Marilyn J. Prentice

GRAND ISLAND - Marilyn J. Prentice, 82, of St. Paul died Tuesday, March 23, 2021, at CHI Health St. Francis in Grand Island.
Funeral services were Monday at the United Methodist Church in Wolbach with the Rev. Mike Anderson officiating. Interment was at the Hillside Cemetery in Wolbach.
Visitation was Sunday at Jacobsen-Greenway-Dietz Funeral Home in St. Paul.
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Marilyn was born on the family farm on Dec. 4, 1938, in Howard County to Percy and Mable (Smith) Bandt. She attended Wolbach Public School.
She married Kenneth Prentice on Aug. 10, 1957. The couple lived on a farm south of Wolbach where they farmed until 1985. Then the couple moved into Wolbach in 1986. They were members of the United Methodist Church in Wolbach. Marilyn was also a member of the Happy Hour Club and a 50-year member of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 236. She was also a longtime member of the Wolbach Community Cub and Rodeo Club. She was an "Avon Lady" for many years. Marilyn enjoyed baking, watching Husker football and cheering on her grandchildren and the community students at their sporting events. She cherished the times she spent babysitting the Nelson, Clement, Klein and Wadsworth families. She was employed by Heritage Nursing Home for more than 20 years.
Survivors include her son, Kevin Prentice of Grand Island; daughter and son-in-law, Daletta and Mike Nordhues of Grand Island; sister, Marjorie Teter of Amherst; sister-in-law, Donna Bandt of Wolbach; grandchildren and their spouses, Nicole Nordhues and Anthony Bandt, Danielle and Laramie Lingeman, Michaela and Angus Stephens, Noelle and Brett English, William Nordhues, Arianne and Mac Killinger, Olivia Prentice and Spencer Prentice; great-grandchildren, Evelynn, Ryker, Jordyn, Logan, Aden, Mason, Braelyn, Axton, Kaeden and Cordell; along with many nieces and nephews.
Marilyn was preceded in death by her parents; husband; brothers, Raymond Bandt and Norman Bandt; brothers-in-law, Elton Teter and Charles Prentice, sisters-in-law and their spouses, Wilma Greek, Margaret Hruska, Opal Nielsen and Nellie Stephenson; and father-in-law and mother-in-law, Fred and Mae Prentice.
Memorials are suggested to the family to be designated at a later date.
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