Former County Prosecutor David Kolbe Dies At Age 70
April 14, 2025 at 5:37 p.m.
David Kolbe, 70, a former Kosciusko County prosecutor, died over the weekend, his wife, Kathy, announced on Facebook.
A memorial service is being planned for Wednesday at 3 p.m. Mountain Time at their church in Colorado, which is to be livestreamed.
At the end of March 2025, Kolbe was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer, according to a GoFundMe page that had previously been set up to unite the Kolbe family together. His prognosis was for less than a year.
In August 2023, Kolbe announced he and his wife, Kathy, were set to leave the area for Durango, Colo., where he would become an assistant district attorney for the state’s Sixth Judicial District. Kolbe also said the move was in part to be closer to family and the mountains.
Kolbe was elected county prosecutor in Kosciusko County from 1994 to 1998, according to information provided by County Clerk Melissa Boggs. He ran as a Republican against Republican Daniel Hampton.
Kolbe ran for Indiana’s 22nd House District as a Democrat against Republican Curt Nisly and Independent Michael Stinfer in 2014. Though Kolbe was endorsed by people like then-U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly, Nisly won that election.
Outside of elected office, Kolbe was a senior visiting professor for the Center for International Legal Studies in Salzburg, Austria. Kolbe had that role since 2008, teaching European law students about American criminal law and procedure.
He also had teaching stints in Ukraine, Latvia, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Albania and the country of Georgia before the program was stopped due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Kolbe previously traveled to the Russian Republic and the Baltic Republic of Estonia in 1992 with Josh McDowell Ministries. In 2002-03, he traveled to the Republic of Cuba as part of a legal and political delegation with People to People International.
After returning from teaching in foreign countries, Kolbe would give public presentations on the countries for free at the Warsaw Community Public Library.
Kolbe's law degree is from Valparaiso University School of Law. Before that, he obtained a degree in modern European history from Indiana University South Bend, having transferred from DePauw University.
David Kolbe, 70, a former Kosciusko County prosecutor, died over the weekend, his wife, Kathy, announced on Facebook.
A memorial service is being planned for Wednesday at 3 p.m. Mountain Time at their church in Colorado, which is to be livestreamed.
At the end of March 2025, Kolbe was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer, according to a GoFundMe page that had previously been set up to unite the Kolbe family together. His prognosis was for less than a year.
In August 2023, Kolbe announced he and his wife, Kathy, were set to leave the area for Durango, Colo., where he would become an assistant district attorney for the state’s Sixth Judicial District. Kolbe also said the move was in part to be closer to family and the mountains.
Kolbe was elected county prosecutor in Kosciusko County from 1994 to 1998, according to information provided by County Clerk Melissa Boggs. He ran as a Republican against Republican Daniel Hampton.
Kolbe ran for Indiana’s 22nd House District as a Democrat against Republican Curt Nisly and Independent Michael Stinfer in 2014. Though Kolbe was endorsed by people like then-U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly, Nisly won that election.
Outside of elected office, Kolbe was a senior visiting professor for the Center for International Legal Studies in Salzburg, Austria. Kolbe had that role since 2008, teaching European law students about American criminal law and procedure.
He also had teaching stints in Ukraine, Latvia, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Albania and the country of Georgia before the program was stopped due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Kolbe previously traveled to the Russian Republic and the Baltic Republic of Estonia in 1992 with Josh McDowell Ministries. In 2002-03, he traveled to the Republic of Cuba as part of a legal and political delegation with People to People International.
After returning from teaching in foreign countries, Kolbe would give public presentations on the countries for free at the Warsaw Community Public Library.
Kolbe's law degree is from Valparaiso University School of Law. Before that, he obtained a degree in modern European history from Indiana University South Bend, having transferred from DePauw University.