SVOBODA, Walter A. 1934-2010

SVOBODA, SYPAL, PLESKAC, BRAUSE, COLLINS, DANATHY

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 4/22/2011 at 20:49:09

[Waterloo Courier, Tuesday, November 9, 2010]

WATERLOO — Walter Alois Svoboda, 75, of Waterloo, died Sunday, Nov. 7, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, from heart failure.

He was born Dec. 8, 1934, in David City, Neb., son of Rudy and Tillie Sypal Svoboda. He married Virginia Pleskac on July 13, 1963, in David City.

Mr. Svoboda attended St. Benedict's College, Atchison, Kan., from 1953 to 1957 and then enlisted in the U.S Navy from 1957 to 1961. He then attended the University of Iowa Physical Therapy School, graduating in 1963. He was employed at Covenant Medical Center and its predecessor hospitals for 47 years.

Survived by: his wife; two daughters, Mary (Duane) Brause of Apple Valley, Minn., and Lynn (Steven) Collins of Clarendon Hills, Ill.; two sons, Patrick (Kathleen) of Naperville, Ill., and Bradley (Jessica) of Lockport, Ill.; nine grandchildren, Michaela and Kate Brause, Rachel and Mitchell Collins, Samantha and Alissa Svoboda and Paige, Sean and Erin Svoboda; and two sisters-in-law, Evelyn Danahy of Papillion, Neb., and Virginia G. Svoboda of Schaumburg, Ill.

Preceded in death by: three brothers, Valerian, Richard and Alfred.

Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Edward Catholic Church, with full military rites conducted by Waterloo AMVETS Post 19 and Evansdale AMVETS Post 31. Burial will be in St. Francis Center Cemetery, David City. Public visitation from 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on West Ridgeway, where there will be a 7 p.m. vigil service. Visitation also for an hour before services Thursday at the church.

Memorials: may be directed to the family

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