Robert Tomash

ROBERT TOMASH

Swisher

Robert Tomash, 85, of Swisher, died Monday, Oct. 26, 2015, at home. Family will greet friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, and from 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday at Calvary Baptist Church, Cedar Rapids. Service: 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, at the church conducted by the Rev. Jay Jentink. Burial: Shueyville Cemetery, Shueyville, Iowa.

Survivors include his wife, Janice of Swisher; son, David (Lisa) Tomash of Iowa City, and their children, Mikala Coltrane, Austin Tomash and Jesse Tomash; daughter, Deanne (Tim) Phillips of Boston, Ga., and their children, Bethany (Rick) McDonnell, Paul (Jessica) Phillips, Micah (Ashley) Phillips and Hannah Phillips; son, Doug (Melanie) Tomash of Swisher, and their children, Sarah (Jake) Kaiser and Daniel Tomash; three great-grandchildren, Tristan and Bella Ruth Coltrane and Ronan McDonnell; three sisters, Dorothy Dostal and Darlene Plattenberger, both of Cedar Rapids, and Janet Cerveny of Fairfax; and sister-in-law, Joyce Hotz of Cedar Rapids.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Elmer Tomash; and great-grandchild, Jonah Coltrane.

Robert was born on Jan. 10, 1930, in rural Oxford, Iowa, the son of Joseph and Emma (Netolicky) Tomash. He worked at Johnson Gas Co. and later for Evergreen Packaging. During the Korean War, he served in the U.S. Army. In 1952, he married Janice Hotz at the Federated Church in Lisbon. Robert enjoyed fishing, hunting, going to tractor pulls, gardening and garage sales. He was a handyman who loved construction projects. Robert built the houses the couple lived in and also enjoyed restoring garden tractors. Most of all he loved spending time with his family and grandchildren.

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