John F. Kotas

1888 - 1979  (90 years)

• Name	John F. Kotas  [1, 2]
  Born	19 Aug 1888	Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Apr 1979	Friend, Saline County, Nebraska   [4]
  Buried	Bohemian National Cemetery (Milligan South), Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska   [4, 5]
  Notes	He was drafted into the U.S. Army, and served through June 2, 1919. After his discharge, he helped Louis PLACEK farm. He was a Legionnaire, held several offices and helped build the first American Legion building, was a Lodge member and also belonged to the Knights of Pythias. He spent many hours, alongside Bessie, working in the Milligan Auditorium on dance night. Fishing was his pastime. After Bessie died, he bought a home in Milligan from Chas. HLADEK. He was honored as a life-time admiral into the Great Nebraska Navy in 1976. (Milligan, p 357-358)
  Person ID	I20455	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Jan "John" Kotas,   b. 27 Aug 1859, Kozojedy, Plzen, Bohemia ,   d. 21 Jul 1909, Fillmore County, Nebraska  (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Marie Rejsek,   b. 27 Aug 1862, Stra?ec?, Bohemia ,   d. 5 Aug 1927, Nebraska  (Age 64 years)
  Married	7 Feb 1882	Fillmore County, Nebraska   [6]
  	They were married in a triple wedding with John's brother, W.J. and Filipina STEINACHER and a neighbor, Valentine STEINACHER and Mary PROKOP. (Milligan, p 357, 369). The actual date was shown alternately as February 3 and February 7.
  Family ID	F5873	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bessie R. Masek,   b. 31 Aug 1896, Hriskov, ?steck?, Bohemia ,   d. 19 Aug 1957, Friend, Saline County, Nebraska  (Age 60 years)
  Married	1 Oct 1919	Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska   [4]
  	After their marriage, John and Bessie moved to the farm in Section 1, north of Milligan, Glengary Township, where they spent their entire married life. This farm was given to them by John's mother in 1922. (Milligan, p 358).
  Children	1. Marie Kotas,   b. 5 Aug 1920, Fillmore County, Nebraska ,   d. 7 Feb 2000, Crete, Saline County, Nebraska  (Age 79 years)   2. Johnny Kotas,   b. 19 Feb 1923, Fillmore County, Nebraska ,   d. 29 Jul 1923, Fillmore County, Nebraska  (Age 0 years)   3. James F. Kotas,   b. 23 May 1925, Glengary Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska ,   d. 25 Jan 2018, Fairmont, Fillmore County, Nebraska  (Age 92 years)   4. Henrietta I. Kotas,   b. 15 Oct 1927, Fillmore County, Nebraska ,   d. 12 Oct 1992, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska  (Age 64 years)   5. Donald J. Kotas,   b. 6 Jan 1933, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska ,   d. 13 Mar 2007, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska  (Age 74 years)
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006
  Family ID	F7313	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 19 Aug 1888 - Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Married - 1 Oct 1919 - Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska Died - 27 Apr 1979 - Friend, Saline County, Nebraska Buried - - Bohemian National Cemetery (Milligan South), Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 351, 355, 357 (Reliability: 3). [S1299] 1940 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.), "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KM1B-DPD : accessed 27 Oct 2013), Bessie R Kotas in household of John F Kotas, Glengary Township, Fillmore, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration dis (Reliability: 3). [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 357 (Reliability: 3). [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 358 (Reliability: 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). [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 357, 369 (Reliability: 3).