ROBERT
LOUIS KOLEAS,
75, of Collierville, retired senior salesman for
McCormick & Company, Inc. for 38 years, died February 28, 2007 at
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville. Visitation will be from 5-8
p.m. Friday, March 2 at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel. Service
will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 3 at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar
Chapel, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Koleas graduated
from Tech High School Class of 1951, attended Memphis State
University, was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha. He met his wife while
singing in the choir at Second Presbyterian Church, joined the Naval
Air Reserve at Millington, loved gardening, golf, woodworking and
traveling with family. He was a member of First Evangelical Church,
always looked forward to Vanderbilt football games for which he had
season tickets, and a member of Vanderbilt National Commodore Club. He
was preceded in death by his parents, father, Nicholas Koleas; mother,
Clara Hall Koleas; a sister, Mary Koleas; and a brother, Demetrious
Koleas. He leaves his wife of 52 years, Ruth Ann Mitchell Koleas; two
daughters, Julia Ann Grimes of Oxford, MS and Karen K. Shelton of
Memphis; one sister, Ora K. Garrett of West Memphis; one brother, Paul
Koleas of Memphis; grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Paul Grimes
and Brett Grimes, both of Memphis, Jeffrey Grimes and Lauren Grimes,
both of Oxford, MS, and Kimberly Shelton of Memphis, TN. Memorials may
be sent to First Evangelical Church, First Evangelical Christian
School or charity of the donor's choice. Memphis Funeral Home
901-725-0100
Bill and Sue Lee
Johnson attended the Visitation and Sue sent the following email:
There were hundreds
of people there last night. Mostly Bob's colleagues and church friends.
He was really well liked. We were there early and only saw Connie,
Esther, Harry & Elizabeth, Faye and Gerald, Sarah Barrett, from Tech. I'm
sure more came in later. His casket flowers were gorgeous.......mounds
and mounds of beautiful red roses. We talked to Ruth Ann for a bit and
told her that we were so sorry that we weren't aware that he was so ill.
She said he had had pneumonia twice since January and with chemo from his
lymphoma his immune system was just so weak he just couldn't overcome it.
ROBERT
LOUIS KOLEAS,
75, of Collierville, retired senior salesman for
McCormick & Company, Inc. for 38 years, died February 28, 2007 at
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville. Visitation will be from 5-8
p.m. Friday, March 2 at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel. Service
will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 3 at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar
Chapel, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Koleas graduated
from Tech High School Class of 1951, attended Memphis State
University, was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha. He met his wife while
singing in the choir at Second Presbyterian Church, joined the Naval
Air Reserve at Millington, loved gardening, golf, woodworking and
traveling with family. He was a member of First Evangelical Church,
always looked forward to Vanderbilt football games for which he had
season tickets, and a member of Vanderbilt National Commodore Club. He
was preceded in death by his parents, father, Nicholas Koleas; mother,
Clara Hall Koleas; a sister, Mary Koleas; and a brother, Demetrious
Koleas. He leaves his wife of 52 years, Ruth Ann Mitchell Koleas; two
daughters, Julia Ann Grimes of Oxford, MS and Karen K. Shelton of
Memphis; one sister, Ora K. Garrett of West Memphis; one brother, Paul
Koleas of Memphis; grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Paul Grimes
and Brett Grimes, both of Memphis, Jeffrey Grimes and Lauren Grimes,
both of Oxford, MS, and Kimberly Shelton of Memphis, TN. Memorials may
be sent to First Evangelical Church, First Evangelical Christian
School or charity of the donor's choice. Memphis Funeral Home
901-725-0100