Paul A. Quisenberry

Paul A. Quisenberry, age 99, formerly of Wood River, passed away on June 1, 2022, at the Riverside Lodge in Grand Island.

Funeral services were held Saturday, June 4, 2022, at the Wood River United Methodist Church with Bev Hieb officiating. Burial followed in the Wood River Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Wood River United Methodist Church or the Wood River Cemetery.

Paul was born on December 18, 1922, on the family farm in the Schauppsville community near Wood River to Paul and Margaret (Allan) Quisenberry. He is the third generation to live and work on the family farm.

Paul attended grade school at the Schauppsville school and graduated from Wood River High School with the Class of 1941.

Paul and Minnie Perdew met through mutual friends. They, along with two very close friends, eloped to Smith Center, Kansas, and were married at the Methodist parsonage on February 8, 1947. Minnie and Paul settled near Alda, where Paul farmed. They later moved three miles west to the family farm. They were married for 64 years.

Paul and Minnie had three children, Jacque, Janet and Gary. In addition to their children they enjoyed traveling to Mexico City, Acapulco, Washington, D.C,. Hawaii, Kansas City, and Florida.

Paul was on the board of directors of the Wood River Cooperative; a 71-year member of the Masonic Lodge; a member of the Shriners, the Methodist church, T-Bone Club, and the Liederkranz of Grand Island; an associate guardian of Jobs Daughters; and a 4-H club leader.

Survivors include his son, Gary and Ida Quisenberry, of Wood River; daughter, Janet and Sherman Carr, of Gibbon; son-in-law, Dave Jacox, of Omaha; eight grandchildren and their spouses, Jeremiah (Sarah) Garber, of Lincoln, Sara (Tyler) Muhs, of Lincoln, Holly (Henry) Valdes, of Omaha, Abby (Jason) Evans, of Arnold, Missouri, Maggie Carr, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Dr. Stephanie Vondrak, of Elkhorn, Paula (Roy) Patrick, of Oakton, Virginia, and Matt (Leslie) Jacox, of Waterloo; 12 greatgrandchildren, Kennedy Muhs, of Lincoln, Haley and Reese Evans, of Arnold, Missouri, Grayson Valdes, of Omaha, Harry, Elizabeth and David Vondrak, of Elkhorn, Julia and Charlotte Patrick, of Oakton, Virginia, and Jaxson, Chase and Griffin Jacox, of Waterloo; and two step-great-grandchildren, Elayne and Dawson Evans, of Arnold, Missouri.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Minnie; daughter, Jacque Jacox; brother, Art Quisenberry; and sisters, Sally Dubbs, Ferne Thompson and Marian Hansen.