IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Elaine M.
Colitzas
April 28, 1944 – October 29, 2020
Obituary
Elaine M. Colitzas, 76, of Columbus, NE formerly of Doniphan, NE, died Thursday, October 29, 2020, at Emerald Nursing and Rehab in Columbus, NE. Graveside services will be Wednesday, November 4, 2020, at 11:30 a.m. in Cedarview Cemetery, Doniphan, NE. Vicar Deb Hammer will officiate. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. on Wednesday, November 4, 2020, at Curran Funeral Chapel in Grand Island, NE. CDC recommended guidelines will be followed and facemasks are required. The graveside service will be livestreamed on Curran Funeral Chapel's Facebook page. Memorials are suggested to the family. You are encouraged to sign Elaine's guestbook and view her video at www.curranfuneralchapel.com under her obituary. Curran Funeral Chapel is assisting the family. More details will appear later.
Elaine was born April 28, 1944, in West Point, NE, she was the daughter of Joe and Elsie (Schafer) Litz.
Elaine grew up in Monterey and Dodge, NE. She graduated from Dodge High School in 1962. After high school she moved to Columbus, NE where she met her future husband George W. Colitzas. After a short courtship the couple married on December 22, 1962, at Rockport, MO. They lived in York and Wood River before settling in Doniphan in 1978. Elaine was a C.N.A. working at the Nebraska Veterans Home before beginning her hospitality career at Union 76 and later Grandma Max's. Her husband George died in October 2009. Elaine retired in 2015 and moved to Columbus to be near her daughter in 2017.
Elaine was an avid reader, she also enjoyed crocheting and embroidering, but especially loved her time spent with family.
She will be missed by her daughter and son-in-law, Tammie (Tim) Hofbauer of Columbus, NE
Brother, Eugene Litz of Dodge, NE
Others left to cherish her memory include her grandchildren Nick (Fiancé Ashtyn Klein) Hofbauer, Christopher Colitzas, and Monica Estrada.
She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, George, son, William "Bill" Colitzas, brother and Sisters-in-law, Edwin and Maryann Litz, and her brother Eugene's wife, Louella Litz.
Visitation
Curran Funeral Chapel
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
3005 South Locust Street
Grand Island, Nebraska 68801
Graveside Service
Cedarview Cemetery
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
11:30 AM
Doniphan, Nebraska 68832
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