PRZYBYLSKI, Robert Leo "Bob"

PRZYBYLSKI, WUNDERLICH, ARMSTRONG

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 5/9/2016 at 01:43:45

Obituary ~ Robert "Bob" Leo Przybylski
June 29, 1940 ~ February 07, 1996

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
February 09, 1996

Robert "Bob" Leo Przybylski, 55, of Clear Lake, died Wednesday (Feb. 7, 1996) at North Iowa Mercy Health Center East, Mason City.

A funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church with the Rev. John Hemann of St. Boniface Catholic Church, Garner, officiating. Burial will be in the Clear Lake Cemetery.

Friends may call from 5:30 to 9 p.m. today with a public sharing of Bob's life with family and friends at 6:30 p.m., with a prayer by the Rev. Robert Towner of St. John's Episcopal Church, Mason City, at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. Fourth St.

Robert "Bob" Leo Przybylski was born June 29, 1940, in Winona, Minn., a son of Raymond and Edith (Wunderlich) Przybylski. He received his education in the Winona School system, graduating from Winona High School in 1958. He also attended and graduated from the Ferrier School in Belle Fourche, S.D., and was very well known throughout the United States for his ferrier talents. Following his schooling he become involved in showing and trading horses in Winona. He was a manager of Lanco Fertilizer in Mason City, and in 1989, he owned and operated the River City Bulk Handling Company in Mason City. He also was co-owner of A & P Pre-Owned Merchandise in Mason City.

He enjoyed riding his Harley motorcycles, horses and going to horse shows, his cats and dogs, auctions and scrapping motors in vehicles and was known for his quick wit and stories.

He was a member of the Valley Rider Saddle Club in Winona, Minn.

Survivors include two brothers, Allen Przybylski of Winona, Minn., and Paul Przybylski and his wife, Jeanette, of Minneapolis; a special friend, Donna Armstrong of Clear Lake; his two cats, Porky and Fluff; as well as other relatives and many friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Kenny Przybylski.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, May of 2016