Ella June Prawl January 25, 1937 to July 12, 2014

Obituary for Ella June Prawl

Ella “June” Prawl, 77, of Grand Island, died on Saturday, July 12, 2014 at Saint Francis Medical Center.
Services will be held at 10:00 am on Wednesday, July 16, at All Faiths Funeral Home. Dan Naranjo will officiate. To honor June’s wishes cremation will take place, burial of ashes will follow the service in Grand Island City Cemetery.
She is survived by her three children: daughter, Phylis and Michael Sullivan of Grand Island; son, Donald and Charlotte Prawl of Grand Island; daughter, Brenda and Keith Scott of Des Moines, IA; sister, Rose Hargis of Blue Hill, NE; sisters-in-law, Bev Eastman of Grand Island, and Bev Tjaden of Omaha, NE; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Garold and Jean Prawl of Bridgeport, NY; and many many nieces and nephews.
Grandma June will be missed by her grandchildren, Allen and Rebecca Scott of Muscatine, IA, Suzette and Eric Horne of Omaha, NE, Tabitha and Tim Crowder of Des Moines, IA, Crystal Prawl and fiancé Peter Hansen of Grand Island, Elizabeth Prawl of Grand Island, Kathrine Sullivan of Grand Island, Patrick Sullivan of Grand Island; and great grandchildren, Andrew Crowder, Olivia Crowder, Flynn Horne and Anastasia Scott.
She is preceded in death by her husband Donald Lee Prawl, sister, Anna Hartman, brothers, William and John Tjaden.
June was born on January 25, 1937 to Pete and Fannie (Goldenstein) Tjaden in Blue Hill, NE. She was a 1954 graduate of Blue Hill High School. June married Don Prawl on August 14, 1960, this union was blessed with three children. They lived in Tennessee, Maryland, and Virginia Beach before settling in Grand Island.
She loved to read mystery books and spent hours putting puzzles together. June was a huge Husker Football fan, and enjoyed spring time when the sand hill cranes returned.
Memorials are suggested to the Rowe Sanctuary.