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Ernest J. "Toby" Tobola Jr

25 Sep 1940 – 28 Feb 2022

Birth	25 Sep 1940
Death	28 Feb 2022
Cemetery	Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery West , McLennan County , Texas , USA
Added by	Donna Franks-Howell on 01 Mar 2022
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44519637

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Ernest J. "Toby" Tobola, age 81, of West, passed away Monday morning, February 28, 2022 surrounded by his family and on the farm land where he grew up. A rosary will be recited 3:00 p.m. Sunday at Aderhold Funeral Home Chapel, followed by visitation until 5:00 p.m. Memorial Mass of Resurrection will be held 10:00 a.m. Monday, March 7, 2022 at St. Mary's Catholic Church of the Assumption in West, with Rev. Ed Karasek as celebrant. Burial will follow at St. Mary's Cemetery. Toby was born September 25, 1940 in West, the son of Ernest and Marie (Zahirniak) Tobola. He attended schools in West. At the age of 13 he started sweeping floors at the Czechoslovakian Publishing Company, for Mr. Joe Holasek, and while there he learned to run the printing press. Toby printed the West News, the Vestnik, and the Hospadar. On May 12, 1962 he was united in marriage to his high school sweetheart Doris Macik in West. Toby was a lifelong member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and was also a member of the SPJST Lodge #54 and a co-founder of the West Bass Club. For over 20 years, Toby was a printer for J.S. Barnett Printing in Waco until retiring in 1992. At that time he started painting with Joe "Mike" Mazanec and then for himself. Toby enjoyed fishing, listening to Czech music, drinking a good cold pivo, hunting, and sitting at the table of knowledge at Mynar's and the VFW Club. He loved spending time with his family, especially his grandsons and watching them play football and all their other sports and activities. Toby is preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Harry Lee Tobola; and sisters, Betty Chudej and Patsy Jones. Survivors include his beloved wife of 60 years, Doris Tobola of West; his children and their spouses, Lisa and Johnny Hutyra and Jeff and Terri Tobola, all of West; grandsons, Christopher Williams, Cory Williams, Haden Tobola, Mason Tobola, Jaye J. Hutyra, and Jaycee Hutyra and wife Rachel; a great grandson, John Hutyra; his sister and her husband, Kathy and John Lazano; and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Aderhold Funeral Home, West, Texas, Online obituary

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