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Delores (Krumel) Buhrman

Delores (Krumel) Buhrman, 90 formerly of Grand Island, died Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at the Friendship Villa in Spalding, NE.

Delores (Krumel) BuhrmanService will be 10 a.m. Monday at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Grand Island.  Her son the Reverend Donald Buhrman will celebrate the Mass with Bishop William J. Dendinger and the Priests of the Grand Island Diocese concelebrating.  Burial will be at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. Sunday with a Christian Wake Service beginning at 6 p.m. at All Faiths Funeral Home Chapel, 2929 South Locust, Grand Island.

Delores was born, as a twin, on a farm south of Fremont, NE in Saunders County on January 15, 1921 to Matthias and Mary (Shanahan) Krumel.

She is survived by two daughters and three sons, Mary and Steve Luebbe of Holdrege, John and Linda Buhrman of Arvada, CO, Virginia (Ginger) and Bill Nowak of Festus, MO, Father Don Buhrman of Spalding and Jim Buhrman of Omaha.

Also left to cherish her memory are nine grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and      one great great-grandchild.

She is preceded in death by her husband in 2006; her parents; four brothers; two sisters and granddaughter, Sheryl Nowak.

Delores attended rural school in Saunders County and moved to Grand Island in 1941.  She graduated from Grand Island Beauty School.  She was part owner in the Orchid Beauty Shop from 1946-1949.  Delores married Bob Buhrman on April 24, 1948 at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Grand Island.  She worked at the Cornhusker Ammunition Plant during the Vietnam War.

Delores enjoyed traveling, playing cards and playing the organ.

Memorials are suggested to St. Mary’s Cathedral Square. 

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