Judy Ann Draper

Judy Ann Draper, 77 of Grand Island (formerly of Hastings), died Saturday, July 15, 2017 at Tiffany Square Care Center in Grand Island.



Funeral Services will be 2:00 P.M. Thursday, July 20, 2017 at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. Interment will be in the Grand Island City Cemetery. Pastor Tessa Zehring will be officiating.



Visitation will be from 4-7 P.M. Wednesday at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. Memorials are suggested to the family to be designated at a later date.



Judy was born on May 4, 1940 in Creston, Iowa to Harold and Elsie (Rudiger) Schuler. She grew up in Creston and graduated from Creston High School in 1957. She was united in marriage to Larry Draper on August 11, 1957 in Creston, Iowa. The couple was longtime residents of Hastings. In 1999, they moved to Grand Island. Larry preceded her in death on December 17, 2007.



Judy had various jobs outside the home, but her greatest accomplishments were raising her children and being there for her grandchildren.



Those left to cherish her memory include her sons and daughter-in-law, Kirk Draper of Hastings, Kris and Shannon Draper of Lincoln; daughter and son-in-law, Lori and Gordon Coble of St. Paul, Nebraska; grandchildren, Breanna Draper and her fianc, Julian Martell of Hastings, Anthony Draper of Hastings, Ashley Hanson and her fianc, Tim Hand of Lincoln, Garrett Coble of Dallas, Texas; great-grandchildren, Chayton Martell of Hastings, Liam Hand and Ryan Hand, both of Lincoln; sister, Pat Allen of California; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Vince and Julie Draper of Missouri.



Judy was preceded in death by her husband, Larry; parents, Harold and Elsie Schuler; brother, Jim Schuler; brother-in-law, Jim Allen; step-father, Dean Stinson.