel. Kurt worked as a technical writer for Penton IPE as well as Climax Molybdenum. He was a member of St. Mary’s Student Parish.

Kurt is survived by his wife Paula (Tuohy) Miska of Ann Arbor; son Paul Miska and his wife Kathleen of Novi; daughter Evelyn Krieger and her husband Jonathan of Ypsilanti; one brother Herbert Miska and his wife Donna of Orchard Park, NY and grandsons, Owen and James Miska and Nicklas Krieger.