James Franklin Koci

1889 - 1962  (72 years)

• Name	James Franklin Koci
  Born	28 Sep 1889	Auburn, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	21 May 1962	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Czech-Moravian Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I4446	Rossville
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	Frank Koci
  Mother	Elizabeth Stach Koci,   d. 7 Jan 1936, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Family ID	F2519	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances J Dolezilek Koci,   b. 20 Aug 1896, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 28 Aug 1978, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 82 years)
  Married	21 Jun 1915	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Children	+ 1. Frank J Koci,   b. 16 Oct 1920, Grove, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 24 Sep 1975, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 54 years) + 2. Irene J Koci Lemon Neugebauer,   b. 29 Apr 1923, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 25 Apr 1985, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas  (Age 61 years) + 3. Grace D Koci Laurenti,   b. 26 Jul 1925, Grove, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 21 Jun 2010  (Age 84 years) + 4. Lillian Hazel Koci Wiant
  Documents		Marriage- Dolezilek, Frances-Koci, James Dolezilek-Koci Miss Francis [sic] Dolezilek, 18, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dolezilek living six miles northeast of Rossville and James Koci, 26, of Auburn, Kansas, were married at Topeka, Monday morning by the probate judge. In the afternoon and evening the event was celebrated in the Bohemian settlement north of town by a holiday and festivities in "old country" style were entered into by one hundred and fifty guests. Mr. and Mrs. Koci returned from Topeka at noon and went to the home of brides uncle, John Kratina, where a wedding dinner was served to the immediate relatives of the two young people. In the afternoon the merry making was continued at the vacant house on the north Kratina farm. In the evening a dance for the guests was held in the Bohemian hall near the 101 school house. Many Delia and Rossville people were invited out and certainly enjoyed the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Dolezilek. Practically every person present brought a present for the new married couple and the gifts were so varied in character and all so practical and useful it will be unnecessary for Mr. and Mrs. Koci to go to a very great outlay to fit up their home. Mrs. Koci was born and raised in the country north of Rossville where she is very popular among the people of the community. Mr. Koci is a prosperous farmer who has long made his home in the Auburn country, and where he and his bride will make their home on a farm. [From 24 Jun 1915]
  Last Modified	16 Oct 2017 15:33:32
  Family ID	F2632	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Buried - - Czech-Moravian Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Koci, James James F. Koci, 72, 541 Golden died Monday morning May 21, 1962 in a Topeka hospital. He was born Sept, 28, 1889 at Auburn. He was a farmer in the Silver Lake and Delia communities most of his life, and was a resident of Topeka since 1942. Mr. Koci is survived by his widow, Mrs. Frances J. Koci of the home, a son, Frank J. Koci, 4018 Shunga Drive; three daughters, Mrs. Lillian Wiant, Silver Lake, Mrs. Irene Neugebauer, [missing] -burn, Fred Koci, 925 Wabash, and Alfred Koci of Delia; and three sisters Mrs. Mary Slansky, Plainville, Ks., Mrs. Grace Hromada 1322 Fillmore and Mrs. Alice Bayless, 1938 N. Jefferson. Services will be at 1:30 P.M. Wednesday in the Parker Mortuary with burial in the Moravian Cemetery near Delia.