When Frances Minnie Pawlak was born on 6 April 1898, her father, Andrew or Andron Pawlak, was 37 and her mother, Mary Anna Cierzan, was 33. She married Francis Kostuch on 27 October 1925, in Pine Creek, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States for about 15 years. She died on 26 August 1970, in Winona, Winona, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Saint Marys Cemetery, Oakridge, Winona, Minnesota, United States.