Eccentric, Isolated Iowa Farmer Leaves Over Nine Million to Area Priests

Farmer Edwin “Bud” Skalla became the talk of the town across Iowa when news of his will began to spread.  Skalla left the majority of his $13.4 million fortune to 13 local Catholic parishes across Iowa.  Last Thursday, the Catholic priests each received a $750,000 check.

See Kyle Munson, Bachelor Farmer’s Bequest a Windfall for Iowa Priests, USA Today, May 11, 2014.

Special thanks to Jim Hillhouse (Professional Legal Marketing (PLM, Inc.)) for bringing this article to my attention.