Donald Robert Kotas

1924 - 2006  (82 years)

• Name	Donald Robert Kotas  [1]
  Birth	29 Feb 1924	Fillmore County, Nebraska   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Oct 2006	Wylie, Dallas County, Texas   [2]
  Notes	SSN 507-22-3524
  Person ID	I20425	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2022

  
  

  Father	Anton Edward Kotas, Jr.,   b. 29 Mar 1897, Glengary Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska d. 27 Oct 1985, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Gertrude Deaver,   b. 9 Dec 1900, Gilead, Thayer County, Nebraska d. 25 Mar 1993, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	22 May 1923	Lodgepole, Cheyenne County, Nebraska   [1]
  	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
  Family ID	F2178	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 29 Feb 1924 - Fillmore County, Nebraska Death - 22 Oct 2006 - Wylie, Dallas County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 348 (Reliability: 3). [S548] Belohlavy, Dennis (belohdb@windstream.net) "Family Tree of Dennis L. and Rebecca J. "Becky" (Arnold) Belohlavy ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=belohlavy, (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=belohlavy).