Hugo Bolba 1936-2004

BOLBA, VASA, CIESIELSKI, BLUME, HOGAN

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Date: 3/29/2018 at 15:29:00

Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) - Tuesday, July 20, 2004

Hugo Bolba, 67, of Dubuque, formerly of Dyersville, Iowa, died Monday, July 19, 2004, at his daughter's home, following a brief illness.

Memorial services will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at Kramer Funeral Home, Dyersville, where friends may call after 4 p.m. Thursday.

He was born on Aug. 25, 1936, in Kezmark, Czechoslovakia, son of Louis and Mary (Vasa) Bolba. He graduated from college in Czechoslovakia and immigrated to the United States in 1957.

Mr. Bolba had various occupations, including operating the House of Imports store in Dyersville. He later opened Hugo's Restaurant, which he ran from 1976 to 1991. After that, he worked at a restaurant in Galena, Ill., worked for Walt Disney on Ice and was a chef at Orlando Regional Medical Center in Florida.

He appeared in the movies "Fist" and "Take This Job And Shove It."

Surviving are three daughters, Martha Ciesielski, of Independence, Iowa, Kristina Bolba, of Burbank, Calif., and Karoly (Scott) Blume, of Dubuque; seven grandchildren, Ashley and Austin Blume, Martin, Matthew and Miles Hogan and Russell and Rodney Ciesielski; a great-granddaughter, Courtney Hogan; two brothers, Henry and Louis Bolba, both of Budapest, Hungary; and a sister, Matilda Bolba, of Austria.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and a great-grandson, Jordan Hogan.

Memorials are preferred.

Online condolences may be left at www.kramerfuneral.com.

Special thanks to special friends, Derek and Lynn Vanderzyl and family, for looking out for Dad and to Hospice of Dubuque and Dr. Krish for their compassion and support during Hugo's final days.