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Dolores J. Kolba

     MRS. VERNE ( DOLORES J. ) KOLBA, 84, MORRIS, ILLINOIS & FORMERLY OF PLAINFIELD, ILLINOIS, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY SATURDAY, JULY 3, 2010 IN WALNUT GROVE NURSING HOME. SHE WAS BORN ON APRIL 21, 1926 IN WAUWATOSA, WISCONSIN TO ALFRED G. & ALMA L. E. RAHN LAATSCH.     DOLORES WAS A GRADUATE OF RIVER FALLS HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE CLASS OF 1944, IN RIVER FALLS, WISCONSIN.

     SHE MARRIED VERNE M. KOLBA ON JANUARY 29, 1950, IN TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH IN HUDSON, WISCONSIN.

     SHE WAS EMPLOYED AS A BOOKKEEPER WITH VARIOUS RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS.

     WITH HER HUSBAND, THEY ENJOYED SINGING IN CHURCH CHOIRS. SHE LOVED TO KNIT, WAS A QUILTER, LOVED TO COOK AND SPEND TIME WITH HER FAMILY.

     DOLORES WAS A MEMBER OF PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH AND THE CHURCH CHOIR. SHE PARTICIPATED WITH THE CHURCH QUILTING GROUP.

     SURVIVING IS HER LOVING HUSBAND OF OVER 60 YEARS, VERNE M., MORRIS, ILLINOIS; TWO DAUGHTERS, SUSAN ( C. JOSEPH ) KLEIN, PORTER,TX. & LINDA ( J. D. ) O’BRIEN, GREELEY, COLORADO; TWO SONS, DEAN ( JAN ) KOLBA, CHELMSFORD, MASS. & JAMES ( KAREN ) KOLBA, PLAINFIELD, IL.; NINE GRANDCHLDREN; ONE GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER; ONE SISTER, MARLENE ( HOWARD ) EDLIN, BOYCEVILLE, WI.; SEVERAL NIECES & NEPHEWS.

     PRECEDED BY PARENTS AND ONE BROTHER, ROBERT LAATSCH.

     FRIENDS MAY CALL ON THURSDAY, JULY 8, 2010, FROM 5:00 – 7:00 P.M. AT U. C. DAVIS & SONS FUNERAL HOME LTD. 301 W. WASHINGTON ST., MORRIS, ILLINOIS. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED ON FRIDAY, JULY 9, 2010, AT 10:00 A. M. AT PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH, CANDLELIGHT LANE & LISBON RD., MORRIS, ILLINOIS, WITH REV. JEFFREY CHUBB OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW IN ABRAHAM LINCOLN NATIONAL CEMETERY, ELWOOD, ILLINOIS.

     MEMORIAL GIFTS CAN BE DIRECTED TO PEACE LLUTHERAN CHURCH OR THE DONOR’S CHOICE. ONLINE CONDOLENCES CAN BE MADE BY CLICKING ON DOLORES’S NAME AT THE TOP OF THIS OBITUARY.  FOR INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE FUNERAL HOME AT 815-942-0084.

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2 Responses to “Dolores J. Kolba”

  1. The Nystedt Family Says:
    July 7th, 2010 at 1:46 pm

    Verne,
    We are so sorry for the passing of Delores. We know that she is walking with the Lord now and all her pain is healed. We pray every day that God gives you strength to help you through this painful time.

  2. Norma and Harold Carlson Says:
    July 7th, 2010 at 4:37 pm

    Verne and Family,

    We wish to extend our heartfelt sympathy to you and your family.
    Dolores was such a sweet lady.

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