Arlene Schwartz, 90, of Wood River, formerly of Grand Island, died Sunday, August 18, 2013 at the Good Samaritan Society in Wood River.
Funeral services will be at 10 am Thursday at Livingston-Sondermann Funeral Home. Pastor Darrell Holzinger will officiate. Burial will be in the Grand Island City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-8 pm Wednesday at the funeral home.
Memorials are suggested to the Hall County Historical Society or the Grand Island Humane Society.
Arlene was born on August 30, 1922 in Dannebrog, to August and Hattie (Kroeger) Schultz. She grew up in St. Libory and received her education in a rural St. Libory school.
She was united in marriage to Harold Wagner in 1942. The couple made their home on a dairy farm near Chapman. Arlene loved being a farmwife.  She especially enjoyed milking cows and working in her large vegetable and flower garden.  She enjoyed the outdoors and looked forward to caring for her cats and other animals. She married Henry Schwartz in the 1970's and they made their home in Grand Island.
Arlene was a member of St. Pauls Lutheran Church. She was also very proud to be a third generation descendent of Anna Stier, an original Hall County settler.
She is survived by two nieces, Judy (Stoltenberg) Humiston and Joyce (Lemburg) Taylor, both of Grand Island; two nephews, Roy and his wife Mary Stoltenberg  and Ed and his wife Deb Stoltenberg, all of Cairo; eleven great nieces and nephews; several cousins; and a step-son, Jerry Schwartz.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her sister, Eunice Stoltenberg-Becker; a niece, Christa Lemburg; and a step-son, Jack Schwartz.

Funeral services will be at 10 am Thursday at Livingston-Sondermann Funeral Home. Pastor Darrell Holzinger will officiate. Burial will be in the Grand Island City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-8 pm Wednesday at the funeral home.
Memorials are suggested to the Hall County Historical Society or the Grand Island Humane Society.