{"id":13417,"date":"2019-04-05T16:11:02","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T21:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/obituary\/robert-b-kaczmarek\/"},"modified":"2019-04-05T16:11:02","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T21:11:02","slug":"robert-b-kaczmarek","status":"publish","type":"obituary","link":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/obituary\/robert-b-kaczmarek\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert B. Kaczmarek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Robert B. Kaczmarek, age 61 of Kenosha, died on Thursday, April 4, 2019 at Brookside Care Center.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Milwaukee on August 30, 1957, he was the son of the late Florian and Geraldine (Bronkalla) Kaczmarek.\u00a0 He attended schools in Greenfield, WI and was a graduate of Greenfield High School.<\/p>\n<p>Bob continued this education earning a Bachelor of Business Science Degree in construction administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.\u00a0 He earned a Master Degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.\u00a0 Bob earned the ASA Designation in Machinery and Equipment \u2013 Technical Valuations\/Cost Surveys from the American Society of Appraisers and was a senior member of the organization.\u00a0 He was a member and past board president of the Wisconsin Alumni Association; Science and Agriculture Group and Kenosha Chapter.<\/p>\n<p>Bob met his true love, Victoria Sarnecki in Milwaukee.\u00a0 On September 28, 1985 at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, they were united in marriage.\u00a0 For nearly 33 years, they made Kenosha their home.<\/p>\n<p>Bob was employed with CLA-CliftonLarsonAllen, LLC.\u00a0 Previously, he was employed with Schenk, S.C. serving as their construction cost segregation leader.\u00a0 \u00a0He had been a featured speaker on cost segregation practices for industry groups, tax organization, and state and national CPA societies including the AICPA National Real Estate Conference.\u00a0 In addition, he served as past editor of the Journal of Technical Valuation and authored numerous articles for it, the Journal of Property Taxation and several trade publications in the food industry.<\/p>\n<p>For 44 years, he was a member of the Badger Boys State; an organization that teaches Wisconsin high school students leadership and workings of government.\u00a0 Bob held several positions with the Badger Boys program including City Counselor, County Counselor, Assistant Director and Program Director.<\/p>\n<p>He was Chairman of the Board and Finance Chairman with St. Joseph\u2019s Catholic Academy.\u00a0 \u00a0During the Christmas holiday, Bob enjoyed playing and dressing the part of Santa Claus for St. Joseph\u2019s.\u00a0 Bob was also a Board Member of Kenosha Right to Life.\u00a0 Since 2005, he looked forward to planning events in Kenosha.\u00a0 He also looked forward to taking charge of the annual dinner in October.<\/p>\n<p>Bob\u2019s faith was very important to him.\u00a0 He was a faithful member of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church and the St. Anthony\u2019s Men\u2019s Group.\u00a0 Previously, he was a member of St. Peter\u2019s Eucharistic Ministry Board.\u00a0 Bob and his wife, Vicki opened their home to several International Students.\u00a0 With their help the students were able to get their education at St. Joseph Catholic Academy.<\/p>\n<p>Bob is survived by his loving wife, Victoria Kaczmarek; his daughter, Elizabeth Kaczmarek; Bob\u2019s \u201cInternational Girls\u201d, Wren Lee, Paris Huang, Jennifer Lyn and Chelcy Wang; his sister, Susan Zielinski; his mother-in-law, Rita Sarnecki; and his brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Christopher and Julie Sarnecki.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his father-in-law, Bill Sarnecki.<\/p>\n<p><em>The family would like to extend a special thank you to Beau and Diane Bosovich and Family; the staff at Brookside Care Center-6<sup>th<\/sup> Wing and Dr. Giuseppe Garretto for the compassionate care they provided.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Informaci\u00f3n del servicio<\/h3>\n<p>Funeral Services honoring Bob\u2019s life will be held on Wednesday, April 10, 2019.  A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, 5100 22nd Avenue.  Relatives and friends are asked to meet at the church for the Mass.  Interment will follow in St. George Cemetery.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert B. Kaczmarek, age 61 of Kenosha, died on Thursday, April 4, 2019 at Brookside Care Center. 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