Gertrude Deaver

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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).

Gertrude married Anton Edward Kotas, Jr. on 22 May 1923 in Lodgepole, Cheyenne County, Nebraska. Anton (son of Anton Kotas, Sr. and Antonie Volmut) was born on 29 Mar 1897 in Glengary Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska; died on 27 Oct 1985 in Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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

1. Donald Robert Kotas was born on 29 Feb 1924 in Fillmore County, Nebraska; died on 22 Oct 2006 in Wylie, Dallas County, Texas.
2. Phyllis Jean Kotas was born on 20 Dec 1925 in Fillmore County, Nebraska; died on 29 Jan 2015 in Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska; was buried in Geneva Public Cemetery, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska.
3. Living
4. Faye Ann "Fazey" Kotas was born on 5 Sep 1932 in Tobias, Saline County, Nebraska; died on 15 Jan 2024 in York, York County, Nebraska.