Donald J. Kolar

Donald Kolar Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 21, St. Mary's Church, Oxford. Committal services 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 21, St. Joseph's Cemetery, Iowa City. Visitation: 2-8 p.m. Monday, June 20, Lensing Funeral and Cremation Service, Iowa City and after 9 a.m. Tuesday at the church. OXFORD, Iowa - Donald J. Kolar, 75, of rural Oxford died Thursday, June 16, 2005 at his home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Iowa City Hospice or the charity of the donor's choice. He was born Dec. 6, 1929, in Syracuse, NY, the son of Frank and Catherine Conway Kolar. He was a graduate of Iowa City City High School and the University of Iowa. He served in the Air Force in Japan during the Korean War. He married Mary Romona Dunn Aug. 11, 1956, at St. Mary's Church in Oxford. She died on Sept. 14, 1995. On Nov. 28, 1998, he married Thelma Meade Wagner at St. Mary's Church in Oxford. Prior to moving to rural Oxford in 1998, he had been a longtime resident of Muscatine. He had been employed at Grain Processing Corp.- Kent Feeds, Inc. for 33 years. In 1992, he retired as senior vice president of finance with Grain Processing Corp. and chairman of the board of Kent Feeds, Inc...[more]

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e had been a member of St. Mary's Church in Muscatine. He was a member of St. Mary's Church, Oxford, the University of Iowa President's Club and Knights of Columbus Bishop James Davis Council 12910. He enjoyed theater, especially attending Hancher events, and traveling the world. Survivors include his wife, Thelma; five children, Dr. Anne Kolar of Coralville, Matthew (Michelle) Kolar of Davenport and their children Joseph and Christopher, Joseph (Kathryn) Kolar of Chevy Chase, Md., and their children Caroline and James, Karen (Sean) O'Malley of Brooklyn Park, Minn. and their children Molly and Mary, Mary Patricia (Scott) Bruner of Chicago; five step-children, Anne (Richard) Connell of The Woodlands, Texas, and their children Christina, Daniel, Cullen and Kenneth, Richard Wagner of Iowa City and his son Colin Berry, Patricia (Allen) Morelock of Iowa City and their children Quinn and Shane, Jeanne Wagner of Omaha, Jennifer Wagner of Cedar Rapids, and Gregory (Kimberly) Wagner of Oxford and their children, Cody and Kali. He was preceded in death by his parents.