Marvelle L. Laursen
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Gollaher Chapel of Trinity United Methodist Church. The Rev. Jay Vetter will officiate. Burial will be in the Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at All Faiths Funeral Home.
Mrs. Laursen was born Nov. 17, 1918, at Edger to Earnest and Ebba (Roos) Erickson.
Her husband, Ervie Laursen, preceded her in death in 1992.
Survivors of the immediate family include a daughter and son-in-law, Alice and Mike Gray of Grand Island; and a sister-in-law, Naomi Erickson of Grand Island.
Other survivors are her grandsons, Joey and James Gray; and her many friends.
In addition to her husband, her brothers, Dean, Hubert and Archie Erickson, and a niece Janie Davis, preceded her in death.
Marvelle moved to Grand Island during the depression in 1932. She graduated from Grand Island Senior High. On March 1, 1942, she was united in marriage to Ervie Laursen. They lived in Houston, while Ervie served in the Air Force, moving to Wood River and then Grand Island. She worked in the canteen at the Veterans Hospital, was an Avon representative for 14 years and worked at K-Mart for seven years and babysat.
She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, taught Sunday school and was a member of the Danish Sisterhood.
Memorials are suggested to the Overland Trails Council of the Boy Scouts of America or Trinity United Methodist Church.