Kots, James N. 1916-1997

KOTS, POPMA, VERDOORN

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Date: 2/3/2014 at 10:54:39

Sioux Center News of Dec 16, 1997

James M. Kots January 16,1916—December 12. 1997
James M. Kots, 81, of rural Ireton died Friday, December 12, at Hass Hilllcrest Care Center In Hawarden. Services were at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Porter Funeral Home In Rock Valley, with the Rev. Dan Swenson and the Rev. Matt Swenson officiating. Burial was in Valley View Cemetery in Rock Valley.

Kots was born January 16, 1916, in Maurice, the son of Gerrit and Florence (Popma) Kots. He attended school at Maurice. He married Katherine Verdoorn February 25, 1943, In Sioux Center. The couple resided in the Maurice area, later living near Hudson, South Dakota, and Fairview, South Dakota, before returning to the Ireton area in 1974.

Survivors Include his wife; a daughter and her husband, Sandra and Ron Carlson of Beresford, South Dakota; a son and his wife, Gary and Brenda of Ireton; six sisters, Pearl Kots of Marshalltown, Esther Coleman of Sanford, North Carolina, Rose Jones of Dumont, Ruby Veltkamp of Canton, South Dakota, Goldie Bowman of Elgin, Nebraska, and Daisy Headrick of Powersvllle, Missouri; a sister-in-law, Adrianna Kots of Birnamwood, Wisconsin; and five grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a son, James, in infancy; two brothers, George and Hubert; and two sisters, Violet and Ethel.