Carol Jean Kotara

Carol Jean Kotara, 70, of Pampa, died in Pampa on February 23, 2015. Vigil will be held at 6:00 PM Thursday, February 26, 2015, at Carmichael-Whatley Colonial Chapel. Liturgy of the Word will be at 3:00 PM Friday, February 27, 2015, at Carmichael-Whatley Colonial Chapel, with Rev. Scott Raef, pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic Cathedral of Amarillo, officiating. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors. Ms. Kotara was born May 31, 1944 In Pampa. She had been a lifelong resident of Pampa and White Deer, graduating from Pampa High School in 1962. Carol loved publishing her farm and ranch magazine and the senior’s edition, and she loved raising her children and being there for them. She was a charter member of Beta Sigma Phi sorority in White Deer. She was a member of the Altar Society of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in White Deer, and worked many years at the polish sausage dinner. Carol worked many years at the Green Punkin Restaurant in White Deer. She married John Kotara, III in 1963 in White Deer, and after their separation, they continued to be good friends. Carol was preceded in death by her uncle, Jean Douglass in 1983; her father, Loyd Wilson in 1994; and grandparents, George and Ida Douglass, and Walter and Maude Wilson. Survivors include her four children, John Kotara, IV and Tracy Kotara, both of White Deer, Karla Kotara of Denton, and Kalina Anderson and husband Rick of Frisco; her mother, Mary McDaniel of Pampa; four grandchildren, John Jarett Kotara and wife Lindsay and Haili Kotara, all of Pampa, and Alexis Anderson and Raelin Anderson, both of Frisco; and four great grandchildren, Rylan, Makenna, John Kolt and Brenli; and her “forever friend,” Sherry Kotara Hill of Houston. Memorials may be made to Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 500 N. Main, White Deer, Texas 79097; or Good Samaritan Christian Services, 309 N. Ward, Pampa, Texas 79065.