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Charles Lawrence Kolar

Birth	:	9 Dec 1896 Howard County, Nebraska, USA
Death	:	2 Aug 1940 Merrick County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Hillside Cemetery, Wolbach, Greeley County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.4005089, -98.3921356
Plot	:	Block 7, Lot 66
Description	:	From The Wolbach Messenger, Wolbach, Nebraska, Thursday, August 8, 1940, transcribed by Linda Berney: CHARLES KOLAR IS KILLED INSTANTLY IN TRAGIC ACCIDENT FRIDAY EVENING – Well Known Man Accidently Electrocuted While Working Near High Tension Line – Funeral services for Charles Kolar, one of the community's best known and respected citizens, who was accidently electrocuted while doing some electrical work Friday evening at the A. J. Forbes home near Palmer, were conducted Monday afternoon at 2:30 from Trinity Lutheran church with the pastor, Rev. E. H. Haugse, officiating. Prior to the church service brief services were held at the home... Read More	From The Wolbach Messenger, Wolbach, Nebraska, Thursday, August 8, 1940, transcribed by Linda Berney: CHARLES KOLAR IS KILLED INSTANTLY IN TRAGIC ACCIDENT FRIDAY EVENING – Well Known Man Accidently Electrocuted While Working Near High Tension Line – Funeral services for Charles Kolar, one of the community's best known and respected citizens, who was accidently electrocuted while doing some electrical work Friday evening at the A. J. Forbes home near Palmer, were conducted Monday afternoon at 2:30 from Trinity Lutheran church with the pastor, Rev. E. H. Haugse, officiating. Prior to the church service brief services were held at the home at two o'clock. Interment was in Hillside cemetery with McIntyre Funeral home in charge. Full military rites were conducted at the grave by American Legion members of Ray Mapes post and of the St. Paul post. The funeral was one of the largest ever held in Wolbach. The accident which claimed the life of Mr. Kolar happened about 5:30 Friday evening while he was working on a power line pole near the Forbes home. He was drilling a hole in the pole to support a bracket and it is the supposition that the ladder on which he was working slipped and in an instinctive effort to catch himself he threw out his arms which came in contact with live wires carrying 7,350 volts of electricity, and no doubt was killed instantly. After he was carried in the Forbes home Dr. J. Y. Racines of Palmer was called and pronounced him dead. The coroner of Nance county was also summoned. McIntyre's ambulance brought the body to Wolbach. Pallbearers were the following legionnaires: Gus Rother, Howard Teilmann, Arthur Christensen, Ernest Perry, Emil Pedersen and Lloyd Petersen. The color bearer was Pat Merriman and the color guard was composed of Ernest Gibson and Harry Wohlers. Chaplin was Rev. Thomas Parkin of St. Paul. The firing squad was composed of Albert Ha[illegible], Mitchell Knoths, R.V. Keister, Joe Iwanski, Frank Komsak, Fred D[illegible], Ed Polonski, and Charles Kraft. Commander was William F. [illegible] of St. Paul and buglers were J. C. Wilson and A. W. Krueger. The color guard, firing squad and other legionnaires formed an honorary escort in the funeral procession from the house to the church and from the church to the grave. Members of the legion auxiliary had charge of the many beautiful flowers. OBITUARY – Charles Lawrence Kolar was born near Wolbach on the home farm in Howard County, Dec. 9, 1898. He passed away Friday, Aug. 3, near Palmer at the age of 42 years, 7 months and 24 days. As a boy he attended school in District 33, Howard county. At the age of 18 he went to Detroit where he entered the Michigan State Auto school. He graduated in March 1917 as a mechanic and as an electrician. For a time he worked in Detroit in a Studebaker factory. From there he went to Neenah, Wis., where he established his own business. Later he sold it and went to St. Paul, Minn. to work with the L. W. Jordon Motor Co. He enlisted in the aviation section, signal corps of the U. S. Army on Dec. 3, 1917, while he was still in St. Paul. He was sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo, then to Camp Hancock, Ga., and to Camp Merritt, N. J. He sailed for France on March 4, 1918 and served 14 months overseas. He returned to the United States on June 26, 1919. After his arrival he was placed in a hospital in Camp Dodge, Ia., where he had two operations and from where he was later discharged. He returned to his home folks near Wolbach for a visit. Later he took up farming with his brothers. He was united in marriage to Elsie Rother, June 21, 1922 in Omaha. To this union were born three sons, Francis Charles, age 16, Robert Adolph, age 12 and Cleo who died in infancy. He leaves to mourn his death his wife, Elsie, the two boys, Francis Charles and Robert Adolph, mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Kolar, five brothers, Edward, Frank and William of Wolbach, Adolph and George of St. Paul, Minn., a sister, Ann Frobenius of Muscatine, Ia., and a host of other relatives and friends. He was an active member of Ray Mapes Post of the American Legion. In infancy he was baptized in the Catholic church. He became a member of the Lutheran church in Savannah, Ga. in 1918.

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Charles Lawrence Kolar's memorial is located at: Hillside Cemetery, Wolbach, Greeley County, USA.
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Charles Lawrence Kolar death on 2 Aug 1940 in Merrick County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 41.4005089
Longitude: -98.3921356

Family Members:

Parent

Fabian A Kolar

(1867 - 1948)

Anna Eret Kolar

(1865 - 1941)

Spouse

Elsie Fredricka Christiana Rother Kolar

(1898 - 1995)

Siblings

Edward Ladislav Kolar

(1890 - 1981)

Frank Leon Kolar

(1891 - 1963)

William Louis Kolar

(1898 - 1972)

Children

Francis Charles Kolar

(1924 - 2010)

Robert Adolph Kolar

(1928 - 1954)

Cleo Kolar

(1934 - 1934)

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