Ronald Leonard Post

Racine- Mr. Ronald L. Post, 71, passed away on Sunday, October 7, 2012 at Kenosha Estates Nursing Home. Ronald was born in Racine on January 28, 1941 to the late Casey and Olga (nee: Zimmerman) Post and lived his entire life in Racine. On March 12, 1966 he was united to Judith Ann (nee: Rogers); she preceded him in death three years later. Ron was best known for always helping someone with any job that needed to be done. He will be greatly missed by all. Ron is survived by his sisters, Doloris (Jim) Liscomb and Arline (Gene) Levandoski, both of Racine; three sisters-in-law, Iona Post of Racine, Claudine Post of Kenosha, and Laura Post of Racine; brother-in-law, Richard Hansen of Converse, TX.; as well as 20 nieces and nephews and their families. Besides his wife and parents, Ron was preceded in death by three brothers, Richard, Robert, and Wayne; two sisters, Jeanette Hansen and Lorraine (Aage) Nielson; and a nephew, Bobbie Post. Funeral services in honor of Ronald will be held at Wilson Funeral Home on Friday, October 12, 2012 at 10:00am with Colleen Vice officiating. Interment will follow at Graceland Cemetery. Relatives and friends are invited to meet the family at the funeral home on Thursday, October 11, 2012 from 5:00-8:00pm and on Friday from 9:00am until the time of service. Memorials in honor of Ron may be directed to Allay Home Hospice. The family would like to thank Nurse Kim, the staff at Kenosha Estates, and Allay Hospice for their wonderful care of Ronald. I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength. I stand and watch her until at length she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other. Then someone at my side says: "There, she is gone!" "Gone Where?" Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side and she is just as able to bear the load of living freight to her destined post. Her diminished size is in me, not in her. And just at the moment when someone at my side says: "There, she is gone!" There are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices ready to take up the glad shout: "Here she comes!" And that is dying. -Henry Van Dyke

Ronald Leonard Post

January 28, 1941 - October 7, 2012