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Adolph J. Kolar
20 Oct 1920 – 10 Sep 2006
| Birth | 20 Oct 1920 |
| Death | 10 Sep 2006 |
| Cemetery | Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery West , McLennan County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Doreen Morelli on 13 Jan 2010 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15708388 |
Bio
Adolph J. Kolar, 85, of West, Texas, passed away Sunday morning, Sept. 10, 2006, in a Hillsboro hospital. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Kotch Funeral Home in West. Rosary and Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary's Church of the Assumption in West with Father Ed Karasek as celebrant. Military graveside services will follow at St. Mary's Cemetery in West. Adolph was born in West, Texas, to the late Frank R. and Annie (Gerik) Kolar, and had lived in West all of his life. He was a member of St. Mary's Church of the Assumption, Catholic Workman, Cottonwood RVOS and VFW Post 4819 of West. He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U. S. Army from Aug. 26, 1942, until Jan. 24, 1946, serving in the Ardennes Rhineland Central Europe Campaign and received the American Theater Campaign medal and the Eame Campaign medal with three bronze stars, a good conduct medal and a World War II Victory Medal. Adolph was a retired farmer and a retired employee of Sligh Lumber Co. He married Elizabeth Fillip on Aug. 2, 1952, in West. Adolph loved his grandchildren, working in the garden, raising cows, dancing, VFW meetings and Sunday night bingo. He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Kelly Payne; and brothers, Frank and Rudolph Kolar. Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth, of West; sons, Adolph Larry Kolar and wife, Rene and Frankie Kolar, all of West; daughters, Rosemary Payne and husband, James, of Whitney and Joyce Wood and husband, James, of Alvarado; grandchildren, Jason Payne, Tonya Kolar, Janna Kolar, Justin Wood, Jamie Wood, and Kadale Kolar; great-grandson, Nykolas Payne; brothers, Alfons Kolar, of Mt. Calm, Raymond Kolar and wife, Evelyn, of West, Albin Kolar, of Joshua and Johnny Kolar and wife, Edda, of West; sisters, Mary Grmela and Angeline Kolar, both of West and Annie Marek, of Penelope; and several nieces and nephews. Waco Tribune-Herald: 9/11-13/2006...W
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PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR II BRONZE STAR MEDAL
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- Mary Annie Kolar Grmela 1921–2008
- Angeline A Kolar 1922–2015
- Margaret Kolar 1924–1925
- Frank William Kolar 1925–1974
- Ludmila Stepanka "Lillian" Kolar 1926–1927
- Irene Kolar 1927–1928
- George Kolar 1928–1929
- Alfons Kolar 1930–2020
- Rudolph J Kolar 1934–2004
- Albin Sylvester "Al" Kolar 1937–2010
- Annie Mae Kolar Marek 1938–2019
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