As Christmas rolls around this year, 2019, we will not hear the phone ring all the way from California to wish us Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We will never again see our dear friend Greg again who gave us such wonderful memories of a truly great human being. I miss you Greg. Especially around Christmas when one year you hung Christmas lights all around the garage for my boys. You never knew how much it meant to us! R.I.P.
Pat Hartley-Berry and family 

It was a beautiful service my dearst Gregory.   I love you!  Katie

Greg was a fellow juror of the Monterey Superior Court Civil Grand Jury  from July 1, 2018 until his death.  He was proud to serve Monterey county as a juror and was always willing to work on assignments with interest, integrity and enthusiasm.  He was also very proud to be a veteran and frequently spoke about his time serving our country.  

Greg will be remembered for his kind, gentle, thoughtful  and respectful manner.  I am sorry we never got to take our fishing trip.  I miss him.

Greg was a kind and sensitive person. It is so sad that his life had to end this way. 

How does one start to share about a man who was a true friend - so genuinely caring and giving.  Greg attended a small dinner birthday party at our home Saturday evening just prior to his death.  He came not just for dinner but to impart his pearls of knowledge as a Monterey Bay Aquarium Docent to our friend whose birthday we were celebrating and who was also becoming a fellow volunteer at the Aquarium.  Most notable of Greg's giving heart was when he helped my husband Scott almost four years ago.  Although Greg suffered from early stages of arthritis in his hips , he drove from his home in Seaside to Hollister, California and finished mucking out the horses's stalls for Scotty.  Scotty was injured the day prior and nobody on the ranch would help.  Greg would not even accept gas money for his efforts.  I look forward to seeing our wonderful friend in Heaven.
I could only hope that his killer would become the kind of man that Greg was.

Dearest friend Greg,
It has been a long, rich road in life we have traveled together.
You were always the faithful friend, ready to listen, ready to help. We shared our ups, we shared our downs, and we enthusiastically shared our many mutual interests. You were kind, sincere, and oh so cheerful. You touched the lives of so many others throughout your life. You were a special friend. You are very much missed. It is so hard to believe you are gone.
May you rest in peace, rest in dignity and peace.

Greg was a very dear friend.  He and I loved to sit on a bench at Carmel River Beach and watch the beautiful Pacific Ocean sunsets many times enjoying stories together.  We enjoyed stargazing and Greg would tell me whether the moon was waxing or waining.  He knew many of the Constellations and would enjoy telling about them.  I will miss dear Gregory.  May God hold a special place in his heart for Gregory for he prayed often for many of those who found a place in his heart.  

On Sunday, March 3, 2019, Greg and I shared coffee and doughnuts in San Carlos Cathedral
Hall after 10:30 a.m. Mass.  I told him I did not want a doughnut, so he ate the one I would have!
We had a good laugh.
He told me about some of the important people in his life.
I noticed that he wore no socks.  I told him that because it was so cold, he should wear socks.
Greg said that he wore no socks because, because of his arthritis, he could not
put them on.
He then told me about a device which assists in putting on socks and that he planned to
order one.  
He also mentioned that very soon his nephew was going to come to stay with him.  
The nephew was going to help him; about that he was very sure.  He seemed very pleased.
I agreed that having his nephew there would be wonderful.
God bless you, dear Greg!  I am blessed to have spent time with him to listen to some of
his life stories.  
Rest is peace, dear friend.  
May God have mercy on your killer!






OBITUARIO

Gregory Leonard Kolbo

21 agosto, 1951 – 7 marzo, 2019

The Paul Mortuary

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