Frances J Dolezilek Koci

1896 - 1978  (82 years)

• Name	Frances J Dolezilek Koci
  Born	20 Aug 1896	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Died	28 Aug 1978	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	31 Aug 1978	Czech-Moravian Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I4442	Rossville
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	Frank G Dolezilek, Sr.,   b. 1 Oct 1859, Brusperk, Moravia ,   d. 22 Jun 1949, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Mary Mynar Dolezilek,   b. 1 Nov 1863, Prlov, Moravia ,   d. 24 Dec 1939  (Age 76 years)
  Married	1 Feb 1892	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Family ID	F1940	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Franklin Koci,   b. 28 Sep 1889, Auburn, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 21 May 1962, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 72 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

  
  

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  Buried - 31 Aug 1978 - Czech-Moravian Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		Obituary- Koci, Frances 1 MRS. FRANCES KOCI Mrs. Frances J. Koci, 82, Topeka, died Monday noon, August 28, 1978, in a Topeka hospital where she was admitted August 16. She was born August 20, 1896, in the Rossville community. She lived in the Grove and Silver Lake communities before she moved to Topeka in 1944. Mrs. Koci was a member of the auxiliary of the Eagles Lodge and Senior Citizens Group No. 6. She was a member of the Senior Citizens rhythm band and had completed more than 1,000 volunteer hours with the band at the Topeka VA Hospital and at rest homes in Topeka. She was married to James F. Koci on June 21, 1915. He died May 21, 1962. A son, Frank J. Koci, died September 24, 1975. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Lillian H. Wiant, Silver Lake, Mrs. Irene J. Neugebauer, Lawrence, and Mrs. Grace D. Laurenti, Topeka; a brother, Frank Dolezilek, Rossville; three sisters, Mrs. Marie Matyak, Delia, and Mrs. Anna Strimple and Mrs. Lydia Strimple, both of Rossville; nine grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Davidson-Duff Funeral Home. Burial will be in Czech Moravian Cemetery north of Rossville. Mrs. Koci will lie in state after 3 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home where relatives and friends will meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.
  		Obituary- Koci, Frances 2 Frances Koci Mrs. Frances J. Koci, 82, 541 Golden, died Monday noon in a Topeka hospital where she was admitted Aug. 16. She was born Aug. 20, 1896, in the Rossville community. She lived in the Grove and Silver Lake communities before she moved to Topeka in 1944. Mrs. Koci was a member of the auxiliary of the Eagles Lodge and Senior Citizens Group No. 6. She was a member of the Senior Citizens rhythm band and had completed more than 1,000 volunteers hours with the band at the Topeka VA Hospital and at rest homes in Topeka. She was married to James F. Koci June 21, 1915. He died May 21, 1962. A son, Frank J. Koci, died Sept. 24, 1975. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Lillian H. Wiant, Silver Lake, Mrs. Irene J. Neugebauer, Lawrence, and Mrs. Grace D. Laurenti, 1828 Moundview Drive; a brother, Frank Dolezilek, Rossville; three sisters, Mrs. Marie Matyak, Delia, and Mrs. Anna Strimple and Mrs. Lydia Strimple, both of Rossville; nine grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Davidson-Duff Funeral Home. Burial will be in Czech Moravian Cemetery north of Rossville. Mrs. Koci will lie in state after 3 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home where relatives and friends will meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. [Note: 2nd obituary is exactly the same]