Milton J. Hrabovsky, 72, of Washburn, died at Allen Memorial Hospital, on Tuesday, April 3, 2007, of cancer.

He was born December 28, 1934, in St. Louis, Missouri, son of John and Gertrude Thompkins Hrabovsky.

Milton married Lucile J. Ackerman on July 10, 1955, at the Calvary United Methodist Church in Waterloo.

While serving in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict, Milton earned his high school diploma.

He worked at the John Deere Foundry and then later as an inspector, retiring in 1992. After retirement, Milton owned and operated the Can Redemption Center in Washburn.

Milton loved being outdoors and enjoyed fishing and deer hunting.

He was a member of the former Calvary United Methodist Church.

He is survived by his wife Lucile, daughter Johnnette Damme and her husband Curtis, and grandson Nicholas Hrabovsky and special friend Brittany, all of Washburn, sister Roseanne Litton of Potosi, Missouri, sister Elizabeth Parson and her husband Wayne of Flint, Texas, and brother Francis Hrabovsky of Doniphon, Missouri.

Milton is preceded in death by his parents and brother-in-law Lynn Litton.