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03/21/2016 - Richard Kollars
Funeral services for Richard Alvis Kollars, age 89, of Whitney, NE will be at 10:00 AM on Monday, March 21, 2016 at Chamberlain Chapel in Chadron, NE with Pastor Aaron Sprock officiating.
Burial with full military honors will follow at the Nebraska State Veterans Cemetery in Alliance, NE.
Friends are invited to join the family for a time of remembrance before the service at 8:00 Monday morning at the First Baptist Church, 8th and Chadron Ave in Chadron. Online condolences can be made at www.chamberlainchapel.com.
Richard passed away on March 16, 2016 at home with his family by his side. He was born on March 25, 1926 in Madison, NE to Ruby and Alvis Kollars. He grew up on a farm near Madison. In March 1944, he joined the Navy and served his county in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He worked for the Soil Conservation Service in Sidney and Alliance before settling into ranching and the refrigeration business in northwest Nebraska. He married Joan Blust of Whitney on June 16, 1957.
He is survived by his wife, four children, and eight grandchildren Tim, Renee, Diana and John Kollars of Alliance, NE, Patty, Joel, Mykayla, Madison, and Levi Calhoun of Whitney, NE, Ron, Sue, and Madeline Kollars of Fort Collins, CO, and Leise, Richard, Ariana and Rachel Foster of Anchorage, AK; brothers Les and Dale; and sister Elaine (Norman) Grasshorn. He was preceded in death by his parents, infant granddaughter Marie Nicole Kollars, and brother Virgil.
Chamberlain Chapel of Chadron is in charge of arrangements for Richard Alvis Kollars.
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