Gertrude Deaver

1900 - 1993  (92 years)

• Name	Gertrude Deaver  [1]
  Birth	9 Dec 1900	Gilead, Thayer County, Nebraska   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	25 Mar 1993	Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska
  Notes	The daughter of James DEAVER and Hester McGREGOR. Gertrude was teaching in Lodgepole, Nebraska, and has planned to return to Kearney State College, when her Uncle Bill DEAVER, informed her of a second grade teaching position in Milligan. He was the superintendent of school in Milligan. (Milligan, p 348).
  Person ID	I3822	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2022

  
  

  Family	Anton Edward Kotas, Jr.,   b. 29 Mar 1897, Glengary Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska d. 27 Oct 1985, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska (Age 88 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
  Children	1. Donald Robert Kotas,   b. 29 Feb 1924, Fillmore County, Nebraska d. 22 Oct 2006, Wylie, Dallas County, Texas (Age 82 years)   2. Phyllis Jean Kotas,   b. 20 Dec 1925, Fillmore County, Nebraska d. 29 Jan 2015, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska (Age 89 years)   3. Living   4. Faye Ann "Fazey" Kotas,   b. 5 Sep 1932, Tobias, Saline County, Nebraska d. 15 Jan 2024, York, York County, Nebraska (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F2178	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2022

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 9 Dec 1900 - Gilead, Thayer County, Nebraska Marriage - 22 May 1923 - Lodgepole, Cheyenne County, Nebraska Death - 25 Mar 1993 - Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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