Joseph "Joe" Ernest Kotas

1901 - 2002  (101 years)

• Name	Joseph "Joe" Ernest Kotas  [1]
  Nickname	Joe
  Birth	15 Feb 1901	Nuckolls County, Nebraska   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Mar 2002	Nelson, Nuckolls County, Nebraska
  Burial	Evergreen Cemetery, Superior, Nuckolls County, Nebraska
  Notes	Obituary Kotas -- Joe, 101, Nelson, died Friday (3/1/02). Born, near Oak. Farmer Survivors: son, Don, Phoenix; daughter, Shirley, Superior; two grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Megrue-Price Funeral Home, Superior. Evergreen Cemetery, Superior. Visitation: 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday, 9 a.m. until services Tuesday, funeral home. Memorials to Nelson Good Samaritan Center. Megrue-Price Funeral Home, Superior. (Courtesy of Dennis Belohlavy, 2 March 2002 Lincoln Journal Star)
  Person ID	I20485	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	25 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Fred E. Kotas,   b. 24 Oct 1873, Liberty Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska d. 20 Jan 1961, Davenport, Thayer County, Nebraska (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Anna Bedlan,   b. 3 May 1876, Tobias, Saline County, Nebraska d. 9 Aug 1971, Nelson, Nuckolls County, Nebraska (Age 95 years)
  Marriage	2 Mar 1897	Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska   [1]
  	The farmed near Exeter, Nebraska. later moving to a farm in Nuckolls County, between Oak and Davenport, Nebraska. After farming 50 years, they retired to Davenport. (Milligan, p 353).
  Family ID	F7083	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Verna Williams,   b. 1 Jul 1904, Nora, Nuckolls County, Nebraska d. 17 Sep 1985, Superior, Nuckolls County, Nebraska (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	15 Dec 1934	Mankato, Jewell County, Kansas   [1]
  	Their children were Donald Joseph married Mildred BOUGHMAN and Shirley Lavay Kotas, who never married. (Milligan, p 353).
  Children	1. Donald Joseph Kotas,   b. 26 Jun 1938, Nuckolls County, Nebraska d. Jan 2022, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (Age 83 years)   2. Shirley L. Kotas,   b. 7 Jan 1940, Hebron, Thayer County, Nebraska d. 11 Sep 2024, Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F7327	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 15 Feb 1901 - Nuckolls County, Nebraska Marriage - 15 Dec 1934 - Mankato, Jewell County, Kansas Death - 1 Mar 2002 - Nelson, Nuckolls County, Nebraska  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 353 (Reliability: 3).