The Malkos
Posted By thecircusblog on November 7, 2010
Please comment if you know anything about this troupe. Read comment below, by Sandra Duke Vogel. Also a fine comment by Judy Yanez.
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This looks like an early picture of the Flying Malkos.
On the far right is Mike and the lady is his wife June.
I don’t remember/know the two younger men.
They were on the Gray Circus around 1953-55 or so. They did a special double
Flying Act in 1954 with Bill & Peggy Dunn, Billy Dale Woods.Beverly Duke and Tony Steele.
(this is where Tony Steele first got his start as a flyer).
PeeWee say’s the tall man is Russell Nafis and the short guy is Jeep Milen.
PeeWee say’s the tall man is Russell Nafis and the short guy is Jeep Milen..
The catcher of the Flying Malkos was my uncle Michael Kociuk. He was married to June who is the lovely blonde woman in this picture
Niece of the late Michael Kociuk catcher from the trapeze group—The Flying Malkos
Beautiful photo with my uncle Mike and Aunt June–wish I had seen more of them when I was growing up–RIP Uncle Mike and Aunt June–from your niece–Karen Kociuk
Michael Kociuk, was my uncle, who I was named after, as well as my first son. June was his wife and Tony Steele the flyer in their professional trapeze troupe, The Flying Malkos. Mike was a very kind, generous man who was laid to rest in Windsor, Ontario, Canada with a U.S. Militay bronze plaque headstone. Loved, missed and held in highest regards by all.