Patricia Anne Beyersdorf

“Pat” Patricia Beyersdorf, 83 of Grand Island went to her Heavenly home on Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at Memorial Community Care in Aurora. Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at All Faiths Funeral Home in Grand Island. Reverend Edgar L. Schambach, Jr. will officiate. Burial will be 1:45 p.m. Saturday at the Evergreen Cemetery in Omaha. Visitation will be an hour prior to service time. Mrs. Beyersdorf was born June 17, 1932 at Detroit, Michigan the daughter of Victor and Anne (Springer) Nobeck. Survivors include her children, John (Donna) Killion of Estero, FL, Colleen (Steve) Opfer-Lawrence of Grand Island and Lynne (Glen) Sutton of Doniphan; step-children, Charles and Robert Beyersdorf and Susan Hammock all of Wisconsin; her grandchildren, Lyndee, Danielle, Alyssa, Valerie, Kelley and Nick; step-grandchildren, Amber and Tiffany and great-grandchildren, Kain, Genevieve, Lilliana, Riley and Holland. She is preceded in death by her parents; her second husband, Charles E. Beyersdorf; brother, Victor and nephew, Michael. Pat graduated from Omaha Benson High School. She received her Registered Nursing Degree from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 1955. Her nursing career started in high school as a Candy Striper. Later she served as head of nursing for the Doctors Hospital in Omaha, then head of nursing at Orchard Hill Nursing Home in Omaha. She worked for the American Red Cross Blood Mobile in Omaha from 1965 until her retirement in 1978 and continued to volunteer until 1984. Patricia was united in marriage to Jim Killion in 1955. To this union they were blessed with children, John, Colleen and Lynne. Later she married Charles E. Beyersdorf in 1966. While her husband Charles was stationed in Japan where they lived, Pat helped organize Christmas in July for the Vietnam War wounded soldiers. This project was assisted through Dear Abby and Ann Landers. She also volunteered at hospitals in Japan during the war. In 1987 Charles and Pat moved to Grand Island from Omaha. As a single parent Pat was a foster parent. When her children were young she served as a Cub Scout Den Mother and later volunteered for the Navy Mothers. Following her accident in 1984 which left her disabled she continued to volunteer at St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Grand Island. Pat never complained and always continued helping others. Memorials are suggest to St. Pauls Lutheran Church.

Patricia Anne Beyersdorf

June 17, 1932 - October 20, 2015

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June 17, 1932 - October 20, 2015

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