Buchholz, Cole K. (1989-2014)

BUCHHOLZ, REESE, PATTEN, DAUGHENBAUGH, OLIPHANT, RICHARDS, FRERK, KRAPFL

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 5/30/2014 at 16:29:17

Cole K. Buchholz
July 25, 1989 - May 14, 2014

Cole Kenneth Buchholz, having lived twenty-four years on this earth, went to spend eternity with Christ Jesus on Wednesday, May 14, 2014, while at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.

Cole Kenneth Buchholz, a son of Phil and Darcy (Reese) Buchholz, was born in Ames, Iowa, on July 25, 1989. Growing up in Truesdale, he loved spending countless hours with his close family members. As he always said, there is no better place to live.

Cole publicly confessed his faith in Jesus Christ as his Savior through his confirmation at Zion Lutheran Church of rural Storm Lake on April 13, 2003. He attended the Albert City-Truesdale Community School until the school merged with the Sioux Central Community School in 2004. A member of the graduating Class of 2007, he went on to attend Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge for two years where he played football. Completing his education at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, he graduated in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in physical education and coaching.

On July 26, 2013, Cole married the love of his life, Caitlin Patten, at an outdoor ceremony at Lake Okoboji, Iowa. He loved working with young people, sharing his love for sports with them. A Storm Lake High School physical education teacher, he served as the assistant girls’ basketball coach, the assistant boys’ tennis coach, and for the past three years, the head varsity coach of the boys’ baseball team at East Mills High School in Malvern, Iowa.

A member of the Summit Evangelical Free Church of Alta, Cole also shared his faith by helping lead the Fellowship of Christian Athletes in Storm Lake. He had a sincere love for the Lord and showed his commitment to Christ through sharing the Gospel at every opportunity he had.

Cole also loved the Green Bay Packers, the Chicago White Sox, and the Iowa Hawkeyes. A competitive man, he enjoyed playing sports with friends as well as card and board games with Cait and family. He will also be remembered as an “amateur meteorologist” and movie lover.

Cole’s life and memory are celebrated and honored by his family which includes his wife, Caitlin, of Storm Lake, Iowa; his parents, Phil (Maxine) Buchholz, of Pocahontas, Iowa, and Darcy Reese and Jeff Richards, of Emerson, Iowa; his sister, Stephanie (Ron) Daughenbaugh, of Cibolo, Texas; his brother, Austin Buchholz, of Truesdale, Iowa; his step-brothers, Jeff Oliphant, of Palmer, Iowa, and Christopher (Jenni) Richards, of Emerson, Iowa; his step-sisters, Kayla Frerk, of Pocahontas, Iowa, and Julia (Craig) Richards Krapfl, of Ankeny, Iowa; two nieces, Alyssia Daughenbaugh and Lauren Patten; a nephew, Alex Daughenbaugh; his grandfather, Kenneth (Sandy) Reese, of Laurens, Iowa; his father- and mother-in-law, Doug Patten, of Webb, Iowa, and Carol Patten, of Spencer, Iowa; and his brothers-in-law, Kyle (Jamay) Patten, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, and Eric Patten, of Webb, Iowa; as well as by other extended family members and his many friends.

Cole was preceded in death by his grandparents, Walter and Leone Buchholz; his grandmother, Alene “Toodie” Reese; his great-grandmother, Ruby Dodson Reese; his uncles, Steve and Stuart Buchholz; and his aunt, Shelly Buchholz.

Visitation: 3:00-8:00 p.m., May 19, 2014, at the Summit Evangelical Free Church in Alta, Iowa.
Funeral Service: 2:00 p.m., May 20, 2014, at the Storm Lake High School Gymnasium in Storm Lake, Iowa.
Interment: May 20, 2014, at Zion Lutheran Cemetery in rural Storm Lake, Iowa.

May Cole’s life continue to live on through the faith he shared with his family, colleagues, students, and friends.

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