June 19 1927 September 15 2019
Obituary James D. “Jim” Kollar, age 92, of New Philadelphia, passed away Sunday, September 15, 2019, in the New Dawn Retirement Community, Dover. Born June 19, 1927, in New Cumberland, he was one of ten children born to the late Victor and Anna Roberts Kollar. Jim attended New Cumberland and Mineral City Schools and went on to serve honorably with the United States Army Air Corps at the end of the Second World War. He married the former Betty J. Bowyer on August 31, 1951. The couple raised two sons and shared nearly 58 years of marriage prior to Betty’s passing on June 26, 2009. Jim was employed for 37 years by Plumbers and Pipefitters Local Union 495, Cambridge, from which he retired. He worked hard all of his life. Jim was a member of New Philadelphia’s First Church of the Nazarene and the Dover Masonic Lodge. He is survived by his sons, Darrin J. Kollar and Martin J. Kollar; his grandson, Codey Wood; and his many nieces and nephews. Besides his parents, and his beloved wife, Betty, Jim was preceded in death by his five sisters and four brothers. Family and friends are invited to call at the Toland-Herzig Funeral Home & Crematory, Dover, on Thursday, September 19, 6 – 8 p.m. A funeral service will be held Friday, September 20, at 11 a.m., in the funeral home, with Pastor Mark Maddux officiating. Burial will be in Dover’s Ridgecrest Memory Gardens. To sign an online guestbook and share a fond memory of Jim, please visit the obituaries link on the Toland-Herzig website. To send flowers to the family of James D. “Jim” Kollar, please visit Tribute Store. Events Sep19 Visitation Thursday, September 19, 2019 6:00PM – 8:00PM Toland-Herzig Funeral Home & Crematory 803 N. Wooster Ave. Dover, OH 44663 Get directions View MapTextEmail Order flowers for James’s Visitation. Guaranteed delivery before James’s Visitation begins. Sep20 Service Friday, September 20, 2019 11:00AM Toland-Herzig Funeral Home & Crematory 803 N. Wooster Ave. Dover, OH 44663 Get directions View MapTextEmail Order flowers for James’s Service. Guaranteed delivery before James’s Service begins.
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of James D Jim Kollar June 19 1927 September 15 2019.
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Death notice for the town of: Bolivar, state: Ohio