Marie L. Bernstrauch

October 6, 1927 - January 23, 2022

Marie L. Bernstrauch, 94 of Grand Island died Sunday, January 23, 2022 at Grand Island Regional Medical Center. Services will be 10:30 AM Friday, January 28th at All Faiths Funeral Home. Daniel Naranjo will officiate. Burial will be in the Phillips Cemetery. Visitation will be an hour before service time. Memorials are suggested to the Salvation Army or donors’ choice. Marie was born on October 6, 1927 at Beatrice, NE the daughter of James and Julia (Dow) Brown. She was raised in Grand Island graduating from Grand Island Senior High. She was baptized on September 17, 1939. Marie married Victor O. Clark on September 14, 1946. On March 1, 1954 she was united in marriage to Clarence V. Smith. Later in life she married Ervin Bernstrauch on December 10, 1993. Those left to cherish her memory are her sons, Tom (Diana) Clark of Battle Ground, WA, Vic (Connie) Clark of Grand Island and Ray (Janet) Clark of Bigfork, Montana; nine grandchildren, several great grandchildren and three sisters, Susanne, Annetta and Sandra. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Caroline Marie Clark; two husbands, Clarence Smith and Ervin Bernstrauch; her parents and siblings, James Jr., Eva, Lila, Phyllis, Betty, Barbara, Metta and Ervin.