Westport: Funeral service for Herbert "Speedy" Kolb, 85, Westport, will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 915 S. Dakota St., Aberdeen. Pastor D. Thomas Rawerts will be officiating. Burial following in Green Mound Cemetery in Leola at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Herbert died on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, at his home.
Visitation will be from 2 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, 2012, at Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home, 1111 S. Main St., Aberdeen.
Herbert Kolb, son of Gottlieb and Carolina (Herrmann) Kolb, was born on April 16, 1927, on a farm near Leola. This is the area where he was raised and attended country school through the eighth grade. He helped on the family farm prior to his enlistment in the United States Army on Sept. 28, 1945. Herbert received his honorable discharge on Feb. 20, 1947.
Herbert was united in marriage to Ruth Schumack on March 14, 1948, in Leola. They made their home on a farm northeast of Leola until 1950, when they moved to a farm near Hecla. In 1951, they began making their home in Westport and in 1978, moved to a farm near Westport, where Herbert remained until the time of his death. His beloved wife, Ruth, died on March 27, 2008.
Herbert was always playing cards and driving around. He loved horses and especially cherished the times he was able to spend with his family and friends.
Grateful for having shared Herbert's life are two sons: Robert (Kristi) Kolb and Steve (Terri) Kolb, both of Westport; grandchildren: Mathew and Quentin Kolb, Miranda Kolb, Jessica Ross, Jamie (Grady) Ollhoff and Karrie (Justin) Walters; great-grandchildren: Newman Ross, Riley, Owen and Ethan Ollhoff and Ashley and Carter Walters; siblings: Albert (Esther) Kolb, Gilbert Kolb, Adeline Kolb, Hilda Melland, Ella Tschappat and Violet Fauth; brother-in-law, Otto Sperle; sister-in-law, Elda Kolb; and many nieces and nephews.
Herbert was preceded in death by his parents; wife; son, Kenneth; brothers: Gottlieb, Reinhold, Louie and Harold Kolb; and sisters: Helen Kvasnicka and Alvina Sperle.
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