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Martin and Olive Rotar divorced in 1961 and they both later remarried to other people. Martin <br />Rotar sold 105 Roosevelt to Harold and Mary Ann Williams in 1961. <br />Williams Family Ownership, 1961-2007 <br />Harold and Mary Ann Williams purchased this property from Martin Rotar in 1961, and 105 <br />Roosevelt became their home. It was owned by members of the Williams family for 46 years. <br />They both came from longtime Louisville families. <br />Harold Williams (1919-1992) was born in Louisville. Harold's mother was a member of the <br />French Gosselin family of Louisville and he grew up in the nearby Frenchtown neighborhood. <br />Harold worked in Louisville coal mines starting at age 16 in approximately 1935 until 1942, <br />when he joined the Army and began to serve in World War II. He worked in security at Rocky <br />Flats for thirty years. <br />Mary Ann Kranker Williams (1924-2006) was born in Kansas and moved to Louisville with her <br />family in the 1930s. According to her obituary, she worked at Colacci's Restaurant and at <br />StorageTek. <br />Harold and Mary Ann Williams had two sons, Richard and Thomas, who also lived at 105 <br />Roosevelt. <br />The following 1962 aerial view, looking east, shows the house at 105 Roosevelt: <br />Following Mary Ann Williams' death in 2006, the Williams family sold 105 Roosevelt in 2007. <br />Later Owners <br />Creel Kerss purchased 105 Roosevelt in 2007. In 2020, he sold the property to Paul Rohr. <br />The preceding research is based on a review of relevant and available online County property records, census <br />records, oral history interviews, Louisville directories, and Louisville Historical Museum maps, files, and obituary <br />records. <br />4 <br />