IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Richard E.

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Zastrow

d. Dec 17, 2017

Obituary

Richard E. Zastrow, 84, of Grand Island died Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017, at CHI Health St. Francis in Grand Island.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary's Cathedral. The Revs. James R. Golka and Mark A. Maresh will concelebrate the funeral mass. Inurnment will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Curran Funeral Chapel, with a vigil service at 7.

Curran Funeral Chapel is assisting the family.
Richard was born Sept. 29, 1933, to Adolph and Mary (Simmons) Zastrow at Hubbard. The family moved to Hastings in 1944. He graduated from St. Cecelia's High School. He served in the U.S. Army from July 23, 1953, to June 9, 1955.
He married Marilyn J. Streit at St. Cecelia's Church in Hastings on April 27, 1957. The family moved to Grand Island in 1959. He set up computer operations and served as supervisor of the departments at G.W. Martin Co., First National Bank and New Holland. He retired in 1991, after 25 years with the New Holland company.
He was a member of St. Mary's Cathedral Parish, where he served as an usher and on the finance and parish council committees, and Riverside Golf Club, where he served on the Holding Association Board and on the long-range greens committee.
His leisure activities included time with his family, golf, travel, reading and woodworking.

He is survived by his wife, Marilyn of Grand Island; daughter, Susan Nagy of Clayton, Calif.; sons and daughters-in-law, David and Luann of Lincoln, Paul and Patty of St Paul, Minn., and Stuart of Omaha; 15 grandchildren; sisters, Elizabeth Kassing of Sioux City, Iowa, and Catherine Cassidy of Blue Springs, Mo.; and brothers, Fr. John of Lincoln, Bernard of Waukegan, Ill., and Lawrence and Clarice of Kansas City, Mo.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Douglas; a son-in-law, Paul Nagy; two sisters, Magdalene Headley and Mary Terry; and a brother, Joseph.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to Grand Island Central Catholic or St. Mary's Cathedral.
Your thoughts and prayers may be given at www.curranfuneralchapel.com under Richard's obituary.
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