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William Vrba Obituary

William "Bill" Vrba, 77, of Cedar Rapids, passed away on March 11, 2024. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, March 16 at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home beginning at 1:00 PM. A visitation will take place prior, from 11:00 AM-1:00 PM. Burial will take place at Czech National Cemetery. Bill was a Cedar Rapids postal carrier for 38 years. Some of his favorite hobbies included fishing, baseball, carving wooden songbirds, and gardening. He and Mary Kay would have been married 50 years in May. Preceded in death are his parents Wilmer and Alice Vrba; Brother Michael; nephew John (Maxine) Vrba; and in laws Vincent and Mary Hachmann. Survivors include his wife, Mary Kay Hachmann Vrba; Son Scott Vrba; Grandchildren Cami and Vinny Vrba; Sister-in-law Chris Vrba; Brother-in-law Robert (Candy) Hachmann; Nephew Mike (Bonnie) Vrba; Nieces Danelle Vrba, Amanda (Derek) Klinkenborg, Monique (J.J) Butcher, and Sherry (Paul) Meyer; and best friend Ron Tack. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the family. Online condolences may be left online at www.cedarmemorial.com under obituaries.

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Published by The Gazette on Mar. 13, 2024.

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Bob Jones

March 14, 2024

Worked with Bill at the West Side PO. Back in those days it was a great place to work. At breaktime it was mostly Bill, Bob Horne, Lynn Lawrance and myself. I remember the damn mustard sardines and yiternitzy, I know that isnt spelled corretly. Also my son and Scott played baseball at the same time. Loved to hear Bill holler at Scott to have the ump give him a different ball!

Linda Burke

March 14, 2024

So sorry to see that Bill passed away. Hold on to the memories your dear partner.
A dear friend from days gone by, Linda Burke

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