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LeRoy “Lee” Hoelck

11 Jun 1930 – 11 May 2023

Birth11 Jun 1930
Death11 May 2023
CemeteryWestlawn Memorial Cemetery
Grand Island , Hall County , Nebraska , USA
Added byJudy Johnson on 17 May 2023
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/253954433

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Lee Hoelck, 92, of Grand Island died peacefully on Thursday, May 11, 2023, at home with his daughter and son-in-law at his side. Visitation will be held beginning at 5:00 pm on Sunday May 21, with a gathering to share memories at 6:00 pm at All Faiths Funeral Home in Grand Island, NE. Services will be at 10:30 am at St. Leo's Catholic Church in Grand Island and burial at Westlawn. Lee was born June 11, 1930 in Trenton, NE, to Theodore and Margaret (Sullivan) Hoelck. He attended St. Mary's High School, University of Arkansas Little Rock, St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in Denver, CO and Creighton Law School in Omaha, NE. On May 18, 1957, Lee married Margaret Ann Bernt. They moved to Denver and then to So California for the next 28 years. Lee found his passion in the retail wine business. He was self-employed, owning and operating three specialty liquor stores. An Oenophile to the core, he specialized in import wines, eventually traveling to Italy and France as a buyer representing restaurants and hotels in the Montecito, Santa Barbara and Santa Ynez territories. Retiring in 1989 Lee and Margaret returned to Grand Island to care for his father in law in the final stages of ALS. Lee spent the rest of his life in Grand Island, NE. Lee founded the Grand Island Chapter of Serra Club. He served as President of Habitat for Humanity, Ecumenical Council, Diocesan Pastoral Council, Grand Island Deanery Council, Eucharistic Minister at SFMC for 25 years and Knights of Columbus. Lee served as a role model to all around him of how to be a son, a brother, a husband, a father, a grandfather and a friend. Lee is survived by his daughter Maureen and son-in-law Randy Mendyk, his son Patrick Hoelck. Grandchildren Evan Mendyk, Anna Chiasson, Ashley (Taylor) Willis and Great-Grandson Harper Cody. He is predeceased by his wife, Margaret Ann, his parents and his brothers Don Hoelck, Dean (Rosemary) Hoelck, Ted (Nadean) Hoelck and Fr. Frank Hoelck.

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