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Therese Regina Koci
30 Oct 1949 – 27 Feb 1953
| Birth | 30 Oct 1949 |
| Death | 27 Feb 1953 |
| Cemetery | Saint Bonaventure Cemetery Columbus , Platte County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | Shirley (Bruhn) Martys on 11 Dec 2008 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17805465 |
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Web site: http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~neplatte/vitals/vitals1953.html The Columbus Daily Telegram, February 28, 1953 KOCI--Little Girl Is Killed In Car Accident - Injuries Prove Fatal To 3 Year Old Therese Koci Therese Regina Koci, three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Koci, died at 10:45 p.m. Friday at St. Mary's hospital of injuries sustained in an accident earlier in the evening. The mishap occurred about 6:30 at Sixth street and Twenty-fourth avenue, and involved cars driven by Mrs. Koci and Fred W. Raymond. Mrs. Koci was going east and Mr. Raymond was proceeding north, and the two autos collided at the intersection. Mrs. Koci and three other children in the car were shaken up, but escaped any major hurt. The first aid unit of the fire department was called to remove the injured to the hospital. Both cars were considerably damaged in the collision. Mr. Raymond was not injured. Therese Regina, daughter of John and Melba Mares Koci, was born Oct. 30, 1949 at St. Mary's hospital. She was baptized at St. Bonaventure Catholic church. Besides her parents, she is survived by two sisters, Melba Mary, 9, Patricia Anne, 8, and a brother, John Francis, one year and three months. Funeral services will be held at 8 a.m. Monday at St. Bonaventure church, followed by burial in the parish cemetery. The body will lie in state at the McKown Funeral chapel from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, after which it will lie in state at the family home. ------------------ The Columbus Daily Telegram, March 3, 1953 KOCI--Koci Rites - Funeral services for Therese Regina Koci, three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Koci, were held at 8 a.m. Monday at St. Bonaventure Catholic church. The Rev. Fr. Joseph Hagen officiated at the Mass of the Angels, and burial was in the parish cemetery. Pallbearers were: Topper Johnson, Gary Soulliere, Larry Minette, William McAuliff, Patrick Keating and Jerry Michaelsen. Out-of-town relatives and friends in attendance were from Omaha, Fremont, Schuyler, Rogers, Bellwood, Lincoln and Richland. ∼ Therese was killed in a car accident by a drunk driver, Freddy Raymond who ran a stop sign and hit our car broadside. Everyone in my family except my dad was in the accident. We were all severely injured and treated at St Mary's Hospital. Therese was a beautiful and bright child who loved to dance. She laid in state in our family home and a funeral mass of the Angels was said for her at St Bonaventure Catholic Church.
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