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Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rudolph married Lenoris M. Elznic on 16 Feb 1952. Lenoris (daughter of Anton F. "Fred" Elznic and Mary Paroubek) was born on 12 Jun 1931 in Tobias, Saline County, Nebraska; died on 29 May 1998 in Fillmore County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lenoris graduated from Tobias High School in 1949. She attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and has a Masters' in Education. She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma and delegate to their International Convention in Indianapolis. (Milligan, 277).She married a Girmus. (Milligan, p. 362).

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Married:
Lenoris and Rudy have three daughters: Jean (Mrs. Jerry Maruska of Kearney), Sherri (Mrs. Carrol Landis of Lincoln), and Nancy of Omaha. They have four grandchildren: Todd and Candice Maruska and Sarah and Shauna Landis. (Milligan, p 277).

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Obituary (from FindAGrave)

James J. Girmus was born April 13, 1883 near Milligan, Nebr. He died at the General Hospital in Geneva on Friday morning, March 26, 1943, at the age of 59 years, 11 months, and 19 days.

October 29, 1907, he was married to Anna Matejka. To this union twelve children were born, Joe is in the Army overseas, Emil, Jim, Mrs. Ervin Odvody; Mrs Hubert Koehn, Ed, Frank, Bill, and the rest at home*. five grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Albert Simacek, also survive. His brothers, Frank and Emil, preceded him in death.

He has farmed all his life in Fillmore County, except five years in Wyoming where he took up a homestead.

* also includes John, Rudolph, Raymond, and Adolph.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Nebraska, Fillmore County, Madison Township
Enumerated 22 Apr 1930
ED 30-22 SD 11 Sheet 5B
113-113
Girmus Edward Hd M W 21 S Ne Ne Ne Farmer
114-114
Girmus, James Hd M W 47 N 27 Ne Mich Czech Farmer
Girmus, Anna Wf F W 38 M 18 Ne Ne Ne
Girmus, Frank Son m W 19 S Ne Ne Ne Laborer Farm
Girmus, William Son M W 17 S Ne Ne Ne Laborer Farm
Girmus, James Son M W 15 S Ne Ne Ne
Girmus, Mildred Dtr F W 13 S Ne Ne Ne
Girmus, Emil Son M W 11 S Ne Ne Ne
Girmus, Joe Son M W 9 S Ne Ne Ne
Girmus, Arlin Son M W 7 S Ne Ne Ne
Girmus, Helen Dtr F W 5 S Ne Ne Ne
Girmus, Rudolph Son M W 3 1/12 S Ne Ne Ne
Girmus, Raymond Son M W 6/12 S Ne Ne Ne

James married Anna "Annie" May Matejka on 29 Oct 1907. Anna (daughter of Vaclav "James" Matejka and Anna Simacek) was born on 11 Oct 1891 in Fillmore County, Nebraska; died on 30 Jul 1971 in Fillmore County, Nebraska; was buried in Bohemian Brethren Cemetery (AKA Cesky Bratri Cemetery), Fillmore County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star
August 1, 1971, Page 7D

Girmus, Anna, 79, Geneva died Friday. Survivors: sons, Rudy, Frank, both of Ohiowa, Edward, Sutton, William, Milligan, James, Friend, Emil, Johnnie, both Geneva, Joe, Tobias, Raymond, Lincoln, Adolph, Omaha; daughters, Mrs. Ervin (Mildred) Odvody, Milligan, Mrs. Hubert (Helen) Koehn, Geneva; sister, Mrs. Albina Stych, Cordova; 31 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Monday, Farmer-Harris Funeral Home, Geneva. The Rev. John E. Stayton. North Cemetery, Milligan.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, December 2013)

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Married:
James and Anna spent all of their lives farming in Nebraska except for a few early years in their marriage when they were homesteading in Chugwater, Wyoming. They had twelve children: Edward, Frank, William, James, Mildred who married Ervin Odvody, Emil, Joe, John, Helen who married Hubert Koehn, Rudolph, Raymond, and Adolph. (Milligan, p 277).

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He attended rural school #85 in Saline County. As a young man, he earned his living by working on threshing crews and corn shelling crews. During the harvest time, the hired men slept in a hayloft or hay rack. On 5 September 1918, he enlisted in the U.S. Army. He was a private in the Model Machine Gun Company A, 163rd Battalion and was stationed at Camp Hancoda in Georgia. During basic training, he contracted the influenza that was sieging the country, and was unable to embark overseas with this company. He received an honorable discharge at Camp Dodge, Iowa on February 28, 1919. After his discharge, he engaged in farming west of Geneva. Anton worked with horses, and had many scars that resulted when he was breaking the young colts. He was in a threshing crew with the Spicka brothers, Joseph Herynk and Ed Kuss. To supplement the farm income during the depression, he used his team of horses to help with WPA road construction in Saline County (Milligan, pp 265-266).

Anton married Mary Paroubek on 19 Jan 1926 in Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska. Mary was born on 22 Aug 1908 in Plzen, Bohemia; died on 25 Jul 1996 in Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska; was buried on 29 Jul 1996 in Bohemian Brethren Cemetery (AKA Cesky Bratri Cemetery), Fillmore County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Daughter of Mike Paroubek and Marie Korensky. Mary and her mother embarked on their transatlantic journey, to join Mary's father Mike who had previously emigrated, from Breman, Germany aboard the Loyd. They were processed through Ellis Island, and journeyed by train to the Vencil Ruzicka farm. Mary attended rural school district #85 in Saline County, graduating from the Milligan Schools. (Milligan, p 266).


Elznic- Mary, 87, Milligan, died Thursday (7/25/96) in Geneva. Survivors: son, Larry, Geneva; daughters, Lenoris Girmus, Ohiowa, Loren Buzek, Exeter; sister, Emilye Girmus, Friend; 11 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great-grandchildren.

Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, Farmer & Son Funeral Home-Kotas Chapel, Milligan. Milligan North Cemetery. Visitation: begins 1 p.m. Sunday, funeral home. Memorials in care of family.

(Courtesy of Dennis Belohlavy, Lincoln Star Journal Archives)