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 1928 - 2004 (75 years)
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| Name |
KOLF, Joseph P. Jr. |
| Suffix |
Jr. |
| Born |
27 Mar 1928 [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
23 Jan 2004 |
Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States of America  [2] |
| Person ID |
I1363 |
Boston Spangs |
| Last Modified |
11 Oct 2013 |
| Father |
KOLF, Joseph P., b. Nov 1892, Boston, Massachusetts , d. 1959, Boston, Massachusetts (Age ~ 66 years) |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Mother |
???, Elizabeth, b. 1893 |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Married |
1923 |
| Family ID |
F304 |
Group Sheet |
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| Notes |
Joseph P. Kolf, active at St. Mary?s
Joseph Peter Kolf Jr. of Ridgefield, who had been activity in community and church work, died on Friday, Jan. 23, at Danbury Hospital. He was 75 years old and husband of Marianne Conlon Kolf
Mr. Kolf was born in Boston, Mass., on March 27, 1928, a son of Joseph P. and Elizabeth Murphy Kolf. He attended schools in Boston and graduated from Boston College Catholic High School.
During World War II, he served in the U.S. Coast Guard aboard the U.S.S. Wakefield, based in Boston.
Mr. Kolf retired after having worked for Stop & Shop Stores for 53 years. He had been a meat cutter, most recently at the Ridgefield store and earlier at Norwalk where he was also meat department manager. He was a member of the Local 371 United Food and Commercial Worker?s Union.
The Kolf family came to Ridgefield 43 years ago from Avon, Mass. Mr. Kolf was active in the Ridgefield community. He was a founding member and former treasurer of the Little Singers of Ridgefield, a boys choir at St. Mary?s Parish, and traveled with them in the mid-1970s to Rome and London.
At St. Mary?s Church he was active in the Daily Adoration Chapel and served as a past member of the parish council.
He was also a former member of the Ridgefield Jaycees.
?He was an avid Boston Red Sox fan, a firm believer in the Democratic Party and enjoyed dancing, most especially with his daughters,? his family said.
Besides his wife of 52 years, Mr. Kolf is survived by two sons, Joseph P. Kolf III and his wife Bunny of Brookfield, and Thomas F. Kolf and Jennifer ?Jenny? Tworek of Lindenhurst, Ill.; five daughters, Maryann Paradise and her husband Edward of Bethel, Michele D. Kolf and Dennis A. Pontanella of Ridgefield, Barbara A. Kenney and her husband James of Old Saybrook, Elizabeth ?Betsy? Pambianchi and her husband Fred of Ridgefield, and Grace A. Kolf of Ridgefield; a sister, Elizabeth Dolaher and her husband Leo of Framingham, Mass.; 14 grandchildren, Erin M. Carney, Kendall A. Paradise, Jennifer R. Filgate, Michele Filgate, Colin J. Filgate, Kaylee Kolf, Briana Kolf, Michael J. Kolf, Ryan M. Pambianchi, Emily G. Pambianchi, Rebecca E. Pambianchi, Matthew E. Kolf, Brendhan A. Kolf and Bridget C. Kolf; and several nieces and nephews.
A brother, Thomas Kolf, and two sisters, Margaret Burns and Catherine Lennon, died before him.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Monday in St. Mary?s Church.
Burial followed in St. Mary?s Cemetery.
Memorials to the Young Adult Group (Y.A.G.), in which daughter Grace Kolf is involved, may be made in care of Joyce Brigish, 32 November Trail, Weston, CT 06883.
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- [S64] Social Security Death Index, Ancestry.com, (Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008;).
Online publication - Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008.Original data - Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.
- [S64] Social Security Death Index, Ancestry.com, (Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008;).
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