Jacqueline "Jackie" Hetrick

Jacqueline S. “Jackie” Hetrick, 65, passed away on Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at the Good Samaritan Society in Grand Island.

Cremation has taken place and a visitation will be held at Apfel Funeral Home from 5 to 7 PM on Friday, January 13, 2023. Memorials are suggested to the family for later designation.

Jackie was born to Weston H. and Mary E. (Murphy) Bloomquist on August 21, 1957 in Grand Island, NE. She was raised on received her education in Grand Island and graduated with the Grand Island Northwest with the Class of ‘75.

On March 15, 1986 Jackie was united in marriage to Lynn “Mike” Hetrick at Grand Island, Nebraska. To this union two children were born, Sarah Lyn on June 20, 1987 and Caleb on April 2, 1993. Jackie worked for the Hall County Highway Department for 43 years before her retirement on April 8, 2021.

Those left to cherish her memory are her son, Caleb (Alyssa) Hetrick and grandson, Jackson M. Hetrick of York; her mother, Mary Bloomquist of Grand Island; siblings, Doug Bloomquist, Dean (Vickie) Bloomquist, Christy (Alan) Kroeger of Grand Island and Dennis (Karry) Bloomquist of Cairo; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Lynn “Mike”, her father, Weston; and infant daughter, Sarah Lyn.