Donald J. Kotas

1933 - 2007  (74 years)

• Name	Donald J. Kotas  [1, 2]
  Birth	6 Jan 1933	Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Mar 2007	Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska
  Burial	Bohemian Brethren Cemetery (AKA Cesky Bratri Cemetery), Fillmore County, Nebraska
  Notes	Don graduated from Milligan High School in 1950, and served in the U.S. Army from 1953 to 1955. After his marriage to Velma, they first lived in Milligan and later moved to Lincoln, were Don was employed by Salem Oil Company. They returned to Milligan after Don bought the Milligan Transfer from Joe KOCA in 1962. He sold his company in 1969. He worked as a tavern keeper at Suda's Tavern as well. Don went to work for the Geneva Police Department in 1972, later running for Sheriff of Fillmore County. He was elected in November, 1978, and due to unfortunate circumstances, resigned in March 1979. He went to work for the Lincoln Correctional Center in June 1979. Don has a pilot's license, and flying is his favorite pasttime. (Milligan, p 351). Obituary Donald J. Kotas Donald J. Kotas, 74, of Lincoln, formerly of Milligan, died Tuesday (3-13-2007). Born, Jan. 6, 1933, at Milligan to John and Bessie (Masek) Kotas. U.S. Army veteran, Korean War. Survivors: wife, Velma; daughter, son-in-law, Karen and Jon EISENHAUER, Fairbury; grandchildren, Jon Tyler EISENHAUER, Brooke EISENHAUER, both Fairbury, brother, sister-in-law, Jim F. and Norma, Milligan. Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, Milligan Auditorium, Milligan. Pastor Jeffery Bloom. Military graveside service at Bohemian National Cemetery, Milligan. Visitation: 1-8 p.m., Sunday, Farmer and Son Funeral Home-Kotas Chapel, Milligan. Memorials: family. (Courtesy of Dennis Belohlavy, Lincoln Journal Star March 15, 2007).
  Person ID	I20464	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	John F. Kotas,   b. 19 Aug 1888, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska d. 27 Apr 1979, Friend, Saline County, Nebraska (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Bessie R. Masek,   b. 31 Aug 1896, Hriskov, ?steck?, Bohemia d. 19 Aug 1957, Friend, Saline County, Nebraska (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	1 Oct 1919	Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska   [3]
  	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).
  Family ID	F7313	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F5542	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 6 Jan 1933 - Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Death - 13 Mar 2007 - Lincoln, Lancaster 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 351, 358 (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 358 (Reliability: 3).