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Rose Marie Kotas

Female 1926 - 2015  (89 years)


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  • Name Rose Marie Kotas  [1, 2, 3
    Born 15 Mar 1926  Glengary Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Died 23 Jul 2015  York, York County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried Bohemian Brethren Cemetery (AKA Cesky Bratri Cemetery), Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • A 1943 graduate of Milligan High School, she worked in many farm homes and also as a clerk-typist with the Quartermaster Corps at the Fairmont Army Air Base. (Milligan, p 313).

      She continued to farm after Merlin entered the Exeter Care Center in 1989, where he passed away in 1992. When Rose Maried turned 65, she retired from farming. She was the volunteer librarian for the Nebraska State Genealogical Society for twenty years, and complied twenty-two publications for them. She also organized the Fillmore County Genealogical Society. Other memberships include the Milligan Fraternal Lodge #76 and the HSSK American Legion Auxiliary Unit.

      (Milligan, 1988-2008, p. 177).
    Person ID I19956  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 19 Sep 2015 

    Father John Henry Kotas,   b. 8 Jan 1894, Glengary Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 1983, Friend, Saline County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Mother Anna Rose Koca,   b. 6 Apr 1903, Tobias, Saline County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jun 2002, Friend, Saline County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 99 years) 
    Married 2 Sep 1924  Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • They met at a dance, and were married at 9 am Tuesday at the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Milligan. Their attendants were a sister of the groom, Anna KOTAS and her boyfriend, Louis SUDA, a cousin of the bride, William KOCA and his sweetheart, Emma KUCERA. A wedding dinner was served at the home of the bride's parents at noon. The next day, the newlyweds spent their honeymoon at the State Fair in Lincoln, accompanied by Anna's brother and wife, James V. and Mayme KOCA (Milligan, p 358).
    Family ID F2177  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Merlin K. Hulse,   b. 19 Nov 1925, Monroe Twp, Saline County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Mar 1992, Exeter, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 14 Oct 1947  Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • They were married at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church. Attendants were her brother, Joseph John KOTAS and his sister, Neva Irene (Lowell) JENSEN of Exeter. (Milligan, p 313-314).
    Children 
     1. Kenneth Lavern Hulse,   b. 21 Dec 1948, Friend, Saline County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 May 2020, York, York County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     2. Living
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 
    Family ID F7158  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 15 Mar 1926 - Glengary Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 14 Oct 1947 - Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 23 Jul 2015 - York, York County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Bohemian Brethren Cemetery (AKA Cesky Bratri Cemetery), Fillmore County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 313, 359 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S26] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee, "Milligan Nebraska 1988-2008, Centennial Supplement Book", p. 176 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S548] Belohlavy, Dennis (belohdb@windstream.net) "Family Tree of Dennis L. and Rebecca J. "Becky" (Arnold) Belohlavy ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=belohlavy, (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=belohlavy).

    4. [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 313 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 348, 358 (Reliability: 3).