In Memory Of
Robert Lee Colgan
1935
2023
Robert Lee Colgan
September 5, 1935 — October 2, 2023
Robert (Bob) Lee Colgan, age 88 of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away on October 2, 2023.
He was born near Atchison, Kansas on September 5, 1935, to James L. Colgan and Elizabeth I. Steinweiden-Colgan.
He is predeceased by his wife Paula J. Colgan, and siblings, James Jr., John, and Harold. He is survived by brother, Raymond Colgan of Lenexa, Kansas; two sons and their wives, Brian and Marlene Colgan of Olathe, Kansas, and Patrick Colgan and Kelly Heid of Grand Rapids, Michigan; daughter, Breena Colgan of Bend, Oregon; granddaughters, Kylie Elizabeth Eckert and Lily Mae Eckert.
Bob was a multi-sport athlete in his youth and played football, basketball, and baseball, and pitched in minor league baseball for the New York Yankees before he enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1955. He served in the U.S. Army for two years in Germany in the late 1950s, where he worked as a clerk and pitched for an Army League baseball team. He served an additional four years in the Army Reserves. Bob graduated from Emporia State in 1961 with a B.S. degree in business and accounting.
He met Paula J. Ivey at Emporia State, and they married in 1961. Their family lived in Kansas City and Gladstone, Missouri for many years and were involved in the Saint Charles Borromeo church and school. Bob worked as an accountant and executive for Cook Paint in North Kansas City. Later he worked for Job Corps and MINACT, Inc. as a senior finance executive and center director in Excelsior Springs, Missouri and later in Jackson, Mississippi, where he retired.
In retirement, both in Mississippi and Orlando, Florida, Bob enjoyed playing golf and swimming. He had several holes-in-one and won the Ventura Club Team Championship in Orlando. Late in life Bob was an avid reader of mystery and spy novels. For many years, he took care of Paula while she struggled with kidney disease, dialysis and two kidney transplants. He helped make her life easier by providing for her and helping with all the shopping, cooking, and housekeeping for many years in retirement.
In lieu of flowers a donation can be made to the Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation at www.pkdcure.org.
To leave a message for Bob's family, or to share a special memory, click on the "Share Memories" button above.
He was born near Atchison, Kansas on September 5, 1935, to James L. Colgan and Elizabeth I. Steinweiden-Colgan.
He is predeceased by his wife Paula J. Colgan, and siblings, James Jr., John, and Harold. He is survived by brother, Raymond Colgan of Lenexa, Kansas; two sons and their wives, Brian and Marlene Colgan of Olathe, Kansas, and Patrick Colgan and Kelly Heid of Grand Rapids, Michigan; daughter, Breena Colgan of Bend, Oregon; granddaughters, Kylie Elizabeth Eckert and Lily Mae Eckert.
Bob was a multi-sport athlete in his youth and played football, basketball, and baseball, and pitched in minor league baseball for the New York Yankees before he enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1955. He served in the U.S. Army for two years in Germany in the late 1950s, where he worked as a clerk and pitched for an Army League baseball team. He served an additional four years in the Army Reserves. Bob graduated from Emporia State in 1961 with a B.S. degree in business and accounting.
He met Paula J. Ivey at Emporia State, and they married in 1961. Their family lived in Kansas City and Gladstone, Missouri for many years and were involved in the Saint Charles Borromeo church and school. Bob worked as an accountant and executive for Cook Paint in North Kansas City. Later he worked for Job Corps and MINACT, Inc. as a senior finance executive and center director in Excelsior Springs, Missouri and later in Jackson, Mississippi, where he retired.
In retirement, both in Mississippi and Orlando, Florida, Bob enjoyed playing golf and swimming. He had several holes-in-one and won the Ventura Club Team Championship in Orlando. Late in life Bob was an avid reader of mystery and spy novels. For many years, he took care of Paula while she struggled with kidney disease, dialysis and two kidney transplants. He helped make her life easier by providing for her and helping with all the shopping, cooking, and housekeeping for many years in retirement.
In lieu of flowers a donation can be made to the Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation at www.pkdcure.org.
To leave a message for Bob's family, or to share a special memory, click on the "Share Memories" button above.
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Saturday, October 21, 2023
3:00 - 5:00 pm (Central time)
Penwell-Gabel - Olathe Chapel
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