Ridgeway Avenue and Howe Street
Why are so many concrete contractors named Frank?
Born and raised in Richmond, Frank William Kosich (1917-1979) was the son of an Austrian immigrant from Semic, Yugoslavia. He married Kathryn Bettencourt (1921-2007) of El Cerrito in 1940, and they had two children. Their lives were covered in detail by the Richmond Independent, which noted that they lived at 835 31st Street before moving to El Cerrito in 1970, and that he joined the Richmond street department in 1949, became president of the All-Slav Club in 1953, and bid on city paving jobs between 1954 and 1973.
His stamp is rare in Oakland and never dated, but more abundant in the upper East Bay.
