Retirement
Hruska moved back to Omaha in 1976, and lived there until his death. He spent many of his retirement years at his second home on the Platte River at Sokol Camp near Valley, Nebraska. On April 10, 1999, he fell, broke his hip, and died from complications during treatment. His final resting place is at Bohemian Cemetery in Omaha.
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“Douglas. Now remains a sweet reversion—
We may boldly spend, upon the hope
Of what is to come in.
A comfort of retirement lives in this.
Hotspur. A rendezvous, a home to fly unto.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
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