Career
At the time of her death, she was the fourth oldest living person in the world, behind Besse Cooper, Dina Manfredini and Jiroemon Kimura. She became Kansas"s all-time recordholder on July 14, 2010, surpassing the previous record of 112 years 255 days set by Flossie Page in February 2006. Before recent research, she was thought to have been born in 1898.
After high school, Kollar attended Cottey College, earning a teaching certificate.
Her first teaching job was in a two-room schoolhouse in Prairiedell. Later she earned college degrees in biology and English from Baker University and then worked as a schoolteacher in Kansas and California for more than 25 years.
In 1923, Kollar married William Hoggatt. They had three children: Jean Cooper, Earlene Duncan, and Bill Hoggatt.
William died in December 1966.
Harry Kollar died in 1986. She had 6 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, 11 great-great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-great-grandchild.
