Harold Kolbe

Funeral services for Mr. Harold Dean Kolbe, 79 of Sparta will be held at 1 pm Saturday, December 14 at the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper Huddleston and Horner Funeral Home with Rev. Perry Clayton officiating. Interment with military honors will follow in the Mt. Gilead Cemetery in White County, TN. The family will receive friends Friday from 5 – 8 pm and again Saturday from 11 am until service time at the funeral home. Mr. Kolbe died Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at Bethesda Health Care Center in Cookeville. He was born September 25, 1934 in Amherst, OH to the late Oliver Peter and Dorothy Mae Beetler Kolbe. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Joan Schultz. Mr. Kolbe was a veteran of the US Army. He was the Green Superintendent of Ironwood Golf Course in Cookeville. He formerly was employed as a truck driver, and bank loan manager. He is survived by companion, Joyce Hardin of Sparta; three daughters and two sons-in-laws, Denette Kolbe, Kim and Gary Meredith, all of Cookeville, Paula and Fentris Bond of Elizabethtown, KY; step-son, Kevin Harden of Sparta; step-daughter, Rhonda Harden of Sparta; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Bette and Don Ludwig of Lorain, OH, Virginia and Jim Corbett of Huron, OH; grandchildren, Amy Dexter (Brian Militana), Matt Dexter (Leveda), Joseph Meredith, Corey Bond, Ciera Bond; and step-grandchildren, Tiffini Linger (Steve), Jessica Harden, and Karissa Sims (Justin); and several nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews, and great great nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be family members, Matthew Dexter, Joseph Meredith, Corey Bond, Brian Militana, and bowling friends, Dennis Hargis, Mike Bensen, David Miller and Ed Copeland. Honorary Pallbearers will be Jerry Holt, Bill Babb, and Nick Nichols.