Dolores Jean Katherine Bales passed away suddenly on February 12, 2021 following a brief illness.
She was born to Raymond and Loretta Kolb in St. Louis, Missouri, on January 12, 1931. Her early childhood was spent in the St. Louis and Belleville, Illinois, areas. In 1942 the family moved to Portland, Oregon, where she attended Ascension Catholic School and later graduated from Washington High School in 1949.