BARTON L. "BUTCH" SKALA Age 77, suddenly on Tuesday, August 6, 2019, of Whitehall, formerly of Bon Air. Beloved husband of 55 years to Shirley J. (Coberly) Skala; loving father of Sherry J. (John) Locke and Darla J. (James) Stevick; proud and devoted Pap Pap to Hunter B. Stevick, Sabrina J. Locke and Jillian J. Stevick; son of the late Louis and Agatha Skala; brother of Donna Schiavone and Bernadette Padula; cousin of Ronald Mazur. Also survived by nieces and nephews. Bart served in the U.S. Marine Corps and the Air National Guard. He was a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, a retired City of Pittsburgh Motorcycle Police Officer, Kilbuck Township Motorcycle Police Officer, as well as a Stowe Township Police Officer. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge #743 (Pin Club), a motorcycle safety instructor and also was the vehicle code instructor for Allegheny County Police Academy and a life-member of the NRA. Friends will be received at the JOHN F. SLATER FUNERAL HOME, INC., 412-881-4100, 4201 Brownsville Road, Brentwood 15227 on Thursday, August 8, 2019 from 6-8 p.m. and Friday, August 9, 2019 from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. where funeral services will be held on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. in the funeral home Chapel. Interment will be held in the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies on Tuesday, August 13, 2019 at 10:30 a.m.. In lieu of flowers, family suggests contributions to Animal Friends, 562 Camp Horne Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15237. Please send condolences to www.johnfslater.com Send condolences post-gazette.com/gb