Y'all;

I just received a phone call from Clara Kolb, she informed me that Homer Passed away this morning.

I have no further information as to funeral arrangements or etc.

Jim Hauck

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I lost a close friend, a wonderful aircraft designer, a man I have always
had a great deal of respect for, and a man who always supported how I built and flew his airplanes, good or bad.

God speed Homer Kolb.

john h
mkIII
hauck's holler, Alabama

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As far back as I can remember my childhood hero was Chet Atkins. He once said, "Years from now, after I'm gone, someone will listen to what I've done and know I was here. They may not know or care who I was, but they'll hear my guitars speaking for me." Long after Homer Kolb is gone his little planes will still be singing his song. They'll know he was here and what he did.

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I had the pleasure of meeting him a few times at the S&F. He seemed to be just a super nice guy,and he also loved John Deer tractors which also made him a great guy. They were my favorite tractor as well.I grew up on some of them.We will all miss him.
Bill Futrell

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That is a shame, but he led a successful life. Building airplanes and flying them your entire life, and seeing the company you started keep selling your designs until the last day. It does not get much better than that!

Mike

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Homer had triple bypass heart surgery about 13 years ago. Recently he was having some chest pains when he would walk out to the mailbox. Test showed 3 arteries had some blockage. Stents were installed in two of the arteries, but the 3rd couldn't be accessed. The 3rd artery was to be fixed with robotic surgery which does not require the chest to be opened. I visited
him in the hospital after the stents were installed and he was doing very well. I was impressed with how calm and relaxed Homer was, not only this time but also before his previous surgery 13 years ago. He had some complications on his leg where they entered the artery for the stents. The artery was leaking and resulted in swelling. The first attempt to fix the leaking artery was not successful. Then a day or two later, it was repaired.

After the surgery on the 3rd artery, there was a complication (I forget the term) and they were working on that. The next day (Saturday) it was reported that there were more complications ... he was experiencing a decrease in kidney function and some blood pressure problems.

Homer was a prince of a man and I will miss him greatly. Please keep his wife Clara in your thoughts and prayers.

Dennis