Dolores B. Knudsen

Dolores Bridget Knudsen (Jehorek), age 88, of Omaha, Nebraska died March 18th, 2019 at Omaha, Nebraska.



Funeral services will be Wednesday March 27th at 10:30 a.m. at Apfel Funeral Home, 1123 West 2nd Street, Grand Island, Nebraska 68801 with Father Mark Maresh officiating. Visitation will be on Tuesday, March 26th with family receiving friends from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Interment will be in Grand Island Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the American Diabetes Association.



She was born on December 19th, 1930 at Farwell, Nebraska to Edmond (Jack) Jehorek and Victoria Jehorek (Pawloski). Dolores and her brother, Jerome, of Colorado, grew up in Farwell, Nebraska. She attended St. Anthony’s Parochial School through the eighth grade and graduated from Farwell High School in 1948. She was employed with the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company in Grand Island, Nebraska from 1948 to 1955, at which time she took leave to raise her family.



Dolores was united in marriage to Leslie B. Knudsen on November 19th, 1952 at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Farwell, Nebraska. They made their home in Grand Island, Nebraska and had three children born to them; Janelle Kimbrough (deceased), Brandt Knudsen of Eagle, Colorado, and Melanie Peters of Omaha, Nebraska.



In 1968 she and her husband developed a self-service family shoe store in downtown Grand Island, called Pay Less Shoe Store. They both managed the business for 17 years. They purchased a farm in the Dannebrog area and both were active in operating it as a small farm. They sold both the shoe store and the farm to retire in Grand Island. They enjoyed traveling to California, Colorado, Arizona, and Florida. She was a past president of the Grand Island Art Club. She loved to paint with oils and was a member of the Grand Island Sketch Club. Dolores also enjoyed crocheting, playing cards, and singing in the church choir. She and her husband loved dancing to Big Band and Polka music.



She was preceded in death by her daughter, Janelle, her husband, Les, and her parents, Jack and Victoria Jehorek. She is survived by her brother, Jerome, her son, Brandt and wife Carolyn, and her daughter, Melanie. Dolores had five grandchildren and four great grandchildren; Cory Peters, Samantha Clough (husband Phil) and their two daughters, Elizabeth and Katherine; Jill Kimbrough, Jordan Kimbrough, Josh Kimbrough (wife Kelsie) and their two children, Brynlee and Briar.