Richard James Sobaski

Richard James Sobaski, 90, of Brighton, died on Monday, April 10, 2017, at the Washington County Hospital, in Washington.

A funeral mass will be held at 10 a.m., on Tuesday, April 18, 2017, at Saints Joseph and Cabrini Catholic Church, in East Pleasant Plain, with Rev. Charles J. Fladung officiating. Burial will follow in St. Joseph Cemetery, East Pleasant Plain. Family visitation will be held on Monday, April 17, from 4:30 to 7 p.m., at the church, followed by a short prayer service.

Memorials to University of Iowa Foundation (Macular Degeneration Research), Ss. Joseph and Cabrini Church, or St. Joseph Cemetery may be left at the church or mailed to the family at 3245 Dogwood Avenue, Brighton, Iowa 52540. Arrangements are in the care of Gould Funeral Home, in Brighton.

Sobaski was born on Sept. 19, 1926, the son of Anthony (Tony) Paul Sobaski and Helena Elizabeth (Bechen) Sobaski. He attended Brighton Schools. He served in the United States Army as a Drill Sergeant during the Korean War at Ft. Hood, Texas.

He worked with his family on the farm and traveled wheat fields of Nebraska and South Dakota threshing. He married Lucille Simmons on Feb. 20, 1954, at St. Patrick Catholic Church, in Ottumwa.

He was a member of St. Mary?s Catholic Church, in Polishville.

He enjoyed restoring antique cars.

Sobaski is survived by his daughter, Brenda (Dennis) Morris, of Prole; two sons, Tony (Karla) Sobaski, of Brighton, and Don (Kara) Sobaski, of Brighton; eight grandchildren; one great grandchild; and one sister, Evelyn (Sobaski) Adam, of Fairfield.

He was preceded in death by his wife; his parents; and a brother, Robert Sobaski.