The Chancellor’s Office has received word that Eugene “Gene” Thomas O’Neil, 77, of Fort Atkinson, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 20, at UW Hospital and Clinics in Madison. Gene served his county for 20 years in the U.S. Navy. Following his military service, Gene worked as a custodian at UW-Whitewater from November 1976 until he retired in April 2000 from Residence Life.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, Sept. 25, at 11 a.m., at St. Paul’s Ev. Lutheran Church, 301 S. High St. in Fort Atkinson. Burial will be in the Lakeview Cemetery in Fort Atkinson. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 24, and on Thursday at the church from 10 a.m. until the time of the services at St. Paul’s Ev. Lutheran Church.
Those planning an expression of sympathy may wish to consider a memorial to St. Paul’s Ev. Lutheran Church in Fort Atkinson.
The Campus Flag will be lowered to half-staff on Thursday, Sept. 25, in his honor.