Family and Origin
Louis Cukela was the son of Ivan and Jovana (born Bubrić) Čukela. His mother died in 1900. After he had immigrated to the U.S., his father and three sisters remained in Austria-Hungary.
Cukela was married to Minnie Myrtle Strayer of Miflintown, Pennsylvania on December 22, 1923 in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Cukela died on August 10, 1956 just months after Major Cukela. At the time of his death, Major Cukela was also survived by a sister, Mrs. Zorka Cukela Dvoracek, of Šibenik, Croatia.
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