Family: Anton Edward Kotas, Jr. / Gertrude Deaver (F2178)

• Father | Male Anton Edward Kotas, Jr.

  
  

  Born	29 Mar 1897	Glengary Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska
  Died	27 Oct 1985	Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska
  Buried
  Married	22 May 1923  [1]	Lodgepole, Cheyenne County, Nebraska  [1]
  Father	Anton Kotas, Sr. | F1483 Group Sheet
  Mother	Antonie Volmut | F1483 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Gertrude Deaver

  
  

  Born	9 Dec 1900	Gilead, Thayer County, Nebraska
  Died	25 Mar 1993	Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska
  Buried
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Child 1 | Male Donald Robert Kotas

  
  

  Born	29 Feb 1924	Fillmore County, Nebraska
  Died	22 Oct 2006	Wylie, Dallas County, Texas
  Buried

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Phyllis Jean Kotas

  
  

  Born	20 Dec 1925	Fillmore County, Nebraska
  Died	29 Jan 2015	Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska
  Buried		Geneva Public Cemetery, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska
  Spouse	George Alexander Engle | F13732
  Married	25 Apr 1946	Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska

  
  

  Child 3 | Female Living

  
  

  Born
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	Living | F3395
  Married

  
  

  Child 4 | Female Faye Ann "Fazey" Kotas

  
  

  Born	5 Sep 1932	Tobias, Saline County, Nebraska
  Died	15 Jan 2024	York, York County, Nebraska
  Buried
  Spouse	Francis "Fritz" Greenlee | F11115
  Married	12 Apr 1958	Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Gertrude and Anton met when she was teaching school in Milligan. Gertrude later gave up teaching in Milligan, and moved to Venango, Nebraska. One weekend in May, 1923, Anton packed his suitcause and model T and drove to Vanango. He and Gertrude motored down to Sidney, got a ring and a marriage license, and were married in the newly built Catholic Church in Lodgepole. Gertrude's brother, Joe DEAVER and a school teacher friend, Leatha GIBSON, were the witnesses. After their marriage, they headed east to their farm home south of Milligan. They lived on their farm for 62 years, moving into a house in Geneva in July, 1985. Anton lived their with Gertrude for only two months before he passed away. Gertrude moved to Geneva and made her new home with daughter Phyllis Jean ENGLE. (Milligan, p 348

  
  

• Sources

  [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 348 (Reliability: 3).