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Donald J. Kotas

Male 1933 - 2007  (74 years)


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  • Name Donald J. Kotas  [1, 2
    Birth 6 Jan 1933  Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 13 Mar 2007  Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Bohemian Brethren Cemetery (AKA Cesky Bratri Cemetery), Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Apr 1979, Friend, Saline County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Mother Bessie R. Masek,   b. 31 Aug 1896, Hriskov, ?steck?, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Aug 1957, Friend, Saline County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage 1 Oct 1919  Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [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
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 6 Jan 1933 - Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 13 Mar 2007 - Lincoln, Lancaster 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 351, 358 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [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).

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