Dawson-Phelps-Gall County NeArchives Obituaries.....Mettenbrink, Mary Munoz April 17, 2011
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Lexington Clipper-Herald April 20, 2011
Mary Mettenbrink, 79 of Grand Island, formerly of Loomis, died Sunday, April 
17, 2011 at her home after a courageous battle with cancer. 

Services will be 11 a.m. Friday with a family prayer service at 10:45 a.m. at 
Trinity Lutheran Church in Grand Island.  The Rev. Jack Gillam will officiate.
  
Cremation will take place following the service with burial of ashes at 
Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Thursday at All Faiths Funeral Home in Grand 
Island. 

Mary C. (Munoz) Mettenbrink was born Dec. 8, 1931 in Lexington, the sixth 
child of Genaro and Filiberta (Godinez) Munoz, Sr.

Mary was raised in Lexington graduating from Lexington High School, class of 
1949.  She was united in marriage to Manuel Martinez of Gibbon in December of 
1953.  To this union they were blessed with six daughters. Her husband, Manuel 
preceded her in death on April 26, 1970. 

On July 11, 1982 she was united in marriage to Herb Mettenbrink.  She welcomed 
three stepchildren into the family.
 

Survivors include her husband, Herb; daughters, Maxine (Rod) Berry of Loomis, 
Alice (Tim) Speak of Lexington, Mary (Jeff) Steele of Lyndon, Ill., Pat (Rod) 
Ridenour of Holdrege, Carm (Robert) Hinrichs of Bruning and Angela (John) 
Fritton of Lexington; stepchildren, Wendy (Mike) Bates of Norman, Okla., Todd 
(Cathy) Mettenbrink of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Troy Mettenbrink of Grand 
Island; sisters and brother-in-law, Margaret Munoz and Angie and Joe 
Hernandez, all of Lexington; brother and sister-in-law, Genaro and Esther 
Munoz of Greeley, Colo., and sister-in-law, Helen Ramirez of Lincoln. 
Other survivors are grandchildren, Nicole and Aaron Mattson, Camela and Brian 
Houston, Allison and Adam Perry, Ashley Speak, Miranda and Scott Wetzell, Ryan 
Steele, Lindsey Steele, Mandy and Jeff Wemhoff and Thomas Ridenour, Josh 
Hinrichs and Marcus Fritton; step-grandchildren, Jake and Joy Fritton, Marie 
and Tyler McConahay, Jessica Bates, Reid, Grant and Elise Mettenbrink and 
Blake Mettenbrink; great-grandchildren, Aidan and Addison Perry, Olivia and 
Naomi Mattson and Colt Houston, Madison and Harper Wetzell, Alexis and Keyana 
Steele, Jamie Steele and Lillian Lustgraff; step-great-grandchildren, Landon 
and Lauren Wemhoff and Lilly Fritton; and a host of brother-in-laws, sister-in-
laws, nieces, nephews, other relatives and lifetime special friends, Diane and 
Ken Nelson of Ord. 

In addition to her first husband, Manuel, and parents, she was preceded in 
death by her siblings, Louis, Salvador, James, Victoria Munoz and step 
grandchild, Jason Bates. 


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