Family: Ernest L Kratina, Sr. / Wilma June Hotzel Kratina (F3003)

• Father | Male Ernest L Kratina, Sr.

  
  

  Born	23 Jan 1922	Delia, Jackson County, Kansas
  Died	14 Apr 2009	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	18 Apr 2009	Prairie Home Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Married	3 May 1944	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Father	Frank Edward Kratina | F2775 Group Sheet
  Mother	Bernice Uhl Kratina Pritchett Ping | F2775 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Wilma June Hotzel Kratina

  
  

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  Father	William M Hotzel | F4764 Group Sheet
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  Child 1 | Male + Ernest L (Doc) Kratina, Jr.

  
  

  Born	9 Jul 1945	Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
  Died	27 Jan 2023
  Buried	6 Feb 2023	Czech-Moravian Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Spouse	Sheila Rae Green Salsbery Kratina | F3004
  Married	30 Sep 1978	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas

  
  

  Child 2 | Male Bradley Gene Kratina

  
  

  Born	24 Jan 1964	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Died	1 Dec 1993	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	4 Dec 1993	Prairie Home Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas

  
  

  Child 3 | Female Sharon E Kratina Overbey Brehm

  
  

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  Spouse	William J Overbey | F4658
  Married	27 May 1978

  
  

  Child 4 | Female Carol A Kratina Harris

  
  

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  Child 5 | Female Linda K Kratina Ross

  
  

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  Child 6 | Female Cynthia S Kratina Schreiner

  
  

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• Documents		Marriage- Hotzel, Wilma-Kratina, Ernest Hotzel-Kratina The marriage of Miss Wilma June Hotzel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Hotzel, Topeka, to Mr. Ernest L. Kratina, took place May 3, in the Assumption Church at Topeka with Msgr. Eugene Vallely officiating. A breakfast in the Green Room at the Hotel Jayhawk followed. Private Kratina is the son of Frank Kratina, of Chicago, formerly of the Rossville community. He was with the Boeing Aircraft Corporation in Wichita for three years. Mrs. Kratina is a graduate of the Capitol Catholic High School. She plans to join her husband later.
  		Anniversary- Kratina, Ernest and Wilma Ernest and Wilma Kratina Ernest and Wilma Kratina celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a surprise reception and dance on May 1 at the Arab Shrine Temple in Topeka. The event was hosted by their children and their spouses, Ernest and Sheila Kratina, Rossville; Larry and Carol Harris, Topeka; Gary and Linda Ross, St. Louis; Douglas and Sharon Brehm, Topeka; and Cynthia Kratina, Topeka. The Kratinas also were parents of another son, the late Bradley Kratina. Ernest Kratina and Wilma Hotzel were married May 3, 1944, in Topeka.