When Roy Jerry Skotty was born on 2 September 1918, in Cicero, Cook, Illinois, United States, his father, Jaroslav John "Jerry" Skotty, was 34 and his mother, Marie Sula, was 38. He married Mildred Mary Davidek on 16 October 1939, in Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Berwyn, Cook, Illinois, United States for about 10 years and Lyons, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1950. He died on 11 June 2011, at the age of 92.
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