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Karl Vaclav Kotas

Male 1914 - 1996  (82 years)


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  • Name Karl Vaclav Kotas  [1, 2
    Birth 10 Jul 1914  Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 29 Oct 1996  Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • Karl graduated from Milligan High School with the Class of 1934. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He attended watch repair school, going into business in Milligan and later moving to Lincoln, where he made his home. (Milligan, p 354).

      Obituary

      Kotas - Karl V., 82, Lincoln, died Tuesday (10/29/96). Born, Milligan. Watch repairman, Sartor Hamann. Member, VFW, Lincoln. Decorated WWII Army veteran; served with Company A, 133rd Ordinance Maintenance Battalion, 11th Armored Division, with General Patton's 3rd Army. Resident of Lincoln since 1965. Survivors: nephews, Dan Kotas, Milligan, James Kotas, Lawrence, Kan.; nieces, Nancy Slepicka, Dorchester, Janet Dunn, Lawrence; cousin, Arlene Weaver, Fremont.

      Services: 2 p.m. Friday, United Methodist Church, Milligan. Milligan Cemetery. Graveside service, American Legion Post 240, Milligan. Visitation: Thursday, noon-9 p.m., Wadlow-Rozanek Colonial Chapel, 5200 R St.; Friday, 11 a.m. until services, church. Memorials to United Methodist Church, Milligan

      (Courtesy of Dennis Belohlavy, 30 October 1996 Lincoln Journal Star)
    Person ID I20441  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father James V. Kotas,   b. 28 Jul 1878, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Oct 1940, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Frances Michl,   b. 12 Apr 1890, Saline County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 May 1973, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 22 Feb 1909  Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • James and Frances, along with four other couples, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Capek, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hromadka, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Capek and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schultz were married at the same time by Judge Fulton. (Milligan, p 307).
    Family ID F7084  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 10 Jul 1914 - Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 29 Oct 1996 - Lincoln, Lancaster 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 354 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [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).