Virginia Mary Korbelik

Viriginia Korbelik, wife, mother and baker of the best crescent rolls ever, passed away on Nov. 5, 2025, just two days after celebrating her 62nd wedding anniversary. She was 85. Born May 28, 1940, to Walter and Isabel Heinrichs, Virginia grew up on a farm just outside of Davenport, Nebraska. She graduated from Davenport High School in 1958. After attending cosmetology school in Fremont, she began working and teaching in a salon in Nelson, where her friend and employer, Mercedes Zigmund, set her up on a blind date with a young man who had just returned to his hometown after a four-year stint in the U.S. Navy. She married the young man, Larry Korbelik, on Nov. 3, 1963, in a country church, located just up the road from the family farm. A painting of the church, done by family friend Kurt Kuhl, hangs in their Grand Island home. After the wedding, Virginia and Larry moved to Lincoln, where Larry started a 30-year career in the Nebraska State Patrol a month earlier. Virginia and Larry welcomed a son, Jeffrey, in 1964, and a daughter, Jamie, a year later. The family moved around the state as Larry rose through the patrol ranks; first in 1973 to Beatrice, where Virginia worked part-time at a photography studio and then a catalog department store. She also maintained her cosmetology skills throughout the years, providing haircuts and permanents for family members (including Jeff during his permed mullet phase in the early 1990s). The family returned to Lincoln in 1979 before Virginia and Larry settled permanently in Grand Island in 1986, where Larry retired as a captain. They lived on picturesque lake on the outskirts of town, where Virginia enjoyed gardening, canning (ask Larry about her Bloody Mary mix) and baking. She was revered in family circles for her homemade kolaches (Jamie’s favorite was cherry), potato salad, and those beloved crescent rolls, which were staples of holiday gatherings. Virginia was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her husband, Larry; son, Jeff (Rebecca); daughter, Jamie; sisters, Linda Sorge (Harvey) and Sue VanSkiver (Max); and several nephews and nieces. A memorial service is 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, at All Faiths Funeral Home in Grand Island. A visitation will precede the ceremony at 10 a.m. The family requests memorials be made to the American Cancer Society.

Virginia Mary Korbelik

May 28, 1940 - November 5, 2025

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May 28, 1940 - November 5, 2025

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