Background
Kolash, Helen Anna was born on January 11, 1908 in Birnamwood, Wisconsin, United States. Daughter of Joseph Talbot and Dora May (Flint) O'Neill.
Kolash, Helen Anna was born on January 11, 1908 in Birnamwood, Wisconsin, United States. Daughter of Joseph Talbot and Dora May (Flint) O'Neill.
Bachelor in English/Zoology cum laude, Yankton (South Dakota), 1929. Postgraduate, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1956. Postgraduate, University Notre Dame, 1965.
Postgraduate, Valparaiso University, 1957.
Manager college bookstore, Yankton College, 1927-1928; teacher English and music, Frederick (South Dakot) High School, 1929-1931; teacher English and dramatics, Wayne (Nebraska) High School, 1931-1932; teacher English and music, Lake Preston (South Dakot) High School, 1933-1935; teacher English and music, Adams-Friendship (Wisconsin) High School, 1935-1937; secretary personnel department, Houghton-Mifflin Book Company, Chicago, 1937-1938; secretary research, Blackett, Sample & Hummert, Chicago, 1938-1939; teacher English and music, Adams-Friendship High School, 1939-1942; teacher English and art, Junior High School, LaPort, Indiana, 1955-1973.
Historian LaPorte (Indiana) Presbyterian Church, since 1980. Choir director LaPorte Presbyterian Church, 1943-1957. Member election board LaPorte County Election Committee, 1982.
Member Indiana State Teachers Association, Indiana State Retired Teachers Association, LaPort County Retired teachers Association.
Married William Loyd Kolash, May 23, 1942. Children: Betty Jo Farmer, Susan Jean McCarrol.