Patricia W. Grudzinski

September 6, 1947 - November 15, 2020

Patricia W. Grudzinski, 73, of Grand Island was given eternal rest on Sunday, November 15, 2020. Services will be at 2 PM on Friday, November 20th at All Faiths Funeral Home. Daniel Naranjo will officiate. To protect others, facemasks are required. Livestreaming will be available on the All Faiths Funeral Home Facebook page. Burial will be in the Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be an hour before service time. Memorials are suggested to the family for future designations. Fondly nicknamed "Goofy" by her loving husband, Shorty, of 53 years, Patricia had overcome Covid, was a breast cancer survivor, and had battled neuroendocrine cancer for 10 + years. Even though cancer took her, she felt it never beat her. She had remarkable positivity, tenacity and “determination.” Patricia W. was born to Elmer G. and Lillian L. (Hancock) Conley on September 6, 1947 at Grand Island Lutheran Hospital. She went through the Grand Island school system, graduating in 1965. During her teenage days, she held various jobs, one being a grocery checker. Later, she got into insurance and secretarial work, working at Don James Insurance and Westlawn Cemetery, and then retiring from Calvary Lutheran Church after 10 years. On April 3, 1967, she was proposed to by her mate for life, Leonard (Shorty) Grudzinski, on Giraffe Hill, near Phillips, NE. They were married June 25, 1967, at Trinity United Methodist Church in Grand Island, NE. They were blessed with 2 children, Deborah and Alan, the joy of their lives. She was a wonderful wife, mother, and grandmother. She was involved with DAR, Prairie Pioneers, Genealogy Group, and was a Member of Trinity United Methodist Church. She enjoyed camping, coloring, watching sports, working puzzles, sudoku, and gardening. Left to cherish her memories are her husband Leonard (Shorty), daughter Deborah R. and husband Jeff Iwanski, son Alan W. and wife Kaylene, granddaughter Michela Iwanski and significant other Joe Pastuszak, two grandsons Austin and Andrew Grudzinski, brother Mike Conley and wife Deb, brother Rod Conley, plus many more family members, wonderful neighbors, and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, Elmer and Lillian.