Joseph V. Skrobot

Joseph V. Skrobot, 94, of Butler, died Sunday evening, September 24, 2017, a the V.N.A. Inpatient Hospice.

Born September 18, 1923 in a log cabin in Butler, he was a son of the Philip Skrobot and Anna Prementine Skrobot.

Joseph had worked as Assistant Superintendent of Production for 35 years at the Pullman Standard Car Company, until 1982 when the plant closed. He was an active member of the Pullman Standard Supervisor Club.

He was a dedicated family loving family man who lived for his family and was very talented, mechanically inclined doing all building trades.

A veteran of World War II, he served in the United States Army Air Corps in the 922nd Engineer Battalion.

Joseph was donated to the Humanity Gifts Registry, he donated because he was always a giving person who wanted to make others lives better.

Surviving is his wife, Mary Ann Ziros Skrobot, whom he married May 16, 1953.

2 daughters: Vicki Conner of Butler and Sandi Skrobot of El Cajon, CA.

1 granddaughter, Michelle Henry Reed and her husband Joe Reed of Chicora.

3 great grandchildren: Cheyenne Henry, R.J. Henry and Joe Reed II, all of Chicora.

Numerous nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death 2 brothers and 2 sisters.

Visitation will be held at the Geibel Funeral Home, 201 East Cunningham Street, Butler, from 12:00 noon until 1:00 p.m. Friday. A Memorial Service will follow at 1:00 p.m. at the Funeral Home.

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