Stanley H. Kurczodyna

Stanley H. Kurczodyna, 67, of Grand Island, died Tuesday, April 15, 2025, at Bryan Medical Center East in Lincoln.

Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 23, 2025, at Peters Funeral Home in St. Paul. Rev. Nicole Schwartz-Eck will officiate. Visitation will be held one hour before time of the service. Inurnment will be in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Dannebrog.

Memorials are suggested to the family for later designation.

Peters Funeral Home of St. Paul is assisting the family.

Stanley was born August 3, 1957, in Boise, Idaho, the son of Janice (Bronson) Kurczodyna. He soon gained his stepfather, and the man he called Dad, Dale Smith.

He worked as an OTR truck driver his entire working life.

He is survived by his children and their families, Stacie and Brent Tagel of Dannebrog and their children, Jaxsen and Brexten; Joyce and Terry Greuter of Grand Island and their children, Kinley, Greyson, M’Kenna and her husband, Aaron, Kirk, and Jenea, and son, Jerome Kurczodyna and special friend, Julie L. of St. Libory; two great-grandchildren, Analeiah and Aerolyn; two brothers, Ray and Tammie Smith of Grand Island and Ashton Lee and Kandi Smith of Kearney; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his son, Joshua Wilson; and brothers, Bob and Eddie.