Notes:

Birth:
House 28

Sarah married Lojka, Joseph in UNKNOWN. Joseph (son of Lojka, Pavel (Paul) and Lahodná, Terezie Rozálie) was born in 1813 in Šach, South Bohemia, Czech Republic; died before 1868 in Šach, South Bohemia, Czech Republic. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housewife

Notes:

Emil Kouba has year of birth as 1836.

Birth:
House 28

Died:
Residence

Frances married Kouba, Peter on 19 Sep 1852 in Radlice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic. Peter (son of Kouba, Jiří (George) and Plucar, Marie) was born on 12 Jan 1833 in Radlice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic; died on 21 Jul 1909 in Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA; was buried in Jul 1909 in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Blairstown, Benton, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housewife

Notes:

Birth:
House 12

Josefa married Kouba, Jan (John) Frank on 18 Oct 1853 in Velká Lhota, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic. Jan (son of Kouba, Jan (John) and Pribylová, Anna Marie) was born on 1 Jul 1831 in Radlice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic; died on 12 Mar 1908 in Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA; was buried after 12 Mar 1908 in International Cemetery, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer

Notes:

Birth:
House 12

Joseph married Dušková, Anna Veronica in 1863 in Czech Republic. Anna was born on 19 Mar 1844 in Czech Republic; died in 1921 in Benton, Iowa, USA; was buried in 1921 in International Cemetery, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
House 12

Died:
House 12

Notes:

Birth:
House 28

Family/Spouse: Macků, Anna. Anna was born on 22 Jan 1850 in Radlice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
House 2

Died:
House 2

Notes:

Birth:
House 28

Antonette married Jama, Frank in UNKNOWN. Frank was born in 1847 in Radlice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic; died in 1933 in Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, USA; was buried in 1933 in Forestvale Cemetery, Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
House 28

Died:
House 28

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housewife
• Departure: 1870, Radlice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic
• Departure: 1870, Bremen, Germany
• Residence: 1880, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1882, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1896, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1900, Blairstown, Benton, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1910, Leroy, Benton, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1920, Leroy, Benton, Iowa, USA
• Death: 26 Dec 1924, Benton, Iowa, USA

Notes:

!Lived next to 'White School' south of Luzerne, IA per Ted F. Kouba '1920'
pocket daybook held by E. Kouba.
Buried in International Cemetery, Luzerne, Benton County, IA per JF
Thoma.

Birth:
House 28

Anna married Chalupsky, Frank on 9 Dec 1877 in Benton, Iowa, USA. Frank (son of Chalupská, Frank and Kouba, Katherina) was born on 27 Feb 1853 in South Bohemia, Czech Republic; died on 22 Apr 1939 in Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA; was buried after 22 Apr 1939 in International Cemetery, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
House 7

Notes:

Birth:
House 7

Died:
House 7

Notes:

Info from Cedar Rapids Gazette 20 Mar 1941: Funeral service in the Hus Memorial Church and burial in the Linwood cemetery in Cedar Rapids Iowa. She came to the USA when she was 11 years old. E Kouba has funeral bulletin.

Birth:
House 7

Died:
616 Summer Street

Frances married Challed, Antony in 1874 in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA. Antony (son of Celoud, Josef and Celoud, Mrs Mary) was born on 17 Jan 1852 in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA; died on 2 Sep 1905 in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA; was buried in Sep 1905 in Murdoch-Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: Josie

Notes:

She moved to Chandler, Arizona with her husband, Jim Krepela. In August of 1941 the Emil Kouba family (Emil Sr., Laura, Marcella, and Emil Jr.) visited her while on a vacation trip out 'West'. She was very tearful when we left as she felt she would not see Emil Sr. again because she felt she was going to die soon. She was about 85 years old at that time.

Birth:
House 7

Josefka married Krepela, James Vencil "Jim" about 1880 in Tama, Tama, Iowa, USA. James was born on 12 Jul 1856 in Radlice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic; died on 15 Apr 1941 in Chandler, Maricopa, Arizona, USA; was buried in Apr 1941 in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: Charles

Notes:

Birth:
House 7

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Religion: Congregational Church, Belle Plaine, Benton, Iowa, USA

Notes:

Birth:
House 7

Died:
Helen Kopecky's Home

Frank married Melsha, Emma B in 1897 in Iowa, USA. Emma (daughter of Melsha, John and Late, Francis) was born on 30 Mar 1875 in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA; died on 19 Oct 1935 in Blairstown, Benton, Iowa, USA; was buried on 21 Oct 1935 in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Blairstown, Benton, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!Died of measles. Buried in Lutheran Cemetery Luzerne, Benton, IA.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Merchant and Postmaster

Notes:

He and his brother Emil Sr., were merchants and ran the Kouba Bros. store in Luzerne, IA for 45 years. He graduated from Epworth Seminary (Methodist) in 1999. They were two members of a men's quartet in the Blairstown, IA, Methodist Episcopal church. The other two members of the quartet were the Meiners brothers. William was the Luzerne, IA postmaster for many years. He is buried in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Blairstown, IA. He graduated from Epworth Academy, Epworth, Iowa in 1899. He was postmaster at Luzerne for 42 years, retiring in December 1944.

William married Rosburg, Amanda Elizabeth Susana on 9 Nov 1902 in Blairstown, Benton, Iowa, USA. Amanda (daughter of Rosburg, Wulf WILLIAM Frederich and Nieland, Maria Dorothea) was born on 19 Jul 1881 in Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA; died on 9 Mar 1946 in Virginia Gay Hospital, Vinton, Benton, Iowa, USA; was buried on 12 Mar 1946 in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Blairstown, Benton, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Merchant
• Religion: Lutheran
• Baptism: 1887, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA; White School South

Notes:

He died of prostate cancer. He graduated from Epworth Seminary, Epworth, Iowa in 1901. Then he went to Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa with an projected graduation date of 1904. However, in 1903 his Dad offered to buy A. J. Schriver's General Store in Luzerne for him and his brother William if he would drop out of College to help run the store. He went to a banker in Cedar Rapids for advice as to what to do. He wanted to go on and study to be a doctor.The banker advised him to take his Dad's offer, so he did. His Cornell year book shows his picture as ex '04, the year he would have graduated. He was baptised in the White school south of Luzerne. The Congregational circuit rider preacher came to Luzerne from Vining once a month to hold services. He fell off the back of a horse drawn wagon when he was a baby. His parents found him playing in the snow when they came back looking for him. He and his wife were married in the Westinghouse home in Belle Plaine. Mrs. Westinghouse was his wife's sister. He and his brother William were merchants and ran the Kouba Bros. store in Luzerne for 45 years. (From 1903 until 1948.) The store was also a post office for Luzerne. They initiated the first telephone service for the town by connecting he store and the two homes so additional clerks could be called when a lot of customers arrived in the store at the same time. The service expanded to include the rest of the town who asked. Yearly cost for the local service was about $7.50, (in the 1950s) which paid for the services of a full-time operator. He is buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Belle Plaine, Iowa.

Birth:
Family Farm

Emil married Rosburg, Laura Maria on 1 Jan 1908 in Belle Plaine, Benton, Iowa, USA. Laura (daughter of Rosburg, Wulf WILLIAM Frederich and Nieland, Maria Dorothea) was born on 24 Feb 1887 in Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA; died on 9 Oct 1971 in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA; was buried on 13 Oct 1971 in Oak Hill Cemetery, Belle Plaine, Benton, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died of an accidental shotgun wound. Birth date from Frank Kouba Ledger dated 1888. Emil Kouba Jr. has ledger. Yet JF Thoma info indicates a birth date of Dec 1881 with a death date of May 1909. Notes in Laura (Rosburg) Kouba "Our Family History" states that he was buried in the Lutheran Cemetery south of Luzerne, Iowa.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: Joseph
• Occupation: Ditcher
• Departure: 1905, Radlice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic

Notes:

He was buried in the International Cemetery, Luzerne, Benton, IA. He was a 'ditcher'. Info per JF Thoma.
Buried in the International Cemetery, Luzerne, Benton, IA per JF Thoma.

Josef married Makovicka, Rozalie in 1892 in Czech Republic. Rozalie was born in 1864 in Czech Republic; died in 1937 in Benton, Iowa, USA; was buried in 1937 in International Cemetery, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer

Notes:

Buried in the International Cemetery.

Birth:
House 1

Joseph married Macků, Bozena "Bessie" in 1902 in Benton, Iowa, USA. Bozena was born on 9 Aug 1878 in Radlice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic; died on 8 Jun 1974 in Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA; was buried in Jun 1974 in International Cemetery, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Lojka, Antonette in 1893 in Benton, Iowa, USA. Antonette (daughter of Lojka, Frank and Macků, Anna) was born on 12 Apr 1868 in Radlice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic; died on 24 Mar 1899 in Benton, Iowa, USA; was buried in Mar 1899 in International Cemetery, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
House 1

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housewife

Notes:

Birth:
House 2

Antonette married Lojka, Joseph III in 1893 in Benton, Iowa, USA. Joseph (son of Lojka, Joseph II and Dušková, Anna Veronica) was born on 14 Aug 1864 in Zadní Vydrí, South Moravia, Czech Republic; died on 18 Apr 1934 in Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA; was buried in Apr 1934 in International Cemetery, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
House 28

Died:
House 2

Notes:

Birth:
House 28

Notes:

She came to this country when she was 5 years old.

Birth:
House 28

Died:
Home of daughter

Antonette married Mares, Joseph on 11 Sep 1899 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA. Joseph (son of Mares, Jan and Sdomickovo, Terrzie) was born in 1856 in Žamberk, East Bohemia, Czech Republic; died on 15 Apr 1926 in Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, USA; was buried in Forestvale Cemetery, Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emma married Mares, Frank on 26 Apr 1901 in Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, USA. Frank (son of Mares, Jan and Sdomickovo, Terrzie) was born on 24 Jun 1862 in Žamberk, East Bohemia, Czech Republic; died on 11 Dec 1916 in Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, USA; was buried in Dec 1916 in Forestvale Cemetery, Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In later years he had a small gold mine in the side of a mountain South of
Helena. Our family visited him there in 1937.

Died:
Mountain Cabin

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Nov 1881, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1900, Leroy, Benton, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1 Jan 1925, Leroy, Benton, Iowa, USA

Emma married Torrence, Emory Almon on 5 Aug 1909 in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA. Emory was born on 2 Nov 1875 in Linn, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: Charley
• Occupation: Farmer

Notes:

Buried in International Cemetery, Luzerne, Benton, IA per JF Thoma.

Charles married Chalupsky, Mrs Libbie in 1909 in Benton, Iowa, USA. Libbie was born in 1890 in Nebraska, USA; died in 1987 in Benton, Iowa, USA; was buried in 1987 in International Cemetery, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housewife

Notes:

Buried in the International Cemetery. Info per JF Thoma.

Libby married Petersen, John Christian in 1909 in Benton, Iowa, USA. John (son of Petersen, Nels Peter and Eflof, Louise) was born in 1882 in Benton, Iowa, USA; died on 6 Dec 1938 in Lohrville, Calhoun, Iowa, USA; was buried on 9 Dec 1938 in International Cemetery, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Info from Cedar Rapids Gazette 23 July 1910: Funeral service in the residence, 728 F Avenue West, and from the Bohemian Presbyterian church at Ninth Ave and 7th Street. Interment in the Linwood cemetery. E. Kouba has the Funeral record from the funeral director. The funeral cost a total of $254.

Adolph married Nejdl, Emma on 11 Sep 1900 in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA. Emma was born on 1 Dec 1876 in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA; died on 29 Sep 1966 in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA; was buried on 1 Oct 1966 in Murdoch-Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Pharmacist

Notes:

Info from Barta Funeral Home HISTORY SHEET: Druggist in Norway, IA for 25 years and for 20 years in Cedar Rapids, IA.

Died:
East Ave and 2nd Street Northwest

Charles married Sheridan, Bessie A on 27 Dec 1903 in Blairstown, Benton, Iowa, USA. Bessie was born on 2 Aug 1881 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; died on 12 Nov 1960 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA; was buried on 17 Nov 1960 in Murdoch-Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Emil Kouba Sr. and his wife Laura, went to try to try to care for her during her sickness of flu that turned into pneumonia. People were so afraid of that type of flu that no one else would take a chance to get near enough to her to care for her. She died at 606 Summer street. That address is no longer there as an expressway was built over that area in the 1980s. She was a member of the Bohemian Presbyterian church and was buried in the Linwood cemetery.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Pharmacist & owned Challed Pharmacy in Cedar Rapids

Frank married Skala, Olga M in UNKNOWN in Iowa, USA. Olga was born on 22 Sep 1899 in Iowa, USA; died on 3 Nov 1956 in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA; was buried after 3 Nov 1956 in Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: Charley

Family/Spouse: Kovarik, Carolyn. Carolyn was born on 19 Nov 1889 in Tama, Tama, Iowa, USA; died in May 1977 in Chandler, Maricopa, Arizona, USA; was buried in May 1977 in Valley of the Sun Mortuary and Cemetery, Chandler, Maricopa, Arizona, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Gillingham, N.N.. N.N. was born in UNKNOWN; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lacina, Joseph. Joseph was born in 1884; died on 4 Jun 1963 in Chandler, Maricopa, Arizona, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 24 Dec 1888, Tama, Tama, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1910, Columbia Township, Tama, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1920, Columbia Township, Tama, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1925, Tama, Tama, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1930, Columbia Township, Tama, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1940, Columbia Township, Tama, Iowa, USA

Blanche married Stoddard, John Henderson on 2 Jun 1909 in Tama, Iowa, USA. John was born on 6 Jan 1874 in Iowa, USA; died on 27 May 1971 in Reinbeck, Grundy, Iowa, USA; was buried after 27 May 1971 in Reinbeck Cemetery, Reinbeck, Grundy, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 31 May 1890, Leroy Township, Benton, Iowa, USA

Family/Spouse: Lemon, Roy Guy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Fee, Wilbur Way on 12 Dec 1913. Wilbur was born in 1882 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Beckner, N.N.. N.N. was born in UNKNOWN in USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: WWI

Family/Spouse: Baker, Ruby Ruth. Ruby was born on 5 Nov 1905 in Nebraska, USA; died on 3 Jul 1994 in Yucca Valley, San Bernardino, California, USA; was buried in Jul 1994 in Desert Lawn Memorial Park, Calimesa, Riverside, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 18 Nov 1898, Blairstown, Benton, Iowa, USA

Notes:

Emil Rosburg Kouba has date of birth as 18 Nov 1898 and city of birth as Blairstown and place of burial as Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Benton County death Records has date of birth as 18 Nov 1897.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Music Teacher

Notes:

Buried at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Her good friend for the last years of her life was Harry Kray. His daughter, Patricia, married Beryl W. Layton who were also a good friends to her. Pat helped Ted, Helen's brother, prepare Helen's house for sale after the funeral. Patricia and Beryl lived at 1530 Linmar DR. NE in Cedar Rapids, IA 52402 at the time of the funeral. Patricia attended Cornell College and graduated probably about 1953. She lived in Bowman Hall which had a dining hall. Emil Kouba Jr also ate at the Bowman dining hall and got acquainted with her because of that. Harry Kray was born in 1899 and grew up in Blairstown, IA, the same as Helen Kouba Kopecky, Helen graduated from Coe College with a degree in music on June 7, 1922. She taught music in Blairstown (1921-22), Belle Plaine and Madrid (Commencement May 22, 1924) Iowa. She later was employed at Kresge's Dollar Store and was a receiving imspector at Collins Radio for 17 years.

Helen married Kopecky, Milo Joseph on 27 Jun 1925 in Little Brown Church In The Vale, Nashua, Chickasaw, Iowa, USA. Milo was born on 18 Jun 1899 in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA; died on 3 Nov 1968 in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA; was buried on 6 Nov 1968 in Cedar Memorial Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Forester

Notes:

The following is taken from the Ted’s book “WISCONSIN’S AMAZING WOODS then and now”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Theodore (Ted) F. Kouba, who was on the staff of the U.S. Forest Service for many years in Madison and in the regional office in Milwaukee, left that Service at the end of 1966 because the entire divisional office was moved to Pennsylvania and he wished to remain in Wisconsin. Thereafter for four years he worked on a temporary basis for the research and planning division of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. He now lives in Madison with his wife Marie.
Ted Kouba was born on a corn and cattle farm near Blairstown, Iowa, in 1902. The land between his parents' prairie farm and the Iowa River was heavy with woods which he studied like a book. In late autumn and all winter during his youth he relentlessly pursued his trap line three miles long every morning, starting well before daylight. As he proudly entered the one-room country school each day (later a larger high school in town) his success that morning as a trapper of skunk, raccoon, and mink was easily detected by his classmates. It seemed that a hurried bath and change of clothing didn't do what was necessary to counteract the fragrance of the wild fur bearers, especially that of the skunk.
Carrying home sometimes through deep snow from one to three skunks, averaging about six pounds each, and occasionally a raccoon, opposum, and mink, along with a lantern, flashlight, rifle, and extra steel traps made him such a thin boy he hardly cast a shadow. But this exercise during his youth along with chores and other work on the farm prepared him for athletics in high school and college and for walking in the woods after graduation.
Ted came naturally to love the woods and everything wild. During his early years he kept a number of wild animals as pets. His favorites were three baby skunks which he found wandering aimlessly in the pasture one summer day. Their mother apparently had abandoned them either intentionally or by death. They became such pets they followed him around the premises like pups, but his dog Tip, a great hunter, took a dim view of these pesky animals following his master. Wild animals to him should be "taken" - not coddled. Also as they grew older they kept Tip at a distance with some accurate sharpshooting from one end. These trying circumstances frustrated his dog to the point where the half-grown animals had to be taken deep into a neighbor's woods and released.
But Ted was not free from wild things. He kept a pen of snakes well concealed in the family orchard - hidden because his sister Helen feared snakes like a pious person fears purgatory. Those also were released, after a "happening" on the country school yard. Wearing a new suit that day (new suits in those days were purchased only when one grew out of them, otherwise it was patch over patch), he asked a girl classmate to "reach down in my coat pocket to see how deep it is." Inside he had a small, green, harmless snake not more than six inches long. When the young lady touched her warm fingers to the cold snake she let out a scream, jerking her hand from the pocket - not from the top where it entered but sideways, tearing the pocket open. At the same instant the one button of three on his coat that was buttoned went into orbit and has never been heard from since. (Losing one button of three from a coat today is not too serious. In those days it was a tragedy.) If his parents hadn't been so understanding the ruined coat could have been sufficient grounds for another exciting "happening."
His marksmanship with rifle and shotgun was well known by those with whom he hunted. Even when hunting alone it is said he never returned empty-handed. But his popularity reached its peak as a freshman at Blairstown High when he came down with diptheria and closed the school for three weeks. No one else in school suffered from the malady, thus all enjoyed a fine vacation.
A punishing but highly satisfying experience during his career was carrying a seriously injured person from the mountain wilderness of Idaho in the early 1920s out to a road sixty-eight miles distant when he was a college student working during the summer for the Forest Service on a mapping assignment in the wilds of Idaho. Starting from near the Idaho-Montana divide the helpless man was carried over game trails and mountain ridges to the nearest road sixtyeight miles away to Kooskia, Idaho. From there an ambulance took him to a hospital.
Ted and two other foresters with him worked seven days overall to accomplish the task - six days of carrying and one day of rest. Exhaustion overcame them at the end of the fourth day when their hands no longer could grip the two poles of the improvised stretcher made from poplar poles and a piece of canvas cut from their tent. "When darkness came upon us that evening we lay the injured man down on the ground and collapsed on the spot, being too exhausted to prepare and cook the two spruce grouse we had killed with rocks late that day. Our food en route was a steady diet of spruce grouse, popularly known as "fool-hen," a bird that has no fear of man, which we ate almost raw (as soon as the meat was warm), being too hungry to wait until the meat had completely cooked over the campfire. You could say we were living off the land but not very high."
There is no record of the number of times the stretcher bearers fell while climbing and descending the steep terrain but it was many. While two men carried, the third cut trail some distance ahead, then hurriedly brought along the bell mare and the ten mules. Despite the rough treatment en route the injured man slowly recovered in the hospital and was most appreciative of their efforts. He happened to be the packer who brought in canned food and other supplies from Kooskia every three weeks with his pack train. Ted received a commendation from his employer the Forest Service which carried an automatic pay increase of $5.00 a month - bringing his monthly salary up to a staggering $75.00 a month.
Upon graduation in forestry from Iowa State University in 1926, he joined the U.S. Forest Service and literally "took to the hills" on a Service assignment to buy worn out farmland in Arkansas for the Ouachita and Ozark National Forests. Living among mountain farmers and moonshiners was an exciting and educational experience. He continued his career on the national forests until he transferred to the Land Economic Inventory in Wisconsin in 1929.
During 1930 the rapidly spreading white pine blister rust was threatening to destroy the reproduction of this valuable forest tree in Wisconsin. Accepting the challenge to help protect this tree species from the devastating disease, Ted again joined the federal government and cooperated closely with state agencies, counties, pulp and lumber companies and private individuals to control the disease and to develop new control techniques.
He actively participated in research projects with federal agencies and with scientists of the University of Wisconsin and the Department of Natural Resources in developing white pines resistant to blister rust and in determining micro-climatic conditions favoring control of the disease. Both studies have provided major contributions to blister rust control work. In 1957 Ted was transferred to the regional Forest Service office in Milwaukee where he specialized in state and private forestry programs in the nine-state region. For the next ten years, still in tyre Milwaukee office, he assisted state conservation departments in forestation, forest management, information and education, and watershed management.
Ted's hobby over the years has been looking for Indian artifacts on the ground surface - a hobby which he started on the home farm "as soon as I was able to walk." Through the years he has developed special techniques for finding old Indian hunting grounds and campsites where artifacts can be found. His most prized “find” is one of the oldest Indian campsites in the Midwest, located in Dane County, used by nomad Indians intermittently some 10,000 years ago.
Not too strangely, Ted enjoys, with his wife Marie, ballet, opera, plays, concerts and circuses. They attend several each season.
Ted's wealth of Wisconsin woods information is the result of some forty years of observations and interpretations of activities throughout the state. He has been active in several conservation organizations and has served as president and on various committees of the Wisconsin chapter of the Soil Conservation Society of America, the Society of American Foresters, and the Charles E. Brown Chapter of the Wisconsin Archeological Society. He is also a member of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters and the American Forestry Association.
As satisfying as the past has been Ted looks only to the future. "It's what's ahead that counts," he says, surveying his happy moments with Marie and his work and hobbies.

From book #2 by Ted Kouba - Peter Kouba family comes to America, a Resume -
Peter Kouba (pronounced KO'-ba as in Czech), wife and three children, came to the promised land, the United States of America, by sailing vessel in 1869. Two girls were the oldest children, while Frank, the youngest, born November 25, 1869 became my sister Helen and my father. Two additional children, will and Emil were born in Iowa.
The sailing trip from Europe to America was difficult beyond comprehension, and almost proved fatal. Storms, frequent and overpowering, required masts to be lowered to keep boat from overturning and sinking, and then boat rode the wild waves and precious distance was lost. Able bodies (many were seasick) threw water from boat with pails to keep it afloat. Prayers were truly from the heart!
Neither grandfather Peter, nor this brother John who came earlier had farmed. Peter Kouba's had an Inn where meals, beer, and lodging were available. John apparently assisted a large landowner to protect his timber and wildlife as poaching and illegal timber cutting were common. Game in Austria-Hungary apparently was owned by the landowner, not the State.
Grandfather, farming for the first time, was totally helpless, as was brother John. It appears the Peter Kouba family came from Moravia, Austria Hungary, Province of Talice, village of Radlice. That portion of Europe is now Czechoslovakia.
The land grandfather purchased, apparetly sight-unseen, was forty acres on an unimproved road a few miles from Blairstown and Luzerne, Iowa, geographic location NWSW, Section 28, T.82 N. R. 11W. (See map album 1).
Father Frank grew up enjoying farming and fortunately so, as grandfather apparently could not adjust. Dad, over the years achieved extaordinary farming success. He ws a talented accordion player and called dances, and played at many Square dances apparently was the farmer's principal recreation.
In 1877, father married the most wonderful girl living, Emma Melsha, daughter of another Czech-American family several miles away.
Father realized to get farm produce more efficiently to Luzerne and Blairstown markets, one must live on a better road. He boutht land and a farmstead along a better road about a mile north from his parents farm. (See map album 1).
Grandfather Peter died apparently of cancer in 1909 at Luzerne where he and wife Frances were living. Grandmother died ther in 1916.
My father and mother were kind, proficient, hard-working farmers. Mother not only did the cooing and other work inside the home, but many times worked in fields alongside father. In a few years they acquired an adjoining ‘40' and so it went, concentrating on raising quality corn, beef cattle, and hogs. Then they hired a year-round farm hand who lived with them.
Father grew blue-ribbonquality corn and other small grain which he displayed at county and state fairs and won scores of top prizes. His winnings brought commercial seed company representatives to his door. Oftentimes they purchased at double market price his entire corn crop of several thousand bushels picked out the seed ears and left the remainder for him to use, without cost, for livestock feed. In cooking, mother also excelled, winning more prizes, (12 of them) than than father with grain, and occasionally jokingly reminded him that such a thing could happen.
Mother never refused a hungry person who came to the door for food, including homeless of unemployed men. The were given a nourishing meal which they ate sitting on the front porch. More than one offered to chop wood at the woodpile or perform other menial tasks for payment, but was refused. Ftahter gave grain to covered wagon gypsies who begged for grain for their horses. Women did the begging, carried grain in gunny sacks to the several wagons which seemed already filled – with kids!
Mother died of continuing heart attacks; deeply felt by her few relatives alive and her many friends, on October 19, 1935 at 60 years. Our dear father Frank died from malignant cancer at Helen's home where he was living on March 5, 1944 at age 75.
My precious sister ehelen was born in 1899 at the farm homestead where I came along 1902. From the beginning I was horribly sick for two years, requiring day and night care. Medical research years later recognized allergies and mine apparently was feathers. As baby, I as others in that era, slept in soft, warm feather beds and with down filled pillows. The sicker I became the more oove and feathers were piled around. After the doctor confided that one certain baby would have a short life, forks hired a photographer who came and while baby weakly standing in nightshirt and alone, took my picture. But the subject was out of fucus. Sister Helen about four years (old), who wanted to stand with here sick brother but was refused by the photographer, stood several steps back and came out in sharp focus. (See album 2).
My sister, always fortunately, was one of those never sick individuals. We came into a close friendship which has never weakened. She graduated in music from Coe College, became a strikingly successful high school music teacher, and strangely, began at Blairstown where she graduated, before she finished at Coe. Other schools where she taught included grand and high schools ate Belle Plaine, Madrid, and St Charles, Iowa. Many persons came to her for private lessons.

In 1925 Helen married Milo Kopecky in the prestigious ‘Little Brown Church in the Vale', continued teaching music as time permitted and later on worked full-time at Collins Radio which contributed notable to World War II effort. Milo's untimely death of a heart attack occurred a few years ago, and is buried in Cedar Memorial Cemetery at Cedar Rapids where Helen expects to be buried also.
Ted in 1926 graduated in forestry at Iowa State College, (now University) where he participated in athletics and bane. He became forester for the State of Wisconsin Land Economic Inventory where in 1929 at a university dance he was introduced to a beautiful and distinctly talented girl taking graduate work in English Literature from Sioux Falls, South Dakota. After her graduation in 1930, we were married in the Congregational Church at Madison, Wisconsin. During her school career she was awarded memberships in three honorary sorieties: Kappa Delta Pi, Kappa Sigma Iota, and Pi Lambda Theta. And at this writing, after several strokes darling Marie is in the Madison Convalescent Center in which we celebrated our 60th wedding anniversary August 3, 1990 to the tune of a fine orchestra, among many balloons, enjoying a large cake and which fed all other patients, nurses, and aides. Marie's parents Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Love are buried in Wildwood Cemetery, Salem, south Dakota. Marie and I will be buried at Forest hill where we have an inscribed small marble grave stone.

Father and mother, the Frank Kouba's, are buried on the hilltop in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Blairstown, Iowa as are grandparents Peter Kouba'a and uncle Will Koubas.
Neither sister Helen and Milo have children nor do Marie and I, thus no continuing generations of the Peter and Frank Kouba lineage will follow. Thus ends a resume of the Peter Kouba family which migrated to the promised land, the magnificent United States of America in 1869.
Written by Ted Kouba July 1, 1991.

Theodore married Love, Marie Marguerite on 3 Aug 1930 in Congregational Church, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, USA. Marie (daughter of Love, Clinton, daughter of Love, Clinton and Quick, Effie Stanwood) was born on 21 Oct 1902 in Montrose, McCook, South Dakota, USA; died on 13 Mar 1992 in Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, USA; was buried on 17 Mar 1992 in Forest Hills Cemetery, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Manager Canning Company

Notes:

In 1943 Carl W. Kouba was city councilman in Vinton, Benton County, Iowa. He lived in the McDaniel home in 1941
From Pioneer Recollections

Carl married Tielkimeier, Grace on 3 Oct 1931 in Cedarville, Stephenson, Illinois, USA. Grace was born on 7 Jan 1911 in Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois, USA; died on 16 Aug 1996 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; was buried in Aug 1996 in Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried in the National Naval Cemetery, Fort Rosecrans, San Diego, CA per JF Thoma. She served in the USO during World War II.

(The following was transcribed from a letter sent to Mrs. Walter Sauerteig, Luzerne, Iowa 16 Dec. 1966 from Mr. & Mrs. A.T. Armstrong 77665 Michigan Drive Palm Desert, California)
Friday A.M.
Dear Leora,
We had word from Virginia that you had a _____ & do hope you checked with the Dr. and are feeling OK. I had to go back to the Hospital for a few days so have to wait for COBALT until I heal a little bit more. Feel fine. We have a nice apt. so are comfortable.
Lillian wrote such a nice letter & also had a nice card from George Kettler. So pleased to hear from them.
Jr. called from Los Angeles Tues Eve. Was on business for Emerson. Aunt Laura had gone to Marcellas, he said.
Armie is going to drive to El Paso to pick up the new station wagon. The Ft. Worth office will bring it that far. Will leave Mon. and return Thursday.
Will be anxious to hear how you are feeling. Do hope you have some one staying with you.
Love, Armie and Dorothy

Dorothy married Briley, Harold in UNKNOWN. Harold was born in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dorothy married Armstrong, Alden Thomas on 29 Jan 1949 in Guam, USA. Alden was born on 2 Dec 1901 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 25 Jan 1982 in San Diego, San Diego, California, USA; was buried in Jan 1982 in National Naval Cemetery, Fort Roscrans, San Diego, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Pharmacist

Notes:

Wilson R. Kouba, a much loved husband, father and grandfather passed away at the age of 90 Thursday July 16, 2009 at St Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids.
Memorial service will be 10:00am Saturday July 18, 2009 at the Goettsch Funeral Home in Anamosa. Rev. Laurie Riley will officiate at the service. Friends many call starting at 9:00am Saturday at the funeral home in Anamosa. Thoughts, memories and condolences may be left at www.goettschonline.com.

Surviving is his wife Virginia; 3 children Keith (Becky) of Marion, Craig (Robin) of Fargo, North Dakota and Mary Ann (Larry) of Laytonville, CA; 7 grandchildren Jennifer, Jason, Chi, Sara, Cassandra, Mackenzie and Samantha; He was preceded in death by his parents.

Wilson was born March 31, 1919 to William and Amanda Kouba of Luzerne, Iowa. He attended Cornell College and graduated from College of Pharmacy at the University of Iowa. Wilson and Virginia Blocher were married April 25, 1942. Wilson served as a Pharmacist Mate in WWII. After working in Leon, Iowa and Humboldt, Iowa he bought the pharmacy in Anamosa in 1949 where he had a long and happy career at Kouba Pharmacy. While on Main Street Wilson was an active member of the Chamber of Commerce; Methodist Church; Anamosa Hospital; Fawn Creek Country Club and a Scout Leader to list some.

Wilson married Blocher, Virginia on 25 Apr 1942 in First United Methodist Church, De Witt, Clinton, Iowa, USA. Virginia (daughter of Blocher, Frank) was born on 23 Feb 1921 in Vinton, Benton, Iowa, USA; died on 1 Jan 2020 in Anamosa, Jones, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Mathematican/Housewife
• Baptism: 28 Jul 1920, Blairstown United Methodist Church, Blairstown, Benton, Iowa, USA

Notes:

She was a wonderful sister! She died of lung cancer 4 years following a mastectomy in 1971. She went to Chicago after graduation from Cornell College with a major in mathematics. She got a job there with the Continental Assurance Company. This was an insurance company established by British investors. She never smoked, but worked in smoke filled offices. She volunteered in the USO during World War II. Her Mother recorded that she was baptised by the Rev. Cuthbert S. Burnard at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Blairstown, Iowa on 20 Jun 1920. Even in her last days of life, she thought of others. She told us in which closet she had stored a birthday present for her nephew, Kevin David Kouba.

Marcella married McQuigg, JAMES Donald on 4 Nov 1945 in Cornell College Campus Chapel, Mount Vernon, Linn, Iowa, USA. JAMES (son of McQuigg, Frederick Walter and Gould, Doris Alice) was born on 2 Sep 1920 in Schaller, Sac, Iowa, USA; died on 12 Nov 1985 in Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried on 15 Nov 1985 in Memorial Park Cemetery, Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Between 21 Mar and 31 Dec 1929, United Methodist Church, Blairstown, Benton, Iowa, USA
• Occupation: Electrical Engineer
• Religion: Baptist

Notes:

He served in the US Air Force from Aug 1951 to Aug 1955. His Service Number was 172 333 172. He was sent to Radar School at Keesler AFB, Biloxi, Mississippi. Then he was sent to a radar bomb scoring detachment at Fairfax Airport, Kansas City, Kansas. There, in Kansas City, Kansas, he met his bride to be. Just when they got acquainted, he received orders to go to Korea for a year. When he got back he was sent to a bomb scoring unit in St. Louis for 3 months until he was discharged, and then they were married! A thought from a book on Virginia Unger's table: "Man is constantly adding to his knowledge of the world, but to do any good, it must be shared." My Mother recorded that he was baptized by the Rev. L. D. Stubbs in the Methodist Episcopal Church in Blairstown, Iowa in 1929.

Buried:
Body Donated to Science

Emil married Unger, Helen Grace Margaret on 14 Aug 1955 in First Baptist Church, Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, USA. Helen (daughter of Unger, Albert and Watkins, Agnes) was born on 24 May 1927 in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, USA; died on 6 May 2023 in St Andrews Assisted Living of Bridgeton, Bridgeton, St Louis, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried in the International Cemetery, Luzerne, Benton, IA

Notes:

Info from tombstone in Luzerne International Cemetery and from Lynda Winkler, Cedar Rapids, IA genealogist and her visit with Helen Kopecky 2/3/92.
His SS# 483 32 3950 is from Family Tree Maker Death Index Volume 1.
Buried in International Cemetery per JF Thoma.

Frank married Zavodsky, Frances on 26 Nov 1919 in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA. Frances was born in 1901 in Radlice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic; died on 13 Feb 1960 in Iowa, USA; was buried in Feb 1960 in International Cemetery, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried in International Cemetery.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Home Economics and Chemistry Teacher

Notes:

She graduated from Helena High School and attended Montana State in Bozeman for tow years before transfeering to the University of Montana, where she earned her degree in education. She became a home economics teacher.

Lillian married Sears, Thomas George Arthur on 12 Jul 1928 in Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, USA. Thomas was born on 29 Mar 1900 in Buford, Leduc, Alberta, Canada; died on 11 Dec 1995 in Puyallup, Pierce, Washington, USA; was buried after 11 Dec 1995 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Patent Attorney for Monsanto

Notes:

He attended Montana State for two years after graduating from helen High school. He then transferred to the Massachusetts Institiute of Technology, where he received a degree in chemical engineering. Later he earned a law degree, and in his practice, specialized in patent law.

Joseph married Smith, Delia Nichols on 3 Aug 1935 in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA. Delia was born on 10 Aug 1905 in Binghamton, Broome, New York, USA; died on 19 Mar 1990 in Dickinson, Galveston, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Chemist For Monsanto

Notes:

He graduated from Montana State College in 1930 with a bachelor's degree in industrial chemistry. He worked for the Monsanto Chemical Co. from 1931 until retirement in 1972. During WW II he spent three and a half years with the Chemical Warfare Service.
He was divorced from Agnes Rothe in 1992.

Ernest married Rothe, Agnes in 1982, and was divorced on 15 Dec 1992. Agnes was born in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ernest married Blomberg, Delores on 24 Sep 1938 in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA. Delores was born on 4 Oct 1904 in Missouri, USA; died on 22 Dec 1969 in St Luke Hospital, Chesterfield, St Louis, Missouri, USA; was buried on 24 Dec 1969 in Oak Grove Cemetery, St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Bookkeeper

Notes:

She was bookkeeper, remained single and lived with her mother per Antonette Mares
4/9/1938.

Notes:

Info per JF Thoma.