Benjamin
James
(Ben)
Koci
Born in Pleasant Hill, Custer, Nebraska, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Anton Koci
and Elizabeth Anna (Dusek) Koci
Husband of
Irene Mikesk
— married
5 Apr 1937 in Gooding, Idaho
[children unknown]
Died
at age 85
in Boise, Idaho, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Feb 2017
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Biography
Ben was born in 1914. Ben Koci ... He passed away in 2000.
Obituary Benjamin J. Koci, age 85, of Buhl died Saturday, Aug. 19, 2000, in Boise, Idaho.
Ben was born September 25, 1914, in Pleasant Hill, Nebraska, the son of Anton and Elizabeth Shestak Koci. He attended school in Pleasant Hill and Dorchester, Nebraska, coming to Buhl in 1934. It was in Buhl that Ben married Irene Mikesh on April 5, 1937. She preceded him in death in 1991. Ben worked as a trucker for Sego Milk and later for the Buhl Co-op Supply. In recent years he worked for the Container Division of Green Giant where he retired.
Survivors include two sons, James (Dorothy), and Marvin (Colleen) Koci both of Boise, Idaho; sisters. Helen Houska of Wilber, Nebraska, and Blanche Whitlake of Long Beach, California; four grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2000, at West End Cemetery in Buhl.
For those who desire, contributions may be made to St. John's Lutheran Church in Buhl. Funeral arrangements by Farmer Funeral Chapel, Buhl.
Times News, Twin Falls, Tuesday, August 22, 2000 B-2
Sources
- "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCKR-V6W : accessed 24 October 2019), Benny Koci in household of Anton Koci, Pleasant Hill, Saline, Nebraska, United States; citing ED 138, sheet 4B, line 95, family 90, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 999; FHL microfilm 1,820,999
- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQ2Z-8CD : accessed 24 October 2019), Bennie Koci in household of Anton Koci, Pleasant Hill, Saline, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 17, sheet 4B, line 66, family 99, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1291; FHL microfilm 2,341,026
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194736056/benjamin-j_-koci
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ben by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ben:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ben by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ben:
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~0.78%
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