Joan Nadine Smith, 82, of Grand Island, died Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at the Good Samaritan Village in Grand Island.

Funeral Services will be 10:30 A.M. Saturday, August 5, 2017 at St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Grand Island. Interment will be at Westlawn Memorial Park in Grand Island. The Reverend Edgar Schambach will be officiating.

To honor Joan's wishes, there will not be a public viewing. Apfel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the St Pauls Lutheran Church Playground Project.

Joan was born on December 25, 1934 in Grand Island to Clarence and Winnie (Dillon) Campbell. She graduated from Grand Island Senior High in 1952. She was united in marriage to Chester Smith on January 5, 1958 at St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Grand Island.

She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, George and Pam Smith and Greg and Brenda Smith; one daughter and son-in-law, Candace and Jerome Rinkol, all of Grand Island; grandchildren and their spouses, Danielle and Josh Lemburg, Matthew and Stephanie Smith, Amber Nolan, Tyler, Kristan, and Brooke Rinkol; sister, Shirley McKinney of Grand Island; 2 sisters-in-law, Virginia Link of ???? and Joyce Routson of ????.

Joan worked for F.W. Woolworths and Leon Plastics. She was a lifetime member of St. Pauls Lutheran Church where she did volunteer work. She enjoyed being with her family and spending time with her grandchildren.

Joan was preceded in death by her husband, Chester in 1998; parents; brothers, Clarence, Conrad, Thomas, and Paul Campbell; and sisters, Phyllis Campbell and Carol Knuth.