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Alfred
H. Petzoldt
Alfred
H. Petzoldt, 93, of Grand Island, died Saturday,
December 27, 2008 at Tiffany Square Center.
Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at the First United Methodist Church. The Reverend Beverly Lanzendorf
will officiate. Burial will be in the Grand Island Cemetery. Military honors will be
provided by the United Veterans Honor Guard.
Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Monday at All Faiths
Funeral Home.
Mr. Petzoldt was born February 12, 1915 at St. Libory
the son of Ernest and Wilhelmina (Stoppkotte) Petzoldt.
Survivors are his wife June and a son and daughter-in-law,
Bruce and Candy Petzoldt of Fort Payne, Alabama.
Other survivors are grandchildren and their spouses,
Brian and Michelle Petzoldt of Winside, NE, Scott and Bridgett Petzoldt
of Gretna, NE and Sara and Adam Miller of Broomfield, CO; step grandchildren
and their spouses, Jeffrey and Christi Rippen, Rikki Rippen and Melissa
and Michael Cain all of Alabama; great grandchildren, Morgan and
Courtney; step great grandchildren, Justin, Nash, Chloe and Cody.
He is preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Elmer,
Arnold and Theodore and a step great granddaughter Cassidi Rippen.
Alfred was confirmed in the Lutheran Faith and attended
country school west of St. Libory. He entered the United States
Army on February 10, 1942. He was stationed at Sioux St. Marie, Michigan guarding
the locks. He was with the 131st Infantry division
and remained there until the Island of Attu was
taken by the American Army. He went to England where they landed on Omaha Beach, June 12, 1943. He was with
30th Division and was wounded in Malmody, Belgium in December 1944. He
returned home in August 1945.
He was united in marriage to June Neal on June 10, 1943
in Grand Island.
Alfred worked at Sothman’s until he started farming east of Grand Island. He farmed
for 18 years and then moved to Grand
Island. He worked for Geer Trailer Factory
and then Spelts Shultz where he retired in 1980 after suffering a
heart attack. He did crafts and made over 500 wooden reindeer
for Econo Foods.
He was a member of the American Legion and the Platt
Duetsche. He and his wife square danced for many years.
Memorials are suggested to the church or the Nebraska
Children’s Home in Omaha.
