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Marie Stout
May 30, 2022 | WA
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Sgt. 1st Class Obediah J. Kolath
Louisburg, Missouri
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Send FlowersObediah J. Kolath's best friend remembers him wanting nothing more than to become a special forces soldier. "He made that decision when he was about 16 years old," Brian Hudson said. "He could not wait to get in there and start. He never second-guessed himself on it." Kolath, 32, of Louisburg, Mo., died Aug. 28 from injuries suffered when a bomb exploded near his patrol in Husaybah. A 1991 high school graduate, he was based at Fort Bragg and had been stationed in Hawaii, Japan and Thailand. "Obie was the type of person you would be around and he would make you feel great about yourself," said nephew, Jesse Brewer, a police officer. "He believed in me where I sometimes doubted myself." Older brother Lloyd said he and his eight siblings were raised in a trailer and Kolath grew up riding four-wheelers and dirt bikes. When the family was temporarily without running water, Lloyd and Obie went out to fetch the necessity. "I always felt like we were the dynamic duo when we were together," said Lloyd. He also is survived by his children, Vivian Schondelmeyer, Autumn and Mariah Kolath, and mother, Mary Kolath.
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Marie Stout
May 30, 2021 | Port Orchard, WA
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Today would be your 46th birthday. I think of you from time to time and remember all the fun times we had in Tacoma, your special forces buddies, and that million dollar smile. Miss you
Teri Buchanan
December 01, 2018 | Yakima, WA | Family
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I have tried very hard to just say goodbye to my best friend ever, but a coule weeks after aug 5th it just wears on me. obie was the best friend anyman could ever have! not an august goes by no matter how hard I try to forget, I cant. rip obie I always remember the day you came back and prayed for me!
robert ulbricht
August 27, 2018 | Stanwood, WA | Friend
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hey buddie I am still aliove even after the cancer came back I had to say goodbye to my mercede dog last ummer, it hurt alt but she went nhome to god just like you did,God I miss you, before and my shepwolf Mercedes man I never had such good friends, now after saying goodbye to Mercedes God has blessed me with this little german shepard pup, I thank our all mighty Lord whom you kneeled in front of me and prayed for me before I was a Christian, so your up with the abgels, her name is Daisy...
robert ulbricht
May 30, 2018 | Stanwood, WI
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obie, you were the best friend a guy could have, and I was poor at best, please forgive me buddie, I will always love you as my brother, to here and eternity, have to say, that in your death came life, a friend I was told died, years before you didnt die, is alive and well,
March 26, 2016
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colt 6 hey buddie, I miss you, I just got good news, I survived the untreatable cancer us vets get! God spead and God be with you brother, I know you were there rootin for me at God's side, thank you brother, I will make good with my new life. thank you obie
January 26, 2016
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Hey OB with every year I miss you more and more. I am so blessed to have had the opportunity to be your friend. Miss you bro!! Mckenzie
Mckenzie Cockayne
August 21, 2013 | Woodbridge, VA
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And to jp hunt I remember when coaxed him to go skiing. He was suppose to stay the weekend with me, but I'm glad he spent the weekend with his friends. He deserved the best....
June 07, 2013
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