Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Koolage, Robert Newton, Sr. September 3, 1968 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robert Woolfitt http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008401 June 9, 2026, 8:47 pm Virginian-Pilot September 4, 1968 NORFOLK - Robert Newton Koolage, 78, of 1210 Brandon Ave., a churchman and a former vice president of the real estate firm of C. H. Ferrell & Co., died Tuesday in a hospital. A native of Norfolk, he was a lifelong resident of this area. He was the husband of Mrs. Elizabeth Roper Koolage and a son of Charles Warren and Mrs. Indiana Halstead Koolage. He was a trustee of Epworth Methodist Church, a member and former president of Wesleymen Class, and a former chairman of the church administrative board. Besides his widow, surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Frederick H. Forsberg of Norfolk; a son, Robert N. Koolage Jr. of Richmond; two sisters, Mrs. T. Handford Cruser Jr. of Norfolk and Mrs. Ernest W. House of Charlottesville; and five grandchildren. The body was taken to H. D. Oliver Funeral Apartments, Norfolk. A funeral service will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. in Epworth Methodist Church by the Rev. Owen T. Kelly. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery. The family has requested that flowers be omitted and those who desire may contribute to the Epworth church fund. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/k/koolage20118nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/vafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb