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Isadore "Isy" Jonak

7 May 1934 – 25 Jul 2023

Birth7 May 1934
Death25 Jul 2023
CemeteryGrand Island Cemetery
Grand Island , Hall County , Nebraska , USA
Added byLizzie on 19 Nov 2024
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/257073650

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Isadore "Isy" Jonak, 89, longtime Grand Island resident, died Tuesday, July 25, 2023, at Rose Lane Home in Loup City. Isadore was born on May 7, 1934, on the family farm north of Ashton, the son of Frank Sr. and Agnes (Grudzinski) Jonak. He attended Sherman County #22 rural school and parochial school in Ashton. Isadore met the love of his life at a Tuesday night dance. He was united in marriage to Marilyn Hansen on Sept. 25, 1956, at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Farwell. Throughout his life he worked at the sugar beet factory, hauled gravel for Hall County, and farmed and milked cows with his wife for 30 years until moving to Grand Island in 1987. In 1987 he started working for T & E Cattle Company until retiring in 2016 at the age of 82. He was a member of Resurrection Catholic Church. In his younger years, Isadore was also a longtime drummer in many area bands. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marilyn Jonak on Nov. 17, 2022; his parents; brothers, Frank Jr., Larry, and Ted Jonak; sisters, Elaine Dart and Al Marie Persak; twin-grandsons, Travis Treffer and Daniel Treffer Jr. Burial will be in the Grand Island City Cemetery.

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