Kolontar, Tibor "Ted" 1940-2012

KOLONTAR, LOCKLEAR, PINAULT, CLINE, RUMELHART, RODEN

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Tibor "Ted" Kolontar
July 26, 1940 - January 15, 2012

Service
A Private Family Service will be held.
A Celebration of Life, open to everyone, will be held at 5:00 pm at:
Boline-Manfredi VFW Post 9662
1309 NE 66th Avenue
Des Moines

Disposition
Private Burial
Iowa Veterans Cemetery
34024 Veterans Memorial Drive
Adel, Iowa
I-80 at Van Meter Exit 113

Obituary & Service
Messages
Tibor (Ted) Kolontar passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 15, 2012, at home. Born in Budapest, Hungary, on July 26, 1940, he courageously fought his way to the United States in 1956 as a Freedom Fighter during the Hungarian Revolution. He proudly served in the United States Army during the Vietnam conflict. Ted became a United States Citizen on September 11, 1992.

He is survived by his loving wife of 41 years, Charla; six children, Marika (Bill) Locklear, Carole Pinault, Erika (Hays) Kolontar-Roden, Larry (Jessy) Kolontar, Nickie (Chad) Kolontar-Cline, and Tiffany (Brian) Rumelhart; 13 grandkids, Carmen, Brandon, Courtney , Levi, Tibor (TJ), Lacey, Marissa, Kevin, Joao, Gavin, Joscelyn, Bobbi and Elijah; and one great grandchild, Tatianna.

Ted and Charla owned the Distillery Lounge in Ankeny, from 1982-1993, during this time they made many friends and they will forever be in their hearts. Ted was employed with Prairie Meadows for many years, serving up libations for many, and prior to his diagnoses, he drove a bus for Ankeny schools and loved each one of the kids on his bus. Ted never knew a stranger and touched many lives.

There will be a visitation at Hamilton’s near Highland Memory Gardens from 4 to 8 p.m., Thursday, January 19, 2012. A private family service will be held on Friday, with burial taking place at Iowa Veterans Cemetery in Adel, Iowa.

The family would like to invite everyone to join them for a Celebration of Life at 6 p.m., Saturday, January 21, 2012, at Boline-Manfredi VFW Post 9662, 1309 NE 66th Avenue in Des Moines.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been set up in Ted’s name at Veridian Credit Union for the family to support the Leiomyo-Sarcoma Cancer Foundation.

Online condolences may be expressed at:
ww.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com ~ The Des Moines (IA) Register 18 Jan 2012.