GALATIA — Benjamin Anthony Kolas, Jr., 82, passed away July 31, 2025, surrounded by family at his home in Galatia, Kan. He was born on Feb. 4, 1943, in Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Benjamin Sr. and Edithe (Knott) Kolas. On March 23, 1963, he married Raylene Dee Grindstaff in Inglewood, Calif. She passed on Oct. 4, 2012.