SKALSKY, Dennis R. 1959-1973

SKALSKY, HINES, EDBERG

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 10/3/2013 at 02:39:47

[Waterloo Daily Courier, Monday, September 3, 1973]

Funeral services for Dennis R. Skalsky, 11 of 410 Riverside Drive, who drowned in the Cedar River Saturday, will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Concordia Lutheran Church. Friends may call at the Kearns-Dykeman Chapel from 2-9 p.m. Monday.

He was born in Waterloo on May 26, 1959, the son of Benjamin and Joyce Hines Skalsky. He was an eighth grade student at Logan Junior High School and was a member of the Confirmation Class of Concordia Lutheran. Church.

Survivors include his mother of 410 Riverside Drive; his father of 304 Commercial St.; one brother, Benjamin Jr. at home: one half brother, Kenneth Edberg of North Branch, Minn.; two sisters, Brenda and Patricia at home; one half sister, Roberta Edberg of North Branch, Minn.; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hines of 210 Glen St.; and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Lillian Skalsky of 105 Bishop Ave.

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[Waterloo Daily Courier, Tuesday, September 4, 1973]

Funeral services will be at 10 a. m. Wednesday at the Concordia Lutheran Church for Dennis R. Skalsky, 14, of 410 Riverside Drive who drowned in the Cedar River Saturday afternoon. The Rev. Rodeck. Alvin W. Rodeck, pastor of the church, will officiate. Burial will be in the Midwest Garden of Memories. Friends may call at Keams-Dykeman Chapel until 9 p. m. Tuesday: and at the church from 9 a. m. Wednesday until service time.

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[Waterloo Daily Courier, Sunday, September 2, 1973]

A 14-year-old youth identified as Dennis R. Skalsky of 410 Riverside Dr. drowned yesterday afternoon in the Cedar River after he fell into the water from a tree on which he and a companion were playing.

His body was recovered about 150 feet downstream by firemen who used drag hooks and the department boat to locate his body.

According to firemen, young Skalsky, son of Mrs. Joyce Skalsky of 410 Riverside Dr., was with Doug Hammond, also 14, of 527 Reber Ave. The two were playing on a fallen tree that overhangs the water at the upper end of Sans Souci Island.