Robert A. Pribek M.D., entered Eternal Life on September 26, 2011 at the age of 85. Longtime resident of Fox Point, formerly of La Crosse. Beloved husband for 55 years of the late Ruth E. Pribek (nee Broderick). Loving father of Ann (H. Joseph) Lynch, Dr. Thomas Pribek, Molly Pribek, John (Deena Wetzel) Pribek, Fr. James Pribek, S.J., Jane (Kody) Salem, and Daniel Pribek. Devoted "Grandpa" of John and Cecelia Lynch; Andrew, Jane, and Grace Petr; and Caitrin and Anika Salem. Dear brother of the late Lorraine (Harold) Steinmetz. Father-in-law of James Petr. Brother-in-law of James Broderick, Dolores Broderick and of the late Gini Broderick and John Broderick. Greatly missed by nieces, nephews, other relatives and many good friends and neighbors.
Robert was born in Manitowoc on May 26th, 1926, son of the late Andrew and Frances (Jagodinsky) Pribek. He attended Washington Junior High School and Lincoln High School, where he graduated with the class of 1944. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served as a hospital corpsman in the Pacific Theater during World War II. His ship, the U.S.S. Sanctuary, was one of the first to land at Nagasaki after the bombing. From 1946 to 1949 he studied at Marquette University, and then at Marquette University School of Medicine, where he graduated with the class of 1953. Robert and Ruth, also of Manitowoc, were married on June 26th, 1953, at Gesu Church in Milwaukee. He took his internship in Internal Medicine at St. Mary's Hospital in Duluth, and his residency at the Veterans' Hospital in Wood, Wisconsin. In 1957 he began a 33-year affiliation with the La Crosse Clinic, which later merged with the Skemp-Grandview Clinic. For the next ten years, he worked as a staff physician in the Student Health Services at UW-La Crosse and UW-Milwaukee.
Visitation will take place on Wednesday, September 28, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at the Feerick Funeral Home, followed by a vigil service at 7:00 PM. Celebration of the Mass of Christian Burial will take place on Thursday, at 10:00 AM, at Old St. Mary Catholic Church, corner of N. Broadway and E. Kilbourn Ave., Milwaukee. Interment will take place at Evergreen Cemetery in Manitowoc on Thursday at 4:00 PM. Friends are welcome to join the family at the burial service. Memorials in Robert's name may be made to Old St. Mary Parish, 836 N. Broadway, Milwaukee, 53202 or St. Clare Health Mission, 916 Ferry Street, La Crosse, WI 54601.
FEERICK FUNERAL HOME, MILWAUKEE, WI (414) 962-8383.
Published in Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter on Sept. 28, 2011
Robert was born in Manitowoc on May 26th, 1926, son of the late Andrew and Frances (Jagodinsky) Pribek. He attended Washington Junior High School and Lincoln High School, where he graduated with the class of 1944. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served as a hospital corpsman in the Pacific Theater during World War II. His ship, the U.S.S. Sanctuary, was one of the first to land at Nagasaki after the bombing. From 1946 to 1949 he studied at Marquette University, and then at Marquette University School of Medicine, where he graduated with the class of 1953. Robert and Ruth, also of Manitowoc, were married on June 26th, 1953, at Gesu Church in Milwaukee. He took his internship in Internal Medicine at St. Mary's Hospital in Duluth, and his residency at the Veterans' Hospital in Wood, Wisconsin. In 1957 he began a 33-year affiliation with the La Crosse Clinic, which later merged with the Skemp-Grandview Clinic. For the next ten years, he worked as a staff physician in the Student Health Services at UW-La Crosse and UW-Milwaukee.
Visitation will take place on Wednesday, September 28, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at the Feerick Funeral Home, followed by a vigil service at 7:00 PM. Celebration of the Mass of Christian Burial will take place on Thursday, at 10:00 AM, at Old St. Mary Catholic Church, corner of N. Broadway and E. Kilbourn Ave., Milwaukee. Interment will take place at Evergreen Cemetery in Manitowoc on Thursday at 4:00 PM. Friends are welcome to join the family at the burial service. Memorials in Robert's name may be made to Old St. Mary Parish, 836 N. Broadway, Milwaukee, 53202 or St. Clare Health Mission, 916 Ferry Street, La Crosse, WI 54601.
FEERICK FUNERAL HOME, MILWAUKEE, WI (414) 962-8383.
Published in Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter on Sept. 28, 2011
Robert A. Pribek M.D., entered Eternal Life on September 26, 2011 at the age of 85. Longtime resident of Fox Point, formerly of La Crosse. Beloved husband for 55 years of the late Ruth E. Pribek (nee Broderick). Loving father of Ann (H. Joseph) Lynch, Dr. Thomas Pribek, Molly Pribek, John (Deena Wetzel) Pribek, Fr. James Pribek, S.J., Jane (Kody) Salem, and Daniel Pribek. Devoted "Grandpa" of John and Cecelia Lynch; Andrew, Jane, and Grace Petr; and Caitrin and Anika Salem. Dear brother of the late Lorraine (Harold) Steinmetz. Father-in-law of James Petr. Brother-in-law of James Broderick, Dolores Broderick and of the late Gini Broderick and John Broderick. Greatly missed by nieces, nephews, other relatives and many good friends and neighbors.
Robert was born in Manitowoc on May 26th, 1926, son of the late Andrew and Frances (Jagodinsky) Pribek. He attended Washington Junior High School and Lincoln High School, where he graduated with the class of 1944. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served as a hospital corpsman in the Pacific Theater during World War II. His ship, the U.S.S. Sanctuary, was one of the first to land at Nagasaki after the bombing. From 1946 to 1949 he studied at Marquette University, and then at Marquette University School of Medicine, where he graduated with the class of 1953. Robert and Ruth, also of Manitowoc, were married on June 26th, 1953, at Gesu Church in Milwaukee. He took his internship in Internal Medicine at St. Mary's Hospital in Duluth, and his residency at the Veterans' Hospital in Wood, Wisconsin. In 1957 he began a 33-year affiliation with the La Crosse Clinic, which later merged with the Skemp-Grandview Clinic. For the next ten years, he worked as a staff physician in the Student Health Services at UW-La Crosse and UW-Milwaukee.
Visitation will take place on Wednesday, September 28, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at the Feerick Funeral Home, followed by a vigil service at 7:00 PM. Celebration of the Mass of Christian Burial will take place on Thursday, at 10:00 AM, at Old St. Mary Catholic Church, corner of N. Broadway and E. Kilbourn Ave., Milwaukee. Interment will take place at Evergreen Cemetery in Manitowoc on Thursday at 4:00 PM. Friends are welcome to join the family at the burial service. Memorials in Robert's name may be made to Old St. Mary Parish, 836 N. Broadway, Milwaukee, 53202 or St. Clare Health Mission, 916 Ferry Street, La Crosse, WI 54601.
FEERICK FUNERAL HOME, MILWAUKEE, WI (414) 962-8383.
Published in Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter on Sept. 28, 2011
Robert was born in Manitowoc on May 26th, 1926, son of the late Andrew and Frances (Jagodinsky) Pribek. He attended Washington Junior High School and Lincoln High School, where he graduated with the class of 1944. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served as a hospital corpsman in the Pacific Theater during World War II. His ship, the U.S.S. Sanctuary, was one of the first to land at Nagasaki after the bombing. From 1946 to 1949 he studied at Marquette University, and then at Marquette University School of Medicine, where he graduated with the class of 1953. Robert and Ruth, also of Manitowoc, were married on June 26th, 1953, at Gesu Church in Milwaukee. He took his internship in Internal Medicine at St. Mary's Hospital in Duluth, and his residency at the Veterans' Hospital in Wood, Wisconsin. In 1957 he began a 33-year affiliation with the La Crosse Clinic, which later merged with the Skemp-Grandview Clinic. For the next ten years, he worked as a staff physician in the Student Health Services at UW-La Crosse and UW-Milwaukee.
Visitation will take place on Wednesday, September 28, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at the Feerick Funeral Home, followed by a vigil service at 7:00 PM. Celebration of the Mass of Christian Burial will take place on Thursday, at 10:00 AM, at Old St. Mary Catholic Church, corner of N. Broadway and E. Kilbourn Ave., Milwaukee. Interment will take place at Evergreen Cemetery in Manitowoc on Thursday at 4:00 PM. Friends are welcome to join the family at the burial service. Memorials in Robert's name may be made to Old St. Mary Parish, 836 N. Broadway, Milwaukee, 53202 or St. Clare Health Mission, 916 Ferry Street, La Crosse, WI 54601.
FEERICK FUNERAL HOME, MILWAUKEE, WI (414) 962-8383.
Published in Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter on Sept. 28, 2011
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