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Lorinda Catherine Ohlman

Lorinda Catherine Ohlman, 58, of Omaha, formerly of Grand Island, died Saturday July 28, 2007 at her home in Omaha following a long illness.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Leo’s Catholic Church in Grand Island.  The Reverend Jack Rademacher will officiate.  Burial will be in the Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 3-7 p.m. Tuesday with a Christian Wake Service at 7 p.m. all at All Faiths Funeral Home in Grand Island.

Lorinda was born November 9, 1948 at Grand Island the daughter of Robert and Berdele (Abel) Rehder. She was raised in Grand Island graduating from Central Catholic High School in 1967.  She attended Kearney State College.  She was united in marriage to Bernard Ohlman on February 9, 1973.  They lived in Grand Island where she worked at the VA Medical Center in Grand Island from 1978 before transferring to the VA Medical in Omaha in 2000. She was a member of both St. Leo’s Catholic Church in Grand Island and in Omaha.  She was an avid reader, enjoyed knitting and helping people.

Those left to cherish her memory are her husband Bernard “Bernie” Ohlman, son and daughter-in-law Evan and Darcie Ohlman of Brookville, Ohio, half brother Marc Tjaden of Des Moines, Iowa,half sister Lynelle Johnson of Aurora, NE and two grandchildren Ian and Corinne.

Her parents and brother William “Billy” Rehder preceded her in death.

Memorials are suggested to Grand Island Central Catholic or Heartland Lutheran High School.