Dolores Lucille Kolar, 88, Passes Away in Rock Island

Dolores Lucille Kolar, age 88, passed away on March 16, 2025 at Friendship Manor Nursing Home in Rock Island, IL. She was born on January 25, 1937 in Gillespie, IL to Clanton E. and Ruth (nee Drake) Clark.

Dolores moved to the Quad City area in 1973 and retired from the Rock Island Arsenal in 1993. She is survived by her daughter, Debbie Kolar of Moline, IL; son, David (Jenny) Kolar of Bettendorf, IA; grandchildren, Bradyn Kolar, Taren (Tiffany) Goulet-Long, and James Silverfox Kettering; great grandchildren, Malaykyte Long, Taren Goulet-Long, Jr., Tylin Goulet-Long, Trenton Goulet-Long, and Aidenn Kettering; siblings, Mary Maly of Braidwood, Sharon (Jim) Wilson of Coal City, IL, and Randall (Celeste) Clark of Morris, IL; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, James E. Kolar, Jr.; parents, Clanton and Ruth; infant sister, Nancy Clark; sister and brother-in-law, Hazel (Richard) Bishop; sister and brother-in-law, Janet (Virgil) Frost; and brother-in-law, Ron Maly.

Visitation will be held at the R.W. Patterson Funeral Home & Crematory on Friday, March 28, 2025 from 11:00 a.m. until the time of the funeral service at 12:00 p.m. Interment will follow in Oakwood Cemetery in Wilmington, IL. Memorial gifts in her name may be directed to the American Cancer Society or the Alzheimer's Association.

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