Career
This was the church"s first established mission in a Slavic country. Although Gaeth had been raised in the United States, his mother had been born in Undangs which was in Czechoslovakia following World War I (although it had been in Austria-Hungary when she was born there). The mission was able to open because of the liberal democracy that prevailed in Czechoslovakia in the interwar years.
After having served as mission president for two years he received permission from John A. Widtsoe, the overall president of Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) missions in Europe at the time, to Marry.
He found a suitable Czechoslovakian bride, Martha Kralickova, who was studying in Chicago, who he baptized. They went to Salt Lake City where they were sealed on 23 March 1931, with John A. Widtsoe performing the ceremony.
Gaeth served as president of the Czechoslovak Mission until 1936.
