Joseph John Kotas

1928 - 2011  (82 years)

• Name	Joseph John Kotas  [1, 2]
  Birth	26 Nov 1928	Glengary Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	31 May 2011	Crete, Saline County, Nebraska   [2]
  Notes	Joe attended rural school, graduating from Milligan High School in 1946. He served in the U.S. Army from July 1951 through July 1953. After his basic training in Camp Gordon, Georgia he was stationed in Korea as a Military Policeman, where he was responsible for transporting prisoners of war. After his discharge, he returned to Saline County, Nebraska to farm. He moved back to the Kotas family farm, making his home with his parents, after his father retired. Along with farming, he is a hog feeder and breeder, a member of the American Legion and Cornhuskers Lodge, along with serving on the board of the Milligan Auditorium and Ceski Brati cemetery. (Milligan, p 355).
  Person ID	I20457	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  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   [3]
  	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	Grace Helen Sobotka,   b. 8 Feb 1925   d. Nov 2019, Crete, Saline County, Nebraska (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	17 Jul 1976	Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska   [4]
  	Joe and Grace met at a singles dance in Milligan. They were marreid in the East Lincoln Christian Church. Frank Sobotka of Rokeby, Nebraska, Grace's brother, was best man. Rose Marie Hulse, Joseph's sister, was matron of honor. Attendants were Merlin Hulse and Elsie Sobotka. After their marriage, they made their home at the Kotas Family Farm. (Milligan, p 355).
  Family ID	F7315	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 26 Nov 1928 - Glengary Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska Marriage - 17 Jul 1976 - Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska Death - 31 May 2011 - Crete, Saline County, Nebraska  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 355, 359 (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 348, 358 (Reliability: 3). [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 355 (Reliability: 3).