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Eloise Lavon Kutschkau Sherry

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Birth	:	22 Mar 1925 Phillips, Hamilton County, Nebraska, USA
Death	:	19 Feb 2017 Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Phillips Cemetery, Phillips, Hamilton County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.8736000, -98.2350006
Description	:	Eloise Lavon Sherry, “Grandma Sherry,” 91, of Grand Island entered the presence of her Lord on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, at her home, surrounded by her family singing her into heaven. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Grand Island, with the Rev. Bill Pavuk officiating. Interment will follow in Phillips Cemetery. Apfel Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Eloise was born May 22, 1925, in Phillips, Neb., to Gus Kutschkau and Cora Mapes Kutschkau. She attended school in Philips and graduated from Grand Island Senior High in 1942. In 1944, she met U.S.... Read More	Eloise Lavon Sherry, “Grandma Sherry,” 91, of Grand Island entered the presence of her Lord on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, at her home, surrounded by her family singing her into heaven. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Grand Island, with the Rev. Bill Pavuk officiating. Interment will follow in Phillips Cemetery. Apfel Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Eloise was born May 22, 1925, in Phillips, Neb., to Gus Kutschkau and Cora Mapes Kutschkau. She attended school in Philips and graduated from Grand Island Senior High in 1942. In 1944, she met U.S. Army Air Force Staff Sgt. Richard Donavon Sherry who was in Grand Island on a three-day pass. Don and Eloise were married March 25, 1945, four days after returning home from being interned in Switzerland, after the B17 Aircraft crash landed. The couple made their first home in Denver, Colo., and moved back to Grand Island in 1952. Two daughters, Lonna and Gina, joined their family. Eloise was baptized and confirmed as a member of St Pauls Lutheran Church on March 17, 1940. She served her church as a choir member, Stephen’s minister, youth leader, Young Single Mothers Support Group coordinator, H.A.T.S. and various Bible studies. After Don’s death on July 6, 1979, Eloise began caring for foster daughters and throughout the years brought 27 young teen girls into her home. She was recognized in 1998 as the winner of Epsilon Sigma Alpha International with the Distinguished International Academy of Noble Achievement Award (DIANA) for her service to the foster care system. The Grand Island community would best remember Eloise as the “Skate Island Grandma,” working there for more than 30 years. She was honored as one of the 1994 grand marshals of the Harvest of Harmony Parade along with her friends Jerry and Shirley Anderson. Eloise was a Girl Scout leader, served on the Grand Island Election Board, and volunteered as a visitor at the veterans hospital. She was an avid coin collector, stamp collector for”Save the Stamps” for Mosaic Mission, and made hundreds of scrap and picture books, being the family historian. “Days of Our Lives” was her daily soap opera for more than 51 years. She was a total sports fanatic, loving the Huskers and any sport her grandchildren and great-granchildren were involved in. Eloise was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Don Sherry; four brothers, Leroy Kutschkau, Don Kutschkau, Wilbur Kutschkau and Orvis “Danny” Kutschkau; three sisters-in-law, Ione Kutschkau, Rhea Kutschkau and Adeline Kutschkau; a nephew, Tom Kutschkau; and two nieces, Jo Ann Kutschkau Hyde and Lori Valasek Moore Left to mourn her death are her children, Lonna and son-in-law Lyle Grabenstein of Eustis, Gina Sherry of Grand Island, and a special adopted daughter Cindy Aaron of Centerville, Va.. Also mourning her death are her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Shane and Michelle Grabenstein of Chandler, Ariz., and son Hayden; Ben and Cindy Grabenstein of Omaha and their children, Miles, Quincy and Vivian; Kristen and Doug Blayney of Gretna and their children, Carter, Logan and Eloise; Adam and Kelsey Grabenstein of Eustis and their sons, Fletcher and Rowdy; Alicia and Jamie Lemburg of Grand Island and their children, Ethan and Mallory; Gustan and Felice Hoover of Raleigh, N.C., and son Aiden; Corisa and Jeremy Ross and their children, Jaron and Addison, and great-great granddaughter Anneliese; James Donavan Hoover and Carrie Carter of Wilmington, N.C.; and Max Cheatham. Other survivors include a sister and brother-in-law, Betty and Verden “Ray” Valasek of Lincoln; a brother and sister-in-law, Melvin and Bonnie Kutschkau, of Fullerton; a sister-in-law, Elaine Kutschkau of Kennewick, Wash.; and a niece, Jan Kutschkau McMullen of Grand Island. Grandma Sherry knew no stranger and she loved freely with a Christ-like compassion. She has an extremely large family of tea parties girls, foster daughters, Girl Scouts, church circle friends, nieces, nephews, cousins and neighbors that will miss her dearly.

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Eloise Lavon Kutschkau Sherry's memorial is located at: Phillips Cemetery, Phillips, Hamilton County, USA.
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Eloise Lavon Kutschkau Sherry death on 19 Feb 2017 in Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 40.8736000
Longitude: -98.2350006

Family Members:

Parent

Gustave Adolph Kutschkau

(1888 - 1949)

Cora Louisa Mapes Kutschkau

(1891 - 1970)

Spouse

Richard Donavon Sherry

(1918 - 1979)

Siblings

Leroy G.B. Kutschkau

(1914 - 1975)

Dr. Orvis Daniel “Dan” Kutschkau

(1920 - 2008)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Phillips Cemetery
Phillips, Hamilton County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8736000, -98.2350006

2. Goettsche-Tramm Burial Site
Merrick County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9583800, -98.2364400

3. East Grand Island Cemetery
Grand Island, Hall County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9446983, -98.3103027

4. Saint Stephens Church Columbarium
Grand Island, Hall County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9234000, -98.3435000

5. First Presbyterian Columbarium
Grand Island, Hall County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9097000, -98.3568000

6. Trinity United Methodist Church Columbarium
Grand Island, Hall County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9275000, -98.3472000

7. Grand Island Cemetery
Grand Island, Hall County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9048830, -98.3721500

8. Jacob W Harper Burial Site
Adams County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8108130, -98.3516480

9. Monroe Evangelical Free Church Cemetery
Murphy, Hamilton County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9449000, -98.1125000

10. Westlawn Memorial Cemetery
Grand Island, Hall County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9039000, -98.3889010

11. Laurel Cemetery
Chapman, Merrick County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9915600, -98.1950710

12. Pleasant View Mennonite Cemetery
Aurora, Hamilton County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8286018, -98.0838013

13. Giltner Cemetery
Giltner, Hamilton County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7717018, -98.1408005

14. Lerton Cemetery
Giltner, Hamilton County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7668991, -98.1485977

15. Saint Josephs Cemetery
Giltner, Hamilton County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7710991, -98.1391983

16. Cedar View Cemetery
Doniphan, Hall County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7846146, -98.3594055

17. Soldiers And Sailors Cemetery
Grand Island, Hall County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9467010, -98.3775024

18. Siloa Cemetery
Hamilton County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9305992, -98.0749969

19. Poor Farm Cemetery
Grand Island, Hall County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9745000, -98.3597000

20. Case Cemetery
Hamilton County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7350006, -98.2249985

21. Wiegert Cemetery
Hall County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0243988, -98.2822037

22. Chapman Cemetery
Chapman, Merrick County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0163994, -98.1547012

23. Seaton Cemetery
Hamilton County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7569008, -98.0871964

24. Campbell Cemetery
Doniphan, Hall County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7780991, -98.4083023