Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in 1987-1993. Chronological Account of the Liberation

A. t. A.  Vytauto Skuodžio sudarytos knygos Lietuva, Latvija ir Estija 1987-1993 metais. Išsilaisvinimo Kronika sutiktuvės įvyks 2017 m. kovo 21 d., antradienį, 16 valandą Vilniuje, Signatarų Namų salėje, Pilies g. 26. Informacija telefonu (8-5)231-4437 .Renginio organizatoriai maloniai kviečia jus dalyvauti šios knygos sutiktuvėse.

The late Vytautas Skuodis' book Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in 1987-1993. Chronological Account of the Liberation 
(published in Lithuanian) will be introduced Tuesday, March 21, 2017, 4:00 P.M. in Vilnius, Lithuania, in the Signatarų Namai, Pilies g. 26. For Informacion by telephone call (8-5)231-4437.Event organizers cordially invite you to participate at the greeting of the volume.

Our Gratitude

Our heartfelt gratitude to all who honor Vytautas Skuodis' Memory.

Wreath from the Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania.

Vainikas nuo Lietuvos Rspublikos Ministro Pirmininko.

Gėlės nuoLietuvos Gyventojų Genocido ir Rezistencijos Tyrimo Centro.

Wreath from the Research Center of Lithuanian genocide and resistance.

Daug gėlių nuo gerbiamų mielų žmonių.

Many flowers from highly respectable kind people.

Wreath from the Leader of the Senate of the Republic of Lithuania.

Vainikas nuo Lietuvos Respublikos Seimo Pirmininko.

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How Could it Have Happen?

Lietuvos piliečiai kurie apvogėte mano velionį tevą,

Prašau tučtuojau atrasti ir grąžinti pavogtą mano velionio tėvo Vytauto Skuodžio auksinį sutuoktuvinį žiedą . Jį kažkas pasisavino tarp to momento kai jis buvo išvežtas į ligoninę su greitąja pagalba, ir kai buvo pašarvotas laidotuvių namuose, tarp Lapkričio 10-sios ir Gruodžio 9 d. Kažkas neatsispyrė aukso spindesiui ir užtraukė šešėlį visai įstaigai, kurioje dirba. Tikiuosi, kad medicininių įstaigų ir laidojimo namų administratoriai ir Lietuvos valdžios atstovai imsis priemonių šį pasibaisėtinai gėdingą incidentą atitaisyti, bent pasiteiraudama dviejose ligoninėse, arba laidojimo namuose kas buvo už tai atsakingas. Tėvas NIEKADA savo sutuoktuvinio žiedo nenusiėmė, tai garantija. į ligoninę greitoji paėmė jį su žiedu and piršto.


Prašau grąžinti mano tėvo vestuvinį žiedą (o ne kokį nors pakaitalą )  Vytauto Skuodžio anūkams kuo greičiau.
Ar per mažai dar mano tėvas pasiaukojo, kad gyventumėt laisvi ir turtėtumėt dorai? Ar tikrai reikėjo apvogti bejėgį paralyžuotą mirštantį ligonį kai jo likusi šeima ir taip sugniuždyta? Taip pasisavintas tas žiedas jums laimės neatneš.
 
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Citizens of Lithuania who robbed my late father,

I do request to immediately return my father Vytautas Skuodis' golden wedding band that was removed from his finger some time between when he was taken by the ambulance to the emergency room on November 10, and the funeral home on December 7 or 8.

You leave me no choice but to publicize this atrocious incident world-wide in the light of what my father had sacrificed so you all could freely enrich yourselves in some honest ways.

Either in the hospital, or the nursing home,  or the funeral home my father's golden wedding band  was stolen off of his finger between November 10 and December 7 or 8. Someone could not resist the shiny object and thus cast a shadow onto the organization that employs the thief. I am sure it is possible to track down those few individuals who had handled my father when he was ill and then diseased.

I expect the administration of the medical facilities and the funeral home, also some government  authorities of Lithuania to help to rectify this shameless incident, and take some measures to find out who was responsible for such theft, at least for the sake of other families not to be so humiliated at the most vulnerable time of their lives.

The ring (not some kind of a substitute) has to be immediately returned to Vytautas Skuodis' grandchildren. The band acquired in such indecent way will not bring good fortune to the thief.

Funeral Arrangements

• Vytautas Skuodis buvo pašarvotas Palaimintojo J. Matulaičio bažnyčios laidojimo namuose Vilniuje, 2-oje salėje 2016 m. gruodžio 9 d., nuo 16 val.

• Adresas: J. Matulaičio a. 3, LT – 05111 Vilniuje. 
• Karstas buvo išlydėtas Į Rokantiškių kapines šestadienĮ, 2016 m. gruodžio 10 d., 13 val., po šv. Mišių Palaimintojo J. Matulaičio bažnyčioje.

Vytauto Skuodžio šeima nuoširdžiai dėkoja didžiai gerbiamam Kunigui Juliui Sasnauskui už suteikta paskutinĮ, sakramenta sunkiam ligoniui, už paaukotas mišias ir velionio Vytauto Skuodžio palaikų palydėjimą į kapus.

Vytautas Skuodis palaidotas kapavietėje, kur jau palaidotos jo a.t.a. žmona Irena Šarkiunaitė Skuodienė (2016) ir uošvė Sofija Barisaitė Šarkiūnienė.

Vytautas Skuodis (March 21, 1929, Chicago, IL, U.S.A. - December 7, 2016, Vilnius, Lithuania)

 †Duok amžiną atilsį mano tėvui Vytautui Skuodžiui, Viešpatie, ir amžinoji šviesa tegul jam šviečia.

May God rest my father Vytautas Skuodis' soul in peace, and may eternal light shine upon him.

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My father Vytautas Skuodis (Born in Chicago, IL, U.S.A. Vytautas Benedict Scott Skodžius, March 21, 1929) had passed on December 7, 2016 in a rehabilitation hospital in Vilnius, Lithuania after suffering a severe irreversible debilitating stroke on November 10, 2016 in his home in Vilnius, Lithuania. Entire day November 9th he had spent on his feet out and about inviting people in person to the upcoming event where his latest book was to be introduced.

Vytautas Skuodis, a devout professor of Geology at the Vilnius University, was born and had lived his toddler years with his parents in Chicago, IL. However, he grew up and was educated in his motherland Lithuania where his father Peter Scott (Skodis) took his young family when the Great Depression had hit the U.S.A. hard.

Photograph from the Baptismal Registry at our Lady of Vilna Parish recording Skuodis' American birth (third line from top). Source http://www.lituanus.org/1980_2/80_2_07.htm

The late Rev. Casimir Kulbis, O.S.M. the best friend our family had ever had, had spent countless hours in the archives locating my fathers birht certificate.

I believe my father Vytautas Skuodis had represented the Great American Generation quite well with the impressive volume of his life's work and selfless sacrifice while promoting causes of freedom of conscience, and freedom of peoples from the oppressive regimes. He never got rich of of his writing, giving away most of his valuable books as gifts. My father was a devout Catholic, and spent his entire life defending the causes of the Catholic Church. Those were his treasured values in this world.

On behalf of the surviving members of Vytautas Skuodis' family scattered world-wide, I thank all persons who were his true sincere friends (in many states and countries) during his long life, who were sincere supporters of his many serious causes (my mother IRENA SOFIJA ŠARKIŪNAITĖ SKUODIENĖ being the staunchest and most sincere among them; she had read every single book and article he wrote until 2012), those who, in various meaningful ways, had helped Vytautas Skuodis when he was persecuted, sentenced, jailed, tortured, exiled, unfairly accused and treated, slandered (on both ends of the Atlantic Ocean) and when he was ill and ailing even more at the sunset of his life.  

We express our gratitude to those kind persons who will honor his memory now by attending his wake  (December 9 and 10) and his funeral (December 10) and who will pray for his departed Soul now.

Please leave some memories and comments signing the Guestbook at http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicagotribune/obituary.aspx?n=vytautas-skuodis&pid=183042977 starting December 10, 2016.

You all have our undying gratitude. Thank you.

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Here is the information about Vytautas Skuodis' funeral arrangements. 

• Vytautas Skuodis' remains will lay in state at the Palaimintojo J. Matulaičio Church  funeral home (Freedom Prospect 3, Vilnius, Lithuania), palace (room) #2 on December 9 d., 2016 m. from 16:00 (4:00 P.M.)

Funeral procession will leave the funeral home to Rokantiškių cemetery, Vilnius, Lithuania Saturday, December 10th, at 13:00 (1:00 P.M.)

• Vytautas Skuodis bus pašarvotas Palaimintojo J. Matulaičio bažnyčios laidojimo namuose Vilniuje, 2-oje salėje 2016 m. gruodžio 9 d., nuo 16 val. iki gruodžio 10 d. 13 val.

Adresas: J. Matulaičio a. 3,
LT – 05111 Vilnius
Tel. (8-5) 2 461 780
Mob.: 8 655 90171
El. p.: matulaitis@takas.lt
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Karsto išlydėjimas į Rokantiškių kapines šestadienį (gruodžio 10 d.) 13 val.

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The blog will be edited and updated in the near future (including correcting the text in Lithuanian).

The following links will lead you to some recent information online and in the press:

My favorite photo. I really miss you, father.

• Disidentas Vytautas Skuodis – SVETIMŲJŲ NEPALAUŽTAS, nesiklaupė ir prieš „savuosius“...Juozas IVANAUSKAS http://www.landsbergizmas.lt/20.html

• ELTA Radio announcement (in Lithianian language)
• Google search results
• 15min.LT 
• Alkas.LT