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John Kojetin

3 May 1859 – 21 Mar 1944

Birth	3 May 1859
Death	21 Mar 1944
Cemetery	Danvers Cemetery Danvers , Fergus County , Montana , USA
Added by	Anonymous on 14 Feb 2020
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58944254

Bio

John Kojetin was born in about 1859, in Czechoslovakia, to Vaclav (Wencel) and Anna Macholda Kojetin. In July 1865, Vaclav, Anna, and John arrived in America. Sadly, John’s twin sisters, who were born on the ship during the trip to America, died and were buried at sea. The Kojetin family made their first home in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. John’s brother, Wencel John Kojetin, was born in Chicago. A few years later, they left Chicago, and settled on a farm in Scott County, Minnesota, where John’s brother, Frank Kojetin, and his sister, Mary Ann “Maria” Kojetin, were born. In 1878, the Kojetin family sold their farm in Scott County and moved to Beaver Falls Township in Renville County, Minnesota, where John helped his parents build a sod house and farm the land. On 19 April 1882, John married Mary Skoblik, the daughter of Martin and Eva Mazna Skoblik, in the original church in Bechyn, Minnesota. Mary was born on 10 May 1863 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. John and Mary moved to Missouri for a few years; then, returned to the Bechyn area where they purchased a farm. They lived and farmed in the Bechyn area until 1910, when they moved to Montana. Their five children, Walter Martin, John Emanuel, Matthew Charles, Helen Eva, and Stephen Albert, were all born in Henryville Township, Renville County, Minnesota. John Kojetin died at the age of 84, on 21 March 1944, in Lewistown, Fergus County, Montana. John was survived by his wife; four children, Walter of Great Falls, Stephen of Lewistown, Helen (Joe) Barta of Danvers, and Adela (Charles) DeMars of Coffee Creek; nine grandchildren; and, seven great-grandchildren. After a funeral mass at St. Leo’s Catholic Church, John was buried in Danvers Cemetery in Danvers, Fergus County, Montana.

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Family

Parents

• Vaclav "Wencel" Kojetin 1828–1908
• Anna Macholda Kojetin 1828–1918

Spouse

• Mary Skoblik Kojetin 1863–1945

Siblings

• Wencil Joseph Kojetin 1866–1940
• Frank Kojetin Sr 1869–1957
• Mary Ann Kojetin Serbus 1872–1944

Children

• Walter M Kojetin 1883–1972
• John E Kojetin 1885–1934
• Matt C Kojetin 1889–1930
• Helen E Kojetin Barta 1894–1957
• Stephen A Kojetin 1898–1967
• Adela Jenny Kojetin DeMars 1900–1983

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