Robert "Bob" E. Coldwater

DATELINE: Chase, Ks.

NAME: Robert E. “Bob” Coldwater

AGE:  86                       

DATE OF DEATH:  September 13, 2016

PLACE OF DEATH: Lyons Good Samaritan Center

DATE OF BIRTH: November 14, 1929

PLACE OF BIRTH: at his parents homestead rural Chase

PARENTS:  Walter and Jennie Caldwell Coldwater

RESIDENCE:  Lifetime Chase

OCCUPATION:  he was the owner and operator of Ace Welding, worked as a backhoe operator and a Farmer

EDUCATION: Graduated from Chase High School in 1950.

VETERAN:  He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.

MEMBERSHIPS:  Chase Senior Center.

DATE OF MARRIAGE:  November 25, 1950

PLACE OF MARRIAGE:  Lyons, Kansas

SPOUSE:  Joan Y. Nearhood       

SPOUSE DECEASED DATE:  January 1, 2013

SURVIVORS:  3 daughters, Cindy and Hal Hollembeak of Great Bend, Elizabeth Coldwater of Chase and Tammy and Kirk Fish of Raymond; 4 granddaughters, Angela and Gavin Taylor, Anessa Fish, Ashlei Hollembeak and Sara Hollembeak.  1 great-granddaughter, Brooke Taylor.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY:  Parents and his brother Walter William Coldwater Jr.

SERVICES:  2:00 P.M. Friday, September 16, 2016 at Birzer Funeral Home in Lyons.

OFFICIATING:  Rev. David Walters

BURIAL:  Lyons Municipal Cemetery

VISITATION:  2:00 – 7:00 P.M. Thursday with family receiving friends from 5:00 – 7:00 at Birzer Funeral Home in Lyons.

 MEMORIAL:  Chase Senior Center or Lyons Good Samaritan Center in care of the funeral home.

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