Walter Skrobot Died November 25, 1944

Walter Skrobot (my mother’s grandfather on her mother’s side) died on November 25, 1944, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, at the age of 72, and was buried there. My mother Shirley was 8 years old at the time and she remembers the funeral visitation being in their living room. ***** Shirley’s parents Anthony and Pauline Raczkiewicz often had relatives living with them and renters in an upstairs apartment. In the Grand Rapids, MI 1930 census (reported on April 11), Anthony’s brother Joseph lived with them as well as Pauline’s 61 year old father, Walter S, Skrobat. The rest of the Walter Skrobot family was in Oil City, Pennsylvania. Walter was also listed in the Pennsylvania census that same year living with his wife Anna and three of their children -- Joseph, Matthew and Jenny. It appears Walter visited his daughter Pauline and her husband Anthony in Grand Rapids and didn’t return. There is a lot of speculation on the reasons but we may never know since so many years have passed. ***** Walter Eugene (Wladyslaw) Skrobot was born on June 27, 1872, in Gorlice, Małopolskie, Poland, the son of Agnes and Jozef. He married Anna Agnes Barszcz (Borover) on June 24, 1901, in Oil City, Pennsylvania. They had 13 children in 20 years. ***** This undated article from long ago was published in OIl City, Pennsylvania and recounts the story the family of Walter Skrobat believed of Walter’s history.