Kosloske, John T.

John T. Kosloske was born in December 1907, in Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. He was raised in a family of nine children. His parents came to Chicago, Illinois from Prussia, Germany in 1884 and later moved to Sauk Rapids. He started out in politics in 1928 as a Justice of the Peace, a position which he held until he was elected to the Minnesota State legislature for the 1949, 1951, and 1953 sessions. In 1936 he married Marcela Brunz of Leroy, Minnesota. He had stepchildren, Dorothy and William. In 1965 he was elected mayor of Sauk Rapids where he served from 1966 to 1967. He passed away on February 4, 2004.