Eugene John Szejna went to join his wife Alice, daughter Cindy and the rest of his family on June 6th, 2018. He passed peacefully and without pain at the St. Clare Hospice house in Baraboo, WI.

He was born in Milwaukee on February 6th, 1930 the eldest son of Edmund and Elanor Szejna. He attended the Wisconsin School for the Deaf and that is where he met his wife Alice, who preceded him in death on May, 13th 2014. He missed her and his daughter so much and we find peace in knowing he has joined them again.

Eugene was always a happy man, joking with everyone he met. He loved woodworking, being outside doing yard work and walking his dog Gizmo. He loved playing sports as a teen and then watching sports on TV  especially the Green bay Packers and the Milwaukee Brewers.

Eugene is survived by his step daughter, Allyn Breunig; two step grandchildren, Brittany(Jon) Adams  and Austin Ringelstetter; and niece Carol Nemecek-Kowalski.

Many thanks to his special caregiver, Tasha McRaniels for her loving care and to the St. Clare Hospice House for the few days he was there for.

There is No Death

There is a plan far greater than the plan you know;
There is a landscape broader than the one you see.
There is a haven where storm-tossed souls may go —
You call it death — we, immortality.

You call it death — this seemingly endless sleep;
We call it birth — the soul at last set free.
'Tis hampered not by time or space — you weep.
Why weep at death? 'Tis immortality.

Farewell, dear Voyageur — 'twill not be long.
Your work is done — now may peace rest with thee.
Your kindly thoughts and deeds — they will live on.
This is not death — 'tis immortality.

Farewell, dear voyageur — the river winds and turns;
The cadence of your song wafts near to me,
And now you know the thing that all men learn:
There is no death — there's immortality. - Author Unknown