Marie Kotas

1920 - 2000  (79 years)

• Name	Marie Kotas  [1, 2]
  Birth	5 Aug 1920	Fillmore County, Nebraska   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	7 Feb 2000	Crete, Saline County, Nebraska
  Burial	Wilber Czech Cemetery (Bohemian-Slavonian Cemetery), Wilber, Saline County, Nebraska
  Notes	The Nebraska Signal 23 February 2000 Marie B. Vlasak Marie B. Vlasak, 79, of Wilber, died Monday, Feb. 7, 2000 in Crete. She was born August 5, 1920 on a farm north of Milligan, to John F. and Bessie R. (Masek) Kotas. She attended the Milligan Public School and graduated with the class of 1938. She helped on the family farm and did housework in the Crete area working at the Crete Mills and Fairmont Creamery. She married Charles Vlasak, Jr. on Sept.23, 1943, at the Saline County Courthouse in Wilber. In 1993, they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. They made their home in Spokane, Wash. while Charles was in the service. Here she worked for Nabisco Biscuit Co. and Armour Meat Packing Plant. They moved back to Crete where she worked for Gooches and in 1946 moved to a farm north of Hallam. In 1957, they moved to a farm south of Wilber, retiring in 1989 and moved into Wilber. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary in Wilber for 38 years; a member of ZCBJ Lodge No. 3 inCrete, receiving her 50 year membership pin and was a V.A. Hospital volunteer for 888 hours. She is survived by her brothers and sisters-in-law, Jim F. and Norma Kotas of Milligan, Donald and Velma Kotas of Lincoln; nieces and nephews and spouses; Aunt Mae Kotas of Milligan and great and great-great nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Charles Vlasak, Jr., Oct. 24, 1996; infant brother, Johnny Kotas; sister and brother-in-law, Henrietta and Marion Arbuck. Funeral services were held Thursday, Feb.10 at 2 p.m. at Zajicek Funeral Home in Wilber with the Rev. Paul Quackenbush officiating. Soloist Elmer Nemec accompanied by Bernice Zajicek. Interment was at the Wilber Czech Cemetery. Pallbearers were Wayne Arbuck, Dennis Kotas, Doug Kotas, Brad Kasl, Doug Hayek and Daryl Hayek. Honorary pallbearers were Delbert Kotas, David Kotas, Gerald Splichal, Jon Eisenhauer, Darin Keller, Chuck Rains, Paul Essman and Mark Bors. Memorials may be directed to the Charles and Marie Vlasak Scholarship Fund
  Person ID	I20460	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   [1]
  	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	Charles Vlasak,   b. Bef 1920   d. 24 Oct 1996 (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	23 Sep 1943	Wilber, Saline County, Nebraska   [1]
  Family ID	F7316	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2009

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 5 Aug 1920 - Fillmore County, Nebraska Marriage - 23 Sep 1943 - Wilber, Saline County, Nebraska Death - 7 Feb 2000 - Crete, Saline County, Nebraska Burial - - Wilber Czech Cemetery (Bohemian-Slavonian Cemetery), Wilber, Saline County, Nebraska  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

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