Walter A. Dobrovolny

In loving memory of Walter A. Dobrovolny, age 83; beloved husband of the late Susan Gately; loving father of Walter Joseph Dobrovolny (Haydee Kedrowski), Joseph Daniel Dobrovolny and Laura Ruth Dobrovolny (Linnea Lafoon); cherished grandfather of Emma, Kayla, Joe, Jr., & Joshua Dobrovolny, Brandon & Samantha Dobrovolny, and Neavin & Lily Lafoon; preceded in death by his siblings and their spouses Rose (Alex) Leouchik, Fred (Marlene) Dobrovolny, and Chuck (Theresa) Dobrovolny; uncle of many nieces and nephews.

Walter was a long-standing member of the International Union of Elevator Constructors (IUEC) Local 2 in Chicago, an elevator constructor with a 40-year career as a highly skilled and trained professional.

Visitation Friday, October 3, 2025 from 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm at Modell Funeral Home, 7710 S. Cass Ave., Darien where a funeral service will be held at 7:00 pm. Inurnment at Pecatonica Cemetery. For funeral information: 630-852-3595 or www.modelldarien.com.

Title: Death Is Nothing At All

by: Henry Scott-Holland

Death is nothing at all.

It does not count.

I have only slipped away into the next room.

Nothing has happened.

Everything remains exactly as it was.

I am I, and you are you, and the old life that we lived so fondly together is untouched, unchanged.

Whatever we were to each other, that we are still.

Call me by the old familiar name.

Speak of me in the easy way which you always used.

Put no difference into your tone.

Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.

Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes that we enjoyed together.

Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.

Let my name be ever the household word that it always was.

Let it be spoken without an effort, without the ghost of a shadow upon it.

Life means all that it ever meant.

It is the same as it ever was.

There is absolute and unbroken continuity.

What is this death but a negligible accident?

Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?

I am but waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near, just round the corner.

All is well. Nothing is hurt; nothing is lost.

One brief moment and all will be as it was before.

How we shall laugh at the trouble of parting when we meet again!