Viola Frances Kalina

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Viola attended District #57 County School, graduating from the 8th grade. Viola worked on her parents farm and later did housekeeping and took care of her Uncle Jim Bedlan's children, Leonard and Angeline, after his wife died. (Milligan, p 235).

SSN 490-30-9090

Viola married Frank Fred Capek on 25 Jul 1933 in Wilber, Saline County, Nebraska. Frank (son of Frank J. Capek and Mary Matejka) was born on 16 Dec 1909 in Fillmore County, Nebraska; died on 17 Sep 1986 in Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri; was buried in Ozark Memorial Gardens, Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
They were married at the Wilber Courthouse. Witnesses were Evelyn Kalina, sister, and Otto Fujan, close friend. Frank and Viola went to the Black Hills on their honeymoon. On March 1, 1939, because of the depression, they packed their belongings on a trailer behind a Model A and drove southeast to look for work. They stopped in St. James, Missouri, and went to work on the Karl Grebl farm. They lived there until June 1940. At that time, they moved to the Jack Aston dairy farm east of Rolla, Missouri. During World War II, several cousins and friends from the Milligan area were stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri and spent many weekends with Frank and Viola on the dairy farm. They managed the farm unitl 1949, when they moved to Rolla. Frank worked construction, helping to build the Phelps County Hospital. After the hospital's completion, he was hired as a maintenance engineer, and was in their employ from January 1951 until his retirement in January 1976. Viola worked at the Johnson, Stevens and Shinkle shoe factory for more than 13 years, later working for the University cafeteria. (Milligan, p 235).

1. Frank J. Capek was born on 9 Feb 1934; died on 1 Oct 2005 in Missouri.
2. Living

Frank + Barbara Bedlan. Barbara was born about 1888 in Nebraska; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]