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Anna Rose Koca

Female 1903 - 2002  (99 years)


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  • Name Anna Rose Koca  [1, 2
    Birth 6 Apr 1903  Tobias, Saline County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Female 
    Death 17 Jun 2002  Friend, Saline County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Burial Bohemian Brethren Cemetery (AKA Cesky Bratri Cemetery), Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 
    • Anna continued to help her family at home after her marriage to John KOTAS. She helped care for her sister, Emilye, after her mother had surgery. She also helped her sister-in-law Mayme care for her infant son, Jimmy KOCA. (Milligan, p 359).

      Obituary

      Kotas - Anna Rose, 99, Milligan, widow of John H., died Monday (6/17/02) in Friend. Born, Tobias (4/8/03) to Vaclav and Marie (Bernasek) Koca.

      Survivors: son, daughter-in-law, Joe and Grace, Milligan; daughter, Rose Marie Hulse, Exeter; two grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren.

      Services: 10 a.m. Thursday, Saint Wenceslaus Catholic Church, Milligan. Father David F. Bourek. Milligan North Cemetery. Visitation: beginning 1 p.m. today, Farmer & Son Funeral Home-Kotas Chapel, Milligan. Rosary: 7 p.m. today, Milligan funeral home.

      (Courtesy of Dennis Belohlavy, Lincoln Journal Star)

      Note: It assumed she is bured in Cesky Bratri with her late husband, John Kotas.
    Person ID I16174  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Vaclav Koca,   b. 9 Jan 1866, Zebnice, Plzen, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Apr 1950, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Marie Bernasek,   b. 25 Mar 1868, Bohy, Plzen-Sever, Plzensk? Kraj, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1960, Friend, Saline County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Marriage 9 Jul 1889  Glengary Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • They were married in the the Koca home, with Frank TENOPIR and Albert BIBA as witnesses. Vaclav's brother Joseph, a widower, was married on the same day in a double ceremony. They repeated their vows in the Catholic Church on January 6, 1891 before it was completely plastered and finished. Attendants were Frank TENOPIR, Frank KOCA, Josephine BECK, and Mary PRIBYL. They farmed in Section 19 of Atlanta Township for many years, buying a home from Frank STECH in Milligan to retire too. They moved into this home in 1923, with their two youngest daughters. In February, 1950, their home caught fire due to a glowing ember from a stove. The were away from home, and arrived with the kitchen floor ablaze. Marie went to get help, and Vaclav attempted to douse the flames. A hole the size of a basket was left in the floor. He died of respiratory problems related to the smoke he inhaled a few months later. His brother Joseph died of pneumonia as well, a few days after Vaclav (Milligan, p 343).
    Family ID F1770  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Henry Kotas,   b. 8 Jan 1894, Glengary Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Feb 1983, Friend, Saline County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Marriage 2 Sep 1924  Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • 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).
    Children 
     1. Rose Marie Kotas,   b. 15 Mar 1926, Glengary Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jul 2015, York, York County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
     2. Joseph John Kotas,   b. 26 Nov 1928, Glengary Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 May 2011, Crete, Saline County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F2177  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 6 Apr 1903 - Tobias, Saline County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 2 Sep 1924 - Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 17 Jun 2002 - Friend, Saline County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Bohemian Brethren Cemetery (AKA Cesky Bratri Cemetery), Fillmore County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 260, 343, 355 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S482] Chromy, Ken & Kathy, 706 Road 19, Ohiowa, NE 68416; Our Bohemian & Moravian Ancestors in Nebraska; Ver. 2007-03-05 14:07:03; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=kchromy.

    3. [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 343, 359 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [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).

    5. [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 343 (Reliability: 3).

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