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Delores Henman
Oct 2, 2011
Delores Ringlein Henman, 91, of Grand Island, NE died Sunday, October 02, 2011, at the Grand Island Veterans Home. Services will be Thursday, October 6, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Marys Cathedral. The Rev. Richard L. Piontkowski Jr. will officiate. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Henman requested no visitation. Curran Funeral Chapel is assisting the...
Leonard Floyd Lamphear
Sep 25, 2011
Leonard F. Lenny Lamphear, 73, of Grand Island, NE, died Sunday, September 25, 2011, at St. Francis Medical Center. Services will be Thursday, September 29, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. at Curran Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Bob Rhodes will officiate. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday, September 28, 2011 from 4 7 p.m. at Curran...
Leota Belle Olson
Sep 17, 2011
Leota Belle Olson, of Grand Island, Nebraska died Saturday, September 17, 2011 at Tiffany Square Care Center. Graveside services will be Wednesday, September 21, 2011, at 1:30 p.m., at the Lenora South Cemetery in Lenora, Kansas. Rev. Robert Speer will officiate. There is no visitation. Curran Funeral Chapel is assisting with the services. Belle was born September 24, 1918, at...
Patricia Ann Miles
Aug 23, 2011
Patricia Trish A. Miles, 55, of Grand Island, Nebraska, died Tuesday, August 23, 2011, at her home with her family by her side. Memorial services will be Saturday, August 27, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. at Curran Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Sheri Lodel will officiate. Visitation will be Friday, August 26, 2011, from 4 7 p.m. with the family receiving friends...
Edward T. Dugan
Jul 15, 2011
Edward T. Eddy Dugan, 59, of Greeley, Nebraska, died unexpectedly Friday, July 15, 2011, at Howard County Medical Center, in St. Paul, Nebraska. Services will be Tuesday, July 19, 2011, at 10:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Greeley, NE. The Rev. Harold R. Kurtenbach will officiate. Burial will be in OConner Cemetery, at OConner, NE. Visitation will be...
Mary Ellen Rupp
Jul 14, 2011
Mary Ellen Rupp, 71, of Grand Island, Nebraska, died Thursday, July 14, 2011, at Tiffany Square Care Center. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Tuesday, July 19, 2011, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Marys Cathedral. Rev. Richard L. Piontkowski Jr., her nephew, Rev. John Neneman, and Rev. James J. Janovec will concelebrate. Inurnment will be in the Grand Island...
Madalaine Sophie Drudik
Jul 13, 2011
Madalaine S. Drudik, 88, of Fremont, Nebraska, formerly of Grand Island, Nebraska, died Wednesday, July 13, 2011, at Nye Point Health & Rehab, in Fremont, NE. Services will be Saturday, July 16, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, in Grand Island, NE. The Rev. Todd K. Philipsen will officiate. Burial will be in the Grand Island City...
Paul Joseph Farlee
Jul 7, 2011
Paul J. Farlee, 93, of Grand Island, Nebraska, died Thursday, July 7, 2011, at Village Manor in Lincoln, Nebraska. Services will be Tuesday, July 12, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Marys Cathedral. The Rev. Richard L. Piontkowski Jr. will officiate. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery with military honors provided by the United Veterans Honor Guard and...
Russell Ora Forsythe
Jul 4, 2011
Russell Russ O. Forsythe Jr., 56, of Grand Island, Nebraska, died Monday, July 04, 2011, at St. Francis Skilled Care. Mr. Forsythe wishes were to be cremated. A celebration of his life will be Friday, July 8, 2011, from 5 7:30 p.m. at BTs Lounge. Curran Funeral Chapel is assisting the family. Russ was born June 14, 1955, at Omaha,...
Phyllis Gene Dryer
Jun 23, 2011
Phyllis G. Dryer, 81, of Grand Island, Nebraska, died Friday, June 24, 2011, at Primrose Retirement Communities with her family at her side. Services will be Tuesday, June 28, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. at St. Marys Cathedral. The Rev. Richard L. Piontkowski, Rev. Sidney B. Bruggeman, Rev. Thomas Dowd and Rev. Mark A. Maresh will officiate. Burial will be in...
Ricarda Reyes-Ortiz
Jun 18, 2011
Ricarda Reyes-Ortiz, 79, of Grand Island, Nebraska, died Saturday, June 18, 2011, at St. Francis Medical Center. Services will be Wednesday, June 22, 2011, at 3:00 p.m. at St. Marys Cathedral. The Rev. Jonathan D. Sorensen will officiate. Burial will be at Cuamio, Michoacn, Mexico, at a later date. Visitation will be Tuesday, June 21, 2011, from 4 7:00 p.m....
Elizabeth Ann Torpey
Jun 14, 2011
Elizabeth A. Betty Torpey, 88, of Grand Island, Nebraska, died Tuesday, June 14, 2011, at Tiffany Square. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Saturday, June 18, 2011, at 1:00 p.m. at St. Leos Catholic Church. The Very Rev. Charles L. Torpey will preside with Bishop William J. Dendinger and priests of the Diocese of Grand Island Concelebrating. Burial will...
Dorothy Elizabeth Haase
Jun 4, 2011
Dorothy E. Haase, 91, of Central City, NE formerly of Grand Island, NE died Saturday, June 04, 2011, at the Central City Care Center. Private family graveside inurnment will be at a later date in Evergreen Cemetery, at Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Curran Funeral Chapel is assisting the family. Dorothy was born November 30, 1919, at Manitowoc, Wisconsin. She was the daughter...
Claudine "Claudia" L.Eona Badura
May 31, 2011
Claudine L. Claudia Badura, 80, of Grand Island, NE, died Tuesday, May 31, 2011, at UNMC, in Omaha, NE. Services will be Saturday, June 4, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. at St. Leos Catholic Church in Grand Island, NE. The Rev. Charles L. Torpey and Rev. Richard L. Piontkowski will concelebrate. Burial will be in Saint Francis Catholic Cemetery, at Ashton,...
Terry Lee Korn
Apr 25, 2011
Terry L. Korn, 61, of the Grand Island Veterans Home, died Monday, April 25, 2011, at the home. Memorial services will be Thursday, April 28, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. at the chapel of the Grand Island Veterans Home. The Rev. William Noer will officiate. Inurnment will be in the Nebraska Veterans Home Memorial Cemetery, with military honors provided by the...
Rene Donald Deslaurier
Apr 18, 2011
Rene D. DesLaurier, 96, of Grand Island, Nebraska, died Monday, April 18, 2011, at Wedgewood Care Center. Services will be Monday, April 25, 2011, at 10:30 a.m. at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. The Rev. Mark A. Maresh will officiate. Private family inurnment will be at a later date in Winner Cemetery, at Winner, SD. There is no visitation, Mr. DesLaurier...
William Christopher Colitzas
Apr 11, 2011
William C. Bill Colitzas, 37, of Doniphan, Nebraska, died unexpectedly, Monday, April, 11, 2011, at St. Francis Medical Center. Services will be Saturday, April 16, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. at Curran Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Michael F. McDermott will officiate. Burial will be in Cedarview Cemetery at Doniphan, NE. Visitation will be Saturday from 12:30 p.m. until service time. Curran...
Leonard Carl Hupf
Apr 10, 2011
Leonard C. Len Hupf, 84, of Grand Island, NE, died Sunday, April 10, 2011, at the Nebraska Veterans Home surrounded by his family. Services will be Friday, April 15, 2011, at 10:00 a.m., at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. The celebrant will be the Rev. Mark A. Maresh. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Military rites will be provided...
Elmer W. Penas
Apr 7, 2011
Elmer W. Penas, 87, of Grand Island, died Thursday, April 7, 2011, at Golden LivingCenter at Lakeview in Grand Island. Mr. Penas wishes were to be cremated with no services or visitation. Inurnment will be at a later date in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Curran Funeral Chapel is assisting the family. Mr. Penas was born on June 11, 1923, at...
Steven Gene Kirkpatrick
Apr 6, 2011
Steve Gene Turtle Kirkpatrick, 53, of Grand Island died Wednesday, April 6, 2011, at St. Francis Skilled Care, with his family by his side after a long struggle with cancer. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, April 15, 2011, at Resurrection Catholic Church, with the Revs. Michael F. McDermott and Harold R. Kurtenbach officiating. Inurnment will be in the...
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