In Memory of Carol Edith Kolb

Carol Edith (Gilmour) Kolb, age 83, of Lake View, Iowa formerly of Ida Grove, Iowa passed away on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at her daughter’s residence of rural Galva, Iowa.

Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, June 17, 2016 at the Christensen – Van Houten Funeral Home of Ida Grove, Iowa. The Reverend Ken Miller will officiate. Committal Services will follow in the Ida Grove Cemetery, of Ida Grove, Iowa. A visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., on Thursday, June 16, 2016, with an Order of the Eastern Star Service conducted at 4:45p.m., by Signet Chapter No. 1, Order of Eastern Star, Carroll, Iowa, at the Christensen – Van Houten Funeral Home, of Ida Grove, Iowa. The Christensen - Van Houten Funeral Home of Ida Grove, Iowa is in charge of the funeral arrangements. Condolences may be sent online to www.christensenvanhouten.com

Carol Edith Gilmour Kolb was born on June 7, 1933, to Wilbur and Leona (George) Gilmour on a farm in Rural Silver Creek Township.  She went to country school just down the road, with all her neighbors.  She then attended and graduated from Ida Grove High School with the class of 1952.

On January 18, 1953, Carol was united into marriage to Jim D. Kolb in the Presbyterian Church of Ida Grove, Iowa. Moving to Colorado Springs, Colorado, where Jim was stationed with the Army, the couple welcomed their first child, daughter Kathy.  When Jim was discharged from the service the family relocated back to the farm North of Arthur, Iowa. Carol and Jim were blessed with three more children, Curt, Patty, and Pam.

Carol was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and Silver Creek Homemaker Club. She bowled on a women’s league with her neighborhood friends in Ida Grove for many years.  She was also active in the American Legion Auxiliary.   In her younger years, alongside her dad and sister, she was part of the Sac City All Palamino Drill Team.

Carol spent her life working alongside her husband as a farm wife.  An accomplished baker, she will be remembered for her delectable crazy cake and other goodies.  Carol spent countless hours watching both her children and grandchildren at all their sporting events.  Carol enjoyed spending time with her family, especially adventures with her granddaughters. She also enjoyed taking trips to Branson, playing UNO, playing bingo, her horses, flower gardening, her many pets, completing numerous crossword puzzles and most of all spending time on her century farm, where she was brought into the world and left this world surrounded by her loved ones.

Left to cherish her memory are her loving husband of 63 years Jim D. Kolb of Lake View, Iowa; children, Pamela (Joe) Cobb of Galva, Iowa and Kathleen (Michael) Laferriere of Mars Hill, North Carolina; granddaughters, Ashley (Nick) Petersen, Meghan Cobb, Bailey Cobb, and Larissa Laferriere; sister, Dorothy (Myron) Franzmeier of Storm Lake, Iowa; extended family and friends.

Carol was preceded in death by her parents Wilbur and Leona Gilmour; son, Curtis D. Kolb; and daughter, Patricia D. Wieben.