Danute R. Samsoniene Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Danute (Dana) Samsoniene, 79, passed away on Friday, June 17th, 2022 at Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, IL. She was born April 15th, 1943 in Lithuania and came to the United States in 2005. She initially lived in Antioch, IL, but then moved to Libertyville where she lived for the past 12 years. Danute received her Bachelors Degree in English from Vilnius University in Lithuania. For many years she worked as an English teacher at the high school in Kedainiai and Kedainiai Language School. She loved her job teaching and especially interacting with her students - many of whom still remember her today. As a student at Vilnius University, she was a dancer in a Lithuanian folk dance group “Lietuva”, later, she went on to lead a folk dance group at the high school in Kedainiai. She also had a lifelong passion for reading; being fluent in three languages, she would read books in Lithuanian, Russian, and English. She especially enjoyed books written by Agatha Christie, some of which she fully translated from English to Lithuanian. Danute was always very sociable. She cherished interactions with people of different ages and nationalities, and would make a small talk with everyone around her. After she moved to live to the United States, she easily adapted to the differences and was able to make a lot of friends. She also enjoyed singing and had a beautiful voice. When not in the company of others, she loved long walks to simply enjoy the nature and admire the flowers. Surviving are her two daughters, Egle Grobe (Karl Meier) and Jurga Vysniauskas (Vitalis Vysniauskas); three grandchildren, Paul Tuskevicius, Martin Tuskevicius and Karolina Sinickaite; great granddaughter Aureja, and loving boyfriend Roger. She was preceded in death by her parents, Kazimieras Peleckas and Adele Peleckiene, and by her brother, Algimantas Peleckas. A visitation will begin at 12PM followed by a service on Saturday, July 9th, 2022 at Burnett- Dane Funeral Home, 120 W Park Avenue (Rt. 176, one block West of Milwaukee Ave) in Libertyville. For info: 847-362-3009 or share a memory at www.burnettdane.com Life is not measured by the numbers of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away - our Mom loved this famous quote, and I truly believe that she enjoyed many of such moments…

Danute R. Samsoniene

April 15, 1943 - June 17, 2022