Ivan J. Skalka Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Ivan J. Skalka was born July 30, 1930 to Albert J. Skalka and Mary Karmazin Skalka near Deweese, Nebraska and passed away July 27. 2012 at the Rose Brook Care Center in Edgar, Nebraska at the age of 81. Ivan attended rural school near Deweese and graduated from Fairfield High School in 1948. He served with the Marines during the Korean War. He farmed with his father and brothers. He was a member of the American Legion Post 256 in Fairfield and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10045 in Deweese. He is survived by a sister Margaret Nims of Irvine, CA. sister-in-law Norma Jean Skalka of Deweese, NE. He was preceded in death by his parents, infant sisters, Helen, Alice and Marie and brothers Stanley, Leo and Alfred and sister-in-law Margaret Skalka. Funeral Mass will be Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. at the Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church in Deweese. Rosary will be at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Catholic Church in Deweese. Visitation will begin Monday at the McLaughlin Funeral Chapel in Clay Center from 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. and then at the Church one hour before the Rosary and Funeral Mass. Interment will be in the Assumption Cemetery in Deweese. Memorials are directed to the family for later designation.

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Ivan J. Skalka

July 30, 1930 - July 28, 2012