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Robert Louis "Bob" Skala

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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January 9, 2017
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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Brosh Chapel - Cedar Rapids Obituary

Bob Skala, 60, of Cedar Rapids, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, on Monday, January 9, 2017 at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House, from a courageous battle with chronic Leukemia. Celebration of life services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, January 13, 2017 at St. Wenceslaus...

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Another year has come and gone and we have lost so many more friends and family. Miss you all so much.

Another year has passed and so many more friends and loved ones are gone. Hope you all are having one heck of a party in heaven. I know Bob is right in the middle of it all. Miss you all so much.

Having lost so many loved ones, friends and classmates in the past dozen years I think of Bob often and smile.

Think of you often. Sending extra prayers for your family this holiday season. ❤

Those we hold dear never truly leave us...They live on in the kindness they showed ,the comfort they shared and the love they brought into our lives.
With our deepest sympathies to the Skala family
Carol Obadal & Terry Stammeyer

To Gary and the Skala Family, Our prayers and thoughts are for you all during this sad time. I remember Bob well during my trips to the Skala home and hanging out with Gary. Bob was always a nice and good guy. God Bless You ALL! Kevin & Renee Kubik

To Megan Skala and the Skala family:
Please accept my sympathy and prayers on the loss of your uncle/brother/brother in law. He looks like someone who would be everyone's friend and I'm sure he will be missed.

Deepest sympathies to the entire Skala clan from your old neighbors on Wilson Avenue, the Oster's. We met Bob for the first time when he was 11, and suspended in an apple tree in an orchard right next to the Skala home. Also hanging from a tree was Gary, Bob's partner in crime. As new kids in the neighborhood, a couple of us Oster kids walked through this "orchard" all excited to make new friends -- but instead, were bombed from above with stinky, brown, worm-infested rotten apples! We...

To Bob's girls and the rest of his family,

I went to school with Bob at Wilson Junior High and Jefferson. He was friends with my older brother and always used to pick on me whenever he got a chance. He was such a sweetie and as kind as could be. The last time I saw Bob you girls were small and you were out for a walk. He was so proud of you. Please know my thoughts and prayers are with you all. Rest in peace Bob, you were one terrific guy.