Greenfield Man Drowns in Family Pool

A 22-year-old Greenfield man is dead after mixing alcohol with swimming, according to officials cited in a news story Monday afternoon.

According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jeffrey Wielichowski had been partying with friends late Friday night before going swimming in the family pool in the 5600 block of South 44th Street.

The story said his friends urged him not to swim, and those friends had checked on him frequently. But when they didn't hear him splashing, they checked on him again and found him face down at the bottom of the pool.

Paramedics from the Greenfield Fire Department responded to the call but efforts to resuscitate Wielichowski were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at approximately 11:30 p.m.

According to Wielichowski's obituary, published by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Monday and posted at www.legacy.com, Wielichowski was a 2006 Greenfield High School graduate and graduated from Viterbo University in May.

As of Monday evening, 14 people had commented in the "guest book" portion of the online obituary, all offering condolences to the family, including the Greenfield Fire Department, which posted, "While our efforts are sometimes viewed as extraordinary, our members are ordinary people that share the same emotions and grieve along with you and those we continuously serve. Thoughts and prayers from The Greenfield Fire Department family to the Wielichowski family."

According to the Max A. Sass & Sons Funeral Home website, visitation for Wielichowski will be at St. Alphonsus Church, 6060 W. Loomis Road Greendale, on Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. The service, also at St. Alphonsus, will be from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Wednesday.