Robert Kabat
</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[ Robert James Kabat, 71, of Centralia, formerly of Du Bois, passed away at 4:35 p.m. on Friday, August 22, 2008, at Good Samaritan Regional Health Center in Mt. Vernon.
Robert was a retired coal mine welder and machinist working for the Consol Coal Company. He had also worked for Taylor Brothers Welding in Tamaroa and at GS Metals in Pinckneyville.
He was a member of the St. Charles Catholic Church in Du Bois. He was also a member of the UMW of A, Waltonville AmVets and had been a Tamaroa Highschool Board Member for several years. He was a US Army veteran serving in Germany.
He was born September 17, 1936, at Chester, the son of Nick and Anna (Skorczewski) Kabat.
Robert married Shirley M. Tomaszewski on September 21, 1959, at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Radom and she survives.
He is survived by his wife of Centralia, eight children- Paulette Hamlin and husband Tom of Du Quoin, Margie Barton and husband Greg of Centralia, Robert Kabat and wife Marlene of Scheller, Larry Kabat and wife Rita of Woodlawn, Gary Kabat and wife Sandra of Woodlawn, Kenneth Kabat and wife Theresa of Anna, Tom Kabat and wife Amber of West Frankfort, Monica Kabat and Special Friend James of Du Quoin, sister- Mary Ann Radake and husband Rich of Tamaroa, brother- Fr. Carl Kabat of St. Louis, Mo., sister-in-law- Lorene Kabat of Du Bois, twenty two grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers- Leonard Kabat and Fr. Paul Kabat.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m., Wednesday, August 27, at the St. Charles Catholic Church in Du Bois with Fr. Oliver Nwachukwu officiating.
Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Searby Funeral Home in Tamaroa. The Rosary will be prayed at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Burial will be in the St. Charles Cemetery at Du Bois.
Friends may make memorials to the St. Charles Cemetery, American Heart Association, American Diabetes Association or the Donors Choice and will be accepted at the funeral home.
For additional information or to sign the memorial guest register, please visit www.searbyfuneralhomes.com.