Betty J. Hafner, 83 of Loup City, formerly of Ord, passed away Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at Rose Lane Nursing Home in Loup City.

Funeral Services will be 1:30 PM, Monday July 24 at Livingston-Sondermann Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Doug Durre officiating. There will be a visitation one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in the Grand Island City Cemetery following the service.

Memorials are suggested to the family to be designated at a later date. Online condolences may be directed to www.livson.com.

She was born January 20, 1934 to John and Eva (Bose) Ulrich at Wayne, NE. She grew up in Wayne and graduated from Wayne City High in 1955.She married Dorwin F. Hafner in May of 1955 at Wayne, NE. Together they made their home in Bloomfield, NE until 1956. They moved to Denver, CO until 1973 when they moved back to Grand Island where they were in restaurant business. They later moved to Ord where they lived for 14 years and she worked for the Valley County Nursing Home before retiring and spending the rest of their time in the Rose Lane Home in Loup City.

As a couple they enjoyed fishing, and she loved bowling and horseshoes, and was an avid cribbage player. She specially loved spending time with all of her family.

Betty is survived by her children and their spouses, Carmen Leibert of Johnson Lake, Lynn and Lyle Schwieger of Loup City, and Ed and Judy Hafner of Johnson Lake, and Eugene Hafner; sisters, Donna Morse and Delores Jensen both of Grand Island.

Other survivors include 6 grandchildren; and 11 great grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband Dorwin in 2016; brothers, Arlline, Walter, Benny, Howard, John Jr, Clarence, Donald, Bobby, Murlen and Stanley Ulrich.