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Becicka, Elizabeth Skala
Elizabeth Skala Becicka, 101, of Cedar Rapids, died Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010, at Heritage Nursing Care Center. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, Brosh Chapel, Cedar Rapids, with the Rev. Glenn Hunt presiding. Visitation will be from 12:30 p.m. until service time at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling St. SW. Burial will follow at Anderson Cemetery in Swisher.
Elizabeth was born Nov. 23, 1908, near Shueyville, the daughter of Theodore and Mary (Stransky) Detert. She married George Skala on June 4, 1924, he died in August 1971. She remarried George Becicka in October 1972, he died in March 1974.
Elizabeth is survived by her daughter-in-law, Linda Skala; grandchildren, Cheryl and husband Bryan Hadley and Scott and wife Monique Skala; and great-grandchildren, Sarah and Lauren Hadley and Addison Skala.
She was preceded in death by her husbands and her sons, Marvin Skala and Robert Skala.
Memorials may be directed to Options of Linn County or The Czech Heritage Foundation.
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