Mikota, George – 1910-1939

MIKOTA, HEROLD

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 1/23/2013 at 09:44:00

Source: The Howard County Times September 13, 1939, Page 6

George Mikota

George Mikota, Jr. was the second son of Mr. and Mrs. George Mikota. He was born in 1910 on the farm where his parents still reside, about 4 miles west of Spillville. In June 1935 he was married to Hattie Herold at the St. Wenceslaus church in Spillville, and to this union a son, Harlan, was born, who is two years old. The presence of this young son in the home will be a comfort to his grief stricken mother in the midst of her great sorrow. In the passing of this young man the community has been deprived of a genial friend, who so quickly gained the love and friendship of everyone with whom he came in contact. Besides his widow and son, he is survived by his parents and two brothers, Edward and Elmer. Those who served as pall bearers were: Donald, Edmund, Edward and Lester Schmitt, Edward Nockels and Vivion Mikota. Relatives from a distance who were here for the funeral included Mr. and Mrs. Will Schmitt and family, St. Paul; Mr. and Mrs. Anton Schmitt and family and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Mikota, Mason City; Andrew Schmitt, New Hampton; Leonard Mikota, Dyersville; Archie Mikota, Minneapolis; and Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Svestka and Mr. and Mrs. Greg Gebel of Monona, besides a large number of relatives and friends from the neighboring towns.

Card of Thanks

We wish to express our gratitude and appreciation to relatives, friends and neighbors for the kind assistance and expressions of sympathy shown us at the sudden death of our dearly beloved husband, father, son and brother, George Mikota, Jr., and for the spiritual and floral offerings donated in his memory. We also wish to thank Rev. Broz, Rev. Hlubek, Anton Balik and son Stanley and choir members for their services.

Mrs. George Mikota, Jr. and son, Harlan
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Mikota, Sr., son Elmer
Mr. and Mrs. Edw. Mikota and family
Mrs. Evelyn Herold and daughters.

The following article was in the Howard County Times on September 6, 1939

Fishermen Drown in Mississippi River

Edward Loesch, 24, and George Mikota, 29, farmers living between Spillville and Protivin were drowned in the Mississippi river about 7:30 a.m. when their motorboat capsized in water 12 feet deep, throwing them and Emil Klimesh, 25, a fishing companion, into the stream.

The tragedy occurred near McDonald dam, two miles north of Harpers Ferry, Iowa. John Bachem and Antwine Coye, on the Wisconsin shore, witnessed it and rushed to the scene in a motorboat, rescuing Klimesh, who was on top of the overturned boat. Several men in boats assisted in dragging the river for the bodies, which were recovered two hours later 40 feet below where the boat capsized. Loesch had been entangled in fish lines. Mikota leaves his wife and a 3-year-old son.

Transcribed from a newspaper clipping submitted by Janice Sowers.

Transcriber’s Note: A double funeral was held with Edward Loesch at St. Wenceslaus church on Wednesday morning.