Rose Marie Kotas

1926 - 2015  (89 years)

• Name	Rose Marie Kotas  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	15 Mar 1926	Glengary Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska   [3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Death	23 Jul 2015	York, York County, Nebraska   [3]
  Burial	Bohemian Brethren Cemetery (AKA Cesky Bratri Cemetery), Fillmore County, Nebraska
  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 d. 26 Feb 1983, Friend, Saline County, Nebraska (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Anna Rose Koca,   b. 6 Apr 1903, Tobias, Saline County, Nebraska d. 17 Jun 2002, Friend, Saline County, Nebraska (Age 99 years)
  Marriage	2 Sep 1924	Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska   [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 d. 31 Mar 1992, Exeter, Fillmore County, Nebraska (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	14 Oct 1947	Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska   [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 d. 29 May 2020, York, York County, Nebraska (Age 71 years)   2. Living
  Family ID	F7158	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 15 Mar 1926 - Glengary Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska Marriage - 14 Oct 1947 - Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Death - 23 Jul 2015 - York, York County, Nebraska Burial - - Bohemian Brethren Cemetery (AKA Cesky Bratri Cemetery), 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 313, 359 (Reliability: 3). [S26] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee, "Milligan Nebraska 1988-2008, Centennial Supplement Book", p. 176 (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 313 (Reliability: 3). [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 348, 358 (Reliability: 3).