Richard 'Dick' Donald Prohaska, 75, of Cedar Rapids, died Monday, August 14, 2017, at home surrounded by his family, after a seven year battle with cancer. Memorial Mass: 2:00 p.m., Friday, August, 18, 2017 at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, Reverend Christopher Podhajsky officiating. Memorial Gathering: 4-7 p.m., Thursday August, 17, 2017, at Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services, Cedar Rapids. Private Family Burial: Fairfax Cemetery, Fairfax, Iowa at a later date. Survivors include his wife, Dianne; children, Christine (Tracy) Jarmon, and Michael (Annie) Prohaska; stepson, Daniel Mayer of San Diego, California; twenty-one grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; siblings, Donna (Jim) Krob, and David (Cheryl) Prohaska; sister-in-law, Jan Dinter of Davenport; brother-in-law, Mel Huerter; and six nieces and nephews. Dick was born on St. Patrick's Day, 1942, in Cedar Rapids, to Richard and Anna (Russell) Prohaska. He graduated from Immaculate Conception and Regis Schools with the class of 1960. After thirty one years together, he married his love, Dianne Dinter on July 20, 2017. In his younger years, Dick enjoyed riding his motorcycle and obtained his private pilot's license. There were trips to Canada for Walleye and Top-water Bass, and to Mexico in the cold of winter. More than anything, he loved the time spent with his children and grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; mother-in-law, Ruth Dinter; father-in-law, John Dinter; sister-in-law, Dottie Huerter; brother-in-law, Dennis Dinter; and grandson, Jonathon Clay Jarmon.