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Willa Jean "Jeanie" Kotas

Female 1936 - 2018  (81 years)


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  • Name Willa Jean "Jeanie" Kotas  [1, 2
    Nickname Jeanie 
    Birth 12 Sep 1936  Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Female 
    Death 26 Jul 2018  Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Grand Island City Cemetery, Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • KEARNEY Willa J. "Jeanie" Holtmeier, 81, of Kearney, formerly of Grand Island and Lexington, passed away on Thursday, July 26, 2018.

      Service and celebration of Jeanie's life will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Peace Lutheran Church, 1710 N. North Road in Grand Island. The Rev. Michael Reiners will officiate. Burial will be in Grand Island City Cemetery.

      Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at All Faiths Funeral Home, 2929 S. Locust in Grand Island.

      Jeanie was born on Sept. 12, 1936 in Wahoo, the daughter of William H. and D. Irma (Essex) Kotas. She grew up and graduated from high school at Milligan.

      On August 4, 1957, Jeanie was married to LeeRoy M. Holtmeier. The couple lived in Guide Rock, Cincinnati, Ohio, Lexington and Leola, Pa., before moving to Grand Island.

      Jeanie was a member of Peace Lutheran Church, Women in Missions and Stephen Ministry. She loved family and friends and thoroughly enjoyed being a cheerleader for all of her grandkids' activities. She also loved playing cards, gardening, baking, sewing, volunteering, planning trips and traveling.

      Those left to cherish her memory include her son and daughter-in-law, Doug and Brigitte Holtmeier of Kearney; a daughter, Shari Holtmeier and LaDon Biason of Lutz, Fla.; grandchildren, Liza Lorenz and her husband, Chad, Blake Holtmeier and Brady Holtmeier; a great-grandson, Devon Lorenz; and a sister, Mary Ann Rut of Lincoln.

      She was welcomed into heaven by her husband, Lee; her parents, and a sister, Beth Gordan.

      Memorials are suggested to Peace Lutheran Church in Grand Island or St. John's Good Samaritan Society of Kearney.

      Online condolences may be left at www.giallfaiths.com.

      The family contact is Doug Holtmeier, 2611 W. 47th, Kearney, NE 68845.

      (Courtesy of Dennis Belohlavy)
    Person ID I20510  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 6 Dec 2023 

    Father William H. Kotas,   b. 1 Apr 1898, Glengary Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 May 1980, Friend, Saline County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Delcia Irma Essex,   b. 26 Jan 1903, Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Sep 1993, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage 22 Jun 1926  [1
    • Married at the Home of the Brides' parents.
    Family ID F2179  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lee Holtmeier,   b. 30 Aug 1935, Tobias, Saline County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Nov 2009, Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 4 Aug 1957  Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F10918  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Aug 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 12 Sep 1936 - Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 4 Aug 1957 - Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 26 Jul 2018 - Kearney, Buffalo 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 361 (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).