Kelli J. Kniffen

Kelli J. Dickinson Kniffen, age 55, of Shelton, passed away Friday, February 24, 2023, at CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney.

Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 11, 2023, at Destiny Church in Grand Island. Inurnment will be held at a later date in Hays Center.

Memorials are suggested to the family for future designation. Condolences may be shared online at www.osrfh. com. Services are entrusted to O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral and Cremation Services.

Kelli was born March 27, 1967, in Hastings, to Charles and Shirley (Callahan) Strop.

She was raised in Hastings but later graduated from Doniphan High School in Doniphan.

Kelli then moved to California where she worked in the event planning and entertainment industry. She would later move back to Nebraska where she met Mark Kniffen. The couple was united in marriage on January 3, 2010, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kelli was employed at Big Apple Fun Center and later the Cabela’s Call Center for many years.

Left to cherish her memory are her husband, Mark Kniffen, of Shelton; children, Ashley Coronado, of Kearney, Mark Kniffen, Jr., of Kearney, Amber Kniffen and fiancé, Shadd Cochran, of Lincoln, McKenna Kniffen, of Kearney, Dylan Kniffen, of Gibbon, and Shane Horst and wife, Chrissy of Susanville, California; nine grandchildren; mother, Shirley Huff, of Kearney; siblings, Doug Strop and wife, Collette, of Rapid City, South Dakota, and DeAnn Swearingen and husband, Mike of Greeley, Colorado; as well as many nieces, nephews, and extended family and friends.

Kelli was preceded in death by her father; step-father, Deak Huff; and grandson, Brayden Kniffen.