Darlene Koca

1928 - 2011  (83 years)

• Name	Darlene Koca  [1]
  Birth	29 Aug 1928	Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	30 Aug 2011	Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska   [1]
  Notes	Darlene Jacobsen, age 83, died at her home in Lincoln with daughter Susan and granddaughter Amber at her bedside on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. She was born August 29, 1928, on a farm near Milligan, Fillmore County to the late William and Emma Koca. Darlene was retired from Lincoln Public Schools. She started teaching school in a one-room school house near Milligan in the mid 1940's. She and her husband, Warren owned and operated Woodlawn Station and Cafe near the Lincoln Air Base until the Interstate was built. The last years before she retired, she worked at Park Junior High as a para. Survivors: Son and wife, Roger and Lynda Jacobsen, Geneva; daughter Susan, Lincoln; Grandchildren, Amber, Hannah and Marlie of Lincoln, Will and Amanda Jacobsen of Seward, Tim and Carla Jacobsen of Omaha, and Matt and Dorothea Jacobsen of Lincoln; nine great-grandchildren; sister, Norma Jean Marquardt and Verlyn Koca of Lincoln. She was preceded in death by her husband Warren and son Ronald. A graveside service will be held Friday, September 9th. at 4 p.m. at Wyuka, with Pastor Kevin Pringle from One80 Church officiating. Use Vine Street entrance. Memorials, in lieu of flowers, for educational needs for Susan's children can be directed in care of Aspen Funeral Home, along with condolences at Aspenaftercare.com . During her last days, family members would go through her keepsakes to keep her alert, they came across a music card that played the tune, "Roll out the Barrel", an old Czech song that she and her children would send back and forth kidding each other that they don't have to spend money on a new card every year. When it was handed to her, she opened it and as it began playing, she began to sing along with it. It was recorded. At the end days, when she was unable to talk, when it was played back to her, when you didn't think she was coherent in any way, she smiled when hearing it....over and over. When told she will be missed, her reply was "don't cry, I'll see you in heaven". (Courtesy of Dennis Belohlavy)
  Person ID	I16555	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2014

  
  

  Father	William E. Koca,   b. 30 May 1903, Fillmore County, Nebraska d. 16 Apr 1980, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Emma A. Kucera,   b. 22 Aug 1905, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska d. 9 Oct 1999, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	30 Sep 1926	Nebraska   [2]
  	Their children were Delores, Darlene, Verlyn and Norma. (Milligan, p 335).
  Family ID	F4132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 29 Aug 1928 - Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Death - 30 Aug 2011 - Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [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 335 (Reliability: 3).