He was born June 17, 1907, at Rocky Ford, Colorado, to George and Katherine E. (Deitz) [sic] Koleber. He moved to WaKeeney, Kansas with his parents as a child where he was reared.
Mrs. Koleber was married to Marie M. Deines on June 24, 1928 in WaKeeney, where they continued to farm until moving to Longmont in 1933. They then moved to Eaton in 1949 and to Greeley in 1956 where he was a painter for residential homes.
He was a member of the American Lutheran Church, Painter's Local No.79 and the American Society of Germans from Russia.
Survivors are his wife, Marie; three sons, Melvin L. of Lakewood; Kenneth E. of Irving, Texas, and Darrell D. of Ft. Collins; one sister, Mrs. Mollie Margheim of Hoisington, Kansas; three brothers, Henry of Philadelphia, Pa., Victor of Donie, Texas, and Albert of Prosser, Wash. Also surviving are 10 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by three brothers.
Services were held in Adamson Memorial Chapel in Greeley, Colo., on April 28 with interment in Sunset Memorial Gardens."
He was born June 17, 1907, at Rocky Ford, Colorado, to George and Katherine E. (Deitz) [sic] Koleber. He moved to WaKeeney, Kansas with his parents as a child where he was reared.
Mrs. Koleber was married to Marie M. Deines on June 24, 1928 in WaKeeney, where they continued to farm until moving to Longmont in 1933. They then moved to Eaton in 1949 and to Greeley in 1956 where he was a painter for residential homes.
He was a member of the American Lutheran Church, Painter's Local No.79 and the American Society of Germans from Russia.
Survivors are his wife, Marie; three sons, Melvin L. of Lakewood; Kenneth E. of Irving, Texas, and Darrell D. of Ft. Collins; one sister, Mrs. Mollie Margheim of Hoisington, Kansas; three brothers, Henry of Philadelphia, Pa., Victor of Donie, Texas, and Albert of Prosser, Wash. Also surviving are 10 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by three brothers.
Services were held in Adamson Memorial Chapel in Greeley, Colo., on April 28 with interment in Sunset Memorial Gardens."
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