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Elaine J. E. Plautz

July 16, 1927 — August 16, 2023

Elaine J. E. Plautz, 96, of Grand Island, NE formerly of Alda, NE died on August 16, 2023, at Tiffany Square in Grand Island, NE. Funeral Services will be at Grace Lutheran Church in Wood River, NE on Tuesday, August 22 at 10:30 A.M. with Pastor Don Pobanz officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 P.M. on Monday, August 21 at Grace Lutheran Church in Wood River, NE.


Memorials are suggested to Grace Lutheran Church or the Orphan Grain Train.


Elaine was born on July 16, 1927, at St. Michael, NE to Alfred and Anna (Kruse) Gosda. She grew up in rural Buffalo County and attended Rural School #52 and graduated from Ravenna High School in 1944. She was united in marriage to LaVerne Plautz on June 8, 1947, at Grace Lutheran Church in Wood River, NE. After which the couple lived on their farm west of Alda for many years where she was a homemaker and a farmer’s wife. Elaine was a member of the Grace Lutheran Church and enjoyed tending to her garden.


She is survived by her sons: Michael (Susan) Plautz and David (Barbara) Plautz; grandchildren: Emily (Adam Post) Plautz, Elise Plautz, D.J. Plautz, Adam Plautz, and Mark Plautz; great-grandchildren: Hayley Plautz, Tegan Plautz, Greyson Plautz, and Evie Plautz; and sister, Rozella “Jackie” Allison.


She is preceded in death by her parents; husband; son, LaVerne Plautz Jr.; and sister, Florence Wiese.


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Monday, August 21, 2023

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