Beryl B. Weidner, 91, of Grand Island, NE, died Wednesday, July 29, 2020, at Riverside Lodge Retirement Community in Grand Island. Mass of Christian Burial will be Tuesday, August 4, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Mary's Cathedral. The Rev. Thomas A. Ryan will be the celebrant. The funeral mass will be live-streamed on St. Mary's Cathedral's Facebook page. Beryl will be cremated following the funeral mass. Private inurnment will be in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, in Ravenna, NE Visitation will be Monday, August 3, 2020, from 5 – 7 p.m. at Curran Funeral Chapel with a vigil service at 7 p.m. Memorials are suggested to the family for designation to be determined at a later date. CDC guidelines will be followed and masks are required at both the visitation and funeral mass. You are encouraged to extend your thoughts and prayers at www.curranfuenralchapel.com under Beryl's obituary. Curran Funeral Chapel is assisting the family. Beryl Bess Veit was born October 6, 1928 to Max and Bessie (Adam) Veit in Ravenna, Nebraska, where she grew up with her twin brother Meryl, and her younger sister, Joyce. By Beryl's own account she was a bit of a tomboy and could shoot a gun and ride a horse just as good as any boy. She graduated from Ravenna High School in 1946 and went on to obtain her nurse's training. She often said she never really intended to get married, but then along came Theodore "Ted" Weidner. Beryl's mother Bess and Ted's mother Clara were friends and that is how they likely met. Ted was an impressive fellow, as the newspaper called him "a tall, blonde Nebraskan", he was a decorated WWII pilot of the famed 455th Bombing Group, and at the age of 22 received the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, 3 oakleaf clusters and 5 bronze stars for bravery in his missions. After returning to civilian life, he worked for AT & T as an engineer. Only a man such as Ted would change Beryl's mind about marriage. They were married September 28, 1957 and made their home in Dallas, TX. Their oldest son, John, was born the following August. Then Ted got sick with kidney cancer. They moved to Omaha, Nebraska to further Ted's treatments and be closer to family. Because of the radiation treatments, the doctors assured Ted and Beryl that they would not have more children. In November 1959 Beryl delivered not one, but two, babies, Paul and Mary. Then, Ted died on August 6, 1960. In a span of three years she became a wife, a mother of three babies, and a widow. Beryl and her very young children moved to Grand Island. She began work at the old Lutheran Hospital, then St. Francis Hospital. She later obtained her B.A. from Kearney State College in Psychology. Beryl worked as a nursing instructor and Operating Room Supervising Nurse until she retired in 1994. There were many late-night phone calls from all of us to Mom, asking her advice with care of our children when they got sick, and just being Mom when her own adult children were sick. She loved to travel, having visited 49 of 50 states, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, the Holy Lands, among others. She sang in St. Mary's Cathedral Choir for 59 years, she loved to play bridge and go on travel excursions with her friends. She was a longtime member of the Liederkranz, the Retired Nurses Club and the VFW Club. In her younger years she bowled, was in Mother's Singers, was a 4-H leader, baseball mom. Having 3 young children to raise on her own was not easy, but in her words she "just did it." A family priest told her when Ted died there was no use in dwelling on the past or what could have been, to move forward and look ahead, and that is what she did. With three small children, there was no time to feel sorry for herself, and she did not want anyone else feeling sorry for her either. Beryl was a twin. Her twin brother Meryl's son Ted and his wife Darlene had twins, Lisa and Laura. Beryl's sister Joyce and her husband Keith Stubbs, had twins, LeAnn and DeAnn. Beryl's youngest children were twins, Paul and Mary, and Paul has twins, Megan and James. Beryl is survived by her son Dr. John and Dee (Brumbaugh) Weidner; son Paul; daughter Mary and husband, Sam Musia. She is survived by 6 grandchildren: John Weidner, Jr., Leslie Weidner (Roberto Cohetero), Antonia and Jena Musia, James and Megan Weidner; 3 great-grandchildren (Payton Musia, Lilia and Ellis Cohetero); 9 nieces and nephews and their families who she loved so dearly; and many wonderful friends, former co-workers and students. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Theodore Weidner; twin brother and sister-in-law, Meryl and Carol Veit; sister Joyce Stubbs, sister in law and brother in law Berniece and Floyd Szafrajda; nephew Bert Veit; nephew Tom Stubbs. The family would like to thank all the wonderful staff at Riverside Lodge for the great care mom received while she was there, and also to the nurses and staff at St. Croix Hospice that offered such wonderful care and comfort. All caregivers are truly angels without wings. Visitation Curran Funeral Chapel Monday, August 3, 2020 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM 3005 South Locust Street Grand Island, Nebraska 68801

Vigil service at 7:00 p.m.

Mass of Christian Burial St. Mary's Cathedral Tuesday, August 4, 2020 10:00 AM 112 S. Cedar Grand Island, Nebraska 68801

The funeral mass will be live-streamed on St. Mary's Cathedral's Facebook page.

Vigil Service Curran Funeral Chapel Tuesday, August 4, 2020 7:00 PM 3005 South Locust Street Grand Island, Nebraska 68801 Burial Ravenna Cemetery Wednesday, August 5, 2020 12:00 PM Ravenna, Nebraska