Lucille K. Hand

November 27, 1923 - February 13, 2021

Lucille K. Hand, 97 of Grand Island, co-founder of Howard’s Jewelry, went to her Heavenly home on Saturday, February 13, 2021 at Tiffany Square Care Center. Services will be 10:30 AM Friday, February 26th at All Faiths Funeral Home. Daniel Naranjo will officiate. Livestreaming will be available on Lucille’s obituary link at www.giallfaiths.com. Cremation will take place following the service. Private burial of ashes will be in the Grand Island Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 PM Thursday, February 25th at All Faiths Funeral Home. To help protect others, facemasks are required. Memorials are suggested to the Howard and Lucille Hand Scholarship Fund through the Grand Theatre or Central Nebraska Humane Society. Lucille was born November 27, 1923 in Grand Island, the daughter of Alfred and Rosa (Hennings) Rehder. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Pauls Lutheran Church. She graduated from Grand Island Senior High. On August 7, 1943 she was united in marriage to F. Howard (her “Howie”) Hand. They celebrated 64 years of marriage before his passing in May 2008. While Howard served in the U.S. Army Air Corp, Lucille was employed as secretary for the Grand Island Labor Union. When Howard returned from the service, together they established Howard’s Jewelry in downtown Grand Island in 1947, and she worked until her retirement in 1987. She was instrumental in organizing the Hall County Crime Stopper Unit in 1982, serving as treasurer until 1986. She served as a census taker for School District #74. Some of her community involvements included the Liederkranz Ladies Society, Platt Duetsche Ladies, Grand Island Saddle Club, charter member of a card club since 1952, and a member of the National Retail Jewelers Association. Some of Lucille’s enjoyments included her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and often traveled with family to attend their activities. She was known for her cooking and baking, and spent time teaching and passing on treasured traditions to her children and grandchildren. She enjoyed playing cards, gardening, crossword puzzles, traveling and volunteering with her husband as a foster grandparent at their daughter-in-law’s school, Jefferson Elementary. Those left to cherish her memory include a son and daughter-in-law, Craig C. and Rita Hand of Grand Island; daughter, Lana K. Ohlsen of West Des Moines, Iowa; three grandchildren, Kristin (Hand) Watson and husband Paul of Grand Island, Ryan Hand and wife Teri Adam of Grand Island, and Katie (Ohlsen) Avise of Clive, Iowa and five great-grandchildren, Grace and Garrett Watson, Max and Charli Hand and Dylan Avise. She was preceded in death by her husband F. Howard Hand in May 2008; her parents, brothers, Harvey, Claude, Hank, Andy and Al Jr. Rehder, sisters, Eileen Senkbeil and Opal Ross, and son-in-law, Steven E. Ohlsen.