GENE E. SWENSON Mr. Gene Swenson of Sauk Trail in Cedar Grove passed away unexpectedly in the Emergency Room at St. Nicholas Hospital in Sheboygan in the early morning hours on Wednesday October 8 2008. He was 67 years old. Gene was born in Marshfield Township on March 25 1941 son of Elmer and Anna Paul Swenson. Gene entered the US Navy in 1958 and continued to serve his country until 1968. He was united in marriage with Maureen Reshel on February 26 1982 in Black River Falls WI. The couple later moved to the Cedar Grove area. Trained as a welder he was employed at Smith Tool in Waukegan IL until the mid 70rsquo;s and more recently had worked as a maintenance mechanic at Allen Edmonds in Port Washington until 1995. Mr. Swenson enjoyed woodworking and taking care of the plants animals and birds in his garden. Always the entertainer he played guitar and sang. Gene was also an excellent cook. In his youth he had enjoyed hunting and fishing. Gene is survived by his wife Maureen his daughters Terry (Steve) Ihm of Kildeer IL and Carla Williams of Sparta and seven grandchildren. He is further survived by his brother Lloyd (Esther) Swenson of Chili WI mother-in-law Beverly Reshel of City Point and sisters-in-law Margaret Swenson of Waukesha Kristine (Monte) Pralle of City Point and Connie Reshel of Granton nieces nephews other relatives and many friends. He is preceded in death by his parents 1 brother Oliver Swenson father-in-law Clarence Reshel 2 brothers-in-law Randy and Scott Reshel and sister-in-law Sandy Reinart. A Memorial Service will be held at 4 PM on Saturday October 11th at the Eernisse Funeral Home (171 N. Royal Ave. Belgium). Rev. Tom Fleischmann will officiate. Gene will be laid to rest in City Point Cemetery City Point WI at a later time. The family will receive visitors at the Eernisse Funeral Home on Saturday October 11th from 3-4PM. br /Service:br /pspan style=\4:00 PM at Eernisse Funeral Home - Belgium Chapel 171 N. Royal Ave. Belgium WI 53004 on October 11 2008 (/spana href=\ target=\quot;_blank\quot;span style=\map/driving directions/span/aspan style=\) br /br //span/pbr /Cemetery:br /pspan style=\Gene will be laid to rest in City Point Cemetery City Point WI at a later time./span/p