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Frank J Kolbaba

Male 1880 - 1963  (82 years)


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  • Name Frank J Kolbaba 
    Born 24 Jul 1880  Vysoke Myto, Moravia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 22 Jun 1963  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 27 Jun 1963  Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4451  Rossville
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2019 

    Family 1 Emily Coufal Kolbaba 
    Married 1903 
    Children 
    +1. Wilma Madelena Kolbaba Krasny,   b. 4 May 1907, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jul 1988, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     2. Emil Frank Kolbaba
     3. Mrs. Tony Kolbaba Hromadka
    Last Modified 27 Dec 2017 15:39:54 
    Family ID F5203  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Kolbaba 
    Last Modified 13 Oct 2017 11:19:16 
    Family ID F5204  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Obituary- Kolbaba, Frank
    Obituary- Kolbaba, Frank

    FRANK J. KOLBABA DIES
    IN TOPEKA HOSPITAL
    Private services for Frank J. Kolbaba of Prague, Nebraska, will be held today at 2:30 o’clock with cremation in the Mount Hope cemetery. He died Monday in a Topeka Hospital.

    Mr. Kolbaba was born in Vysoke Myto, Czechoslovakia June 24, 1880. He was educated in violin in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He was married to Miss Emily Coufal in 1903 and the couple sailed for the United States on Christmas 1905 locating in Chicago, Illinois, where he opened a violin studio and taught there until 1908.

    For ten years he taught music at Washburn College and did private teaching. He also held other teaching positions at Howard Payne College, Brownwood, Texas; Baylor College for Women in Belton, Texas; New Mexico Agricultural Mechanical College, Las Curses, New Mexico; and New Mexico State Teachers College, Silver City, New Mexico.

    A former Topekan, Mr. Kolbaba made his home the last 27 years in Prague, Nebraska, where he taught music and held the position of village clerk.

    His first wife preceded him in death. He is survived by his second wife, Mrs. Mary Kolbaba of Prague, Nebraska; two daughters, Mrs. Rudolph Krasny of Rossville, Kansas; Mrs. Tony Hromadka of Bell Buckle, Tennessee; one son. Emil Kolbaba of Carbondale, Kansas; three grandchildren, Miss Emily Hromadka of Bell Buckle, Tennessee, Mrs. Charles Martin of Silver Lake, Ks., and Mrs. Robert Harden of Rossville, Kansas; and eight great-grandchildren.