Berniece E. Hiner

Berniece E. Hiner, 95, of Grand Island died Saturday, March 6, 2021, at CHI Health St. Francis in Grand Island.



Funeral services will be at 10:00 AM Saturday, March 13th at the Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. Burial will be in the Grand Island City Cemetery.



Visitation will be from 5 to 7 PM on Friday at the Apfel Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to the family.



Berniece Evelyn Hiner was born February 6, 1926, at Cotesfield, Nebraska to Louis and Edna (Phelps) Halm. She grew up in the area attending Scotia Consolidated Schools.



Berniece was married to Steve Jorgensen on April 7, 1944. She married Floyd Hiner on July 6, 1951, at Ansley, Nebraska. In 1952, the couple moved to Valentine, Nebraska and then to Oregon in 1956. The returned to Valentine in 1962 and then moved to Grand Island in the early 1970’s. She and her husband co-managed the French Village Apartments for 9 ½ years and she also was employed with the potato plant. They lived as short while in Casper, Wyoming but later returned to Grand Island where they remained.



Berniece enjoyed cooking, vegetable and flower gardening as well as fishing and playing cards. She took great pleasure in helping others and especially loved spending time with her grandchildren.



She is survived by four daughters, Pauline Barlow of Ewing, Nebraska, Gertrude Collingwood of Sweet Home, Oregon, Ruth (Bill) Sauer of Casper, Wyoming and Tami (Kirk) Vogt of Grand Island; two brothers and one sister.



She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, grandson, two brothers and one sister.