Robert Patrick McCarty (1924-2017)

MCCARTY, CAJACOB, ABELS, RODKEWICH, NAUGHTON, PAPE, PENNING, YOUNGERS

Posted By: jane austin (email)
Date: 6/12/2021 at 21:05:24

Robert Patrick McCarty, Uncle Bob, a lifelong resident of Sheldon, died March 7, 2017, at the Sanford Sheldon Senior Care Center at 92.

The son of Vetus C. and Agnes (Cajacob) McCarty, he was born on the family farm on September 18, 1924. Following graduation from Sheldon High School in 1942, he began his farming career with his father helping produce food supplies for our nation at war while four brothers were in military service. From January 1946 through September 1947 he was called to serve in the US Army Second Division 23rd Regiment Company B at Fort Lewis in Washington State. Upon completion of his military service he resumed a farming career which endured until his retirement in 1989.

His family and a number in the community referred to him as Uncle Bob, a term of endearment. As his mobility declined he sometimes needed some assistance, and Bob was often heard to remark, The people of Sheldon are so good to me.

Bob served on the Sheldon Community Hospital Board for 30 years. Other community activities included memberships in Prairie Queen Kiwanis, Knights of Columbus, American Legion, OBrien County Democrats, OBrien County Pork and OBrien County Beef Producers. He also served as a 4-H leader.

Bob is survived by his sisters, Jean Abels, Buckeye, AZ; Patricia Rodkewich, New Brighton, MN and Margaret Peggy Naughton (Robert), Houston, TX; as well as sisters-in-laws, Regina McCarty, Rockford, IL; Rita McCarty, Hartley, IA; Carol McCarty, Sheldon, IA; Theresa Pape McCarty, Albuquerque, NM and Theresa Penning McCarty, Centerville, IA. Uncle Bob is survived by fifty-five nieces and nephews who are his surrogate children.

Preceding him in death were his parents, brothers, Francis J. McCarty, J. David McCarty, William M. McCarty, Thomas M. McCarty, Charles A. McCarty and sister, Elizabeth Betty Youngers.

Vander Ploeg Funeral Home, Sheldon