Mary "Betty" Kolb

Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Robinson Kolb was born on January 15, 1942 in New Orleans, Louisiana. She passed away suddenly at home on September 14, 2023 at the age of 81. Betty was a resident of Willis, Texas and the Houston area for about 55 years. She is survived by her 2 sons and families, Gary (Donna), Stewart (Shari), 4 grandsons, Chris (Karly), Stephen (Rebekah), Derick, and Cahill Kolb, and 3 great grandchildren, and an extended family, granddaughter Dannell Rogers (Bobby), 3 great grandchildren and 3 great-great grandchildren. She is also survived by her younger brother, Doug Robinson and his wife Jeanine of Southlake, Texas and several nieces, nephews, great nieces, and great nephew, as well as numerous cousins and friends, whom she dearly loved. Betty and Doug were raised by their parents, Homer (Robbie) and Christine Robinson in New Iberia, Louisiana during the 1950’s and 60’s. Betty went to New Iberia High School where she earned the honor of salutatorian in her graduating class of 1959 at age 17. While in school she was elected to be a cheerleader, belonged to several service clubs, and was selected to be Duchess or a member of the court for many of the local community festivals. After high school she attended college for a year and a half at SLI (Southwestern Louisiana Institute) which is now known as University of Louisiana Lafayette. Betty and her family were members of the First Methodist Church of New Iberia where she was married in 1961 to Ron Kolb, a Navy pilot in training there. They spent most of their Navy days in the Norfolk, VA area where their first son, Gary was born in 1962. After Ron finished his Navy obligation, they moved to Beaumont, TX where their second son, Stewart was born in 1965. The family moved to the Chicago area after Ron was hired by Delta Air Lines in 1966 until they were transferred to Houston in 1968. After their divorce in 1976, Betty continued to raise their two sons in the Spring, Texas area. Betty worked numerous jobs while the boys were growing up, including book binder sales, car rental associate, jewelry sales, furniture sales, and receptionist at a retirement home. In 1998, Betty moved to Willis, Texas near Lake Conroe where she has resided for 25+ years. Betty’s move to Willis started a trend over the years ultimately bringing both Gary’s family and Stewart’s family to be closer to her for most of those years. Betty was known as a kind, joyful, caring, gentle person who loved dancing, going to the beach and celebrating with her family around a good homecooked meal. With her Southern Louisiana upbringing, Betty always preferred a good Cajun meal over other choices. Growing up, she would go to her Aunt and Uncle’s beach house near Port Bolivar, TX, and was fortunate to have cousins her age who made the summer vacations so memorable. Given a choice of fun things to do, Betty would always choose to go dancing. She loved the music and the thrill of moving around the dance floor with her dance partner, George. In fact, Betty went dancing just a few days before she died. Betty was loved immensely and will be greatly missed by her family and friends. She is dancing with the Saints in Heaven! In lieu of flowers the family is asking for donations to be made to Alzheimer's Association www.ALZ.org and the Dementia Society of America www.dementiasociety.org

Mary "Betty" Kolb

January 15, 1942 - September 14, 2023