Charlotte Kolar

Raising her children Cathy Dell and George Kolar was her first career and after moving to Arizona she worked for Coca-Cola. She was passionate about her hometown Cubbies and Bulls, but most important to her was family. Char cared for her parents, James and Mildred Kostka, until their deaths in 1985 and 1990 respectively. All those she encountered in her life will miss her vivacious, indomitable spirit.

Char’s spirit was evident in her bright blue eye shadow, long sparkling nails, and tickets for racing in the HOV lane with her stuffed bear, Mr. Magoo. Colorful language and a love of life will be part of her lasting legacy that shaped the family members she leaves behind. She is preceded in death by her sister Lauretta Solakiewicz, and is survived by her sister Betty Cech and her children Tom Cech (wife Mona) and daughter Cheryl Paris (husband Matt), daughter Cathy Dell (cat Sissy), son George Kolar (wife Terrie), grandson Geoff Kolar (wife Kirsten and son Grant), granddaughter Katie Wilke (husband Aaron and daughter Leighton), niece Janine Lebsock (husband Larry and daughter Anjila and son John), and nephew John Solakiewicz (wife Jeanne and daughter Annie). Char will be laid to rest in Sunland Memorial Park in Sun City, Arizona next to her parents, James and Mildred Kostka.