Mrs. Kolbar, who was born in Coeur d'Alene, died Sunday. She was a 50-year Spokane resident.
She graduated from Coeur d'Alene High School in 1937, and married Edward Kolbar in 1939.
Mrs. Kolbar was a waitress in the Coeur d'Alene Ice Cream Parlor and later worked for Alcoa Aluminum in the Spokane Industrial Park as a catcher on the table saw for the Naval supply.
Mrs. Kolbar moved to Camp Roberts in California to be close to her brother during the war, where she worked as a driver and typist. She also assisted in camp functions such as food distribution, mail delivery and church maintenance.
After the war she moved back to Spokane and helped her husband in the development of his general contracting business.
She was a active in the Parent-Teacher Association and received the Acorn Award in 1962.
Her husband died in 1984.
Survivors include two sons, George and Leonard Kolbar, both of Spokane; and two sisters, Ivy Irons and Mellissa Loomis, both of Coeur d'Alene.
—From The Spokesman-Review; Thursday, July 13, 2000
Mrs. Kolbar, who was born in Coeur d'Alene, died Sunday. She was a 50-year Spokane resident.
She graduated from Coeur d'Alene High School in 1937, and married Edward Kolbar in 1939.
Mrs. Kolbar was a waitress in the Coeur d'Alene Ice Cream Parlor and later worked for Alcoa Aluminum in the Spokane Industrial Park as a catcher on the table saw for the Naval supply.
Mrs. Kolbar moved to Camp Roberts in California to be close to her brother during the war, where she worked as a driver and typist. She also assisted in camp functions such as food distribution, mail delivery and church maintenance.
After the war she moved back to Spokane and helped her husband in the development of his general contracting business.
She was a active in the Parent-Teacher Association and received the Acorn Award in 1962.
Her husband died in 1984.
Survivors include two sons, George and Leonard Kolbar, both of Spokane; and two sisters, Ivy Irons and Mellissa Loomis, both of Coeur d'Alene.
—From The Spokesman-Review; Thursday, July 13, 2000
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