Ernest "Toby" Tobola, Jr.

Ernest J. "Toby" Tobola, age 81, of West, passed away Monday morning, February 28, 2022 surrounded by his family at West Rest Haven, which is on the old Tobola 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 an early age 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 almost 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 Lozano; and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Active pallbearers are his grandsons. Honorary pallbearers are his special friends from the "Table". In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the West Volunteer Ambulance Association or the St. Mary's Cemetery Association.