Paul Kortas
08/26/1896-11/16/1905
Lot Number: Lot 2, Block 2, Section C
Monument Installed on East End of Lot
Son of John & Katherine
PAUL KORTAS, FARMER, DIES Death Came Suddenly As He Sat In Living Room Taken with a sudden heart attack as he prepared to retire Saturday night, Paul Kortas, 79, retired Newton farmer, died on the homestead farm, now operated by his son. Mr. Kortas was up as usual Saturday and spent the early evening seated in the living room of the home. He collapsed in the chair and was dead before the arrival of a physician. Funeral services for the deceased, who resided in the county since a child, will be held Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. from St. Casimir's Catholic church in Newton. Mr. Kortas was born in Milwaukee in 1855, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kortas. When a child his parents moved to this county and established the homestead farm in Newton. Fifty-one years ago the deceased wedded Anna Hills of Newton and they took up farming. A family of 11 children, seven sons and four daughters were born to them. A little over a year ago Mr. and Mrs. Kortas celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Ten years ago Mr. Kortas retired from active farming, the farm being taken over by his son, Joseph. Survivors are his widow, seven sons, John, Anton, Louis and Edward of this city, Joseph and Erwin, Newton, and William, Milwaukee; four daughters, Mrs. Joseph Kuffel, Mrs. John Sattler and Mrs. William Goethke, city, Mrs. Milton Craney, Milwaukee; a brother, John, Milwaukee; two sisters, Kathryn, Los Angeles, and Mrs. Julia Pietroski, Two Rivers; and ten grandchidlren. The body was removed to the home in Newton this afternoon from the Leschke funeral home. Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, October 29, 1934 P.3