Cindy Graczyk

Cindy Graczyk, 54 Elm Creek resident Cindy Graczyk, 54, of Elm Creek, passed away Tuesday, February 3, 2015, embraced by loved ones after a courageous battle with cancer, at CHI Good Samaritan Health in Kearney. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 A.M. Saturday, February 7, 2015 at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Elm Creek with the Rev. Alex Borzych officiating. Interment will follow at the Elm Creek Cemetery. Family will greet friends 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Friday at the Catholic Education Hall in Elm Creek. Memorials are suggested to the Elm Creek Teammates Mentoring Program and the Elm Creek Fire and Rescue Department. Condolences may be shared online at www.osrfh.com. O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home of Elm Creek is in charge of arrangements. Cindy Jill Graczyk was born August 3, 1960 in Lincoln, Nebraska to Lester and Arlene Thomas. Sweet Pea, as many knew her, graduated from Palmyra High School in 1979 and married Jaime Graczyk on April 25, 1981. They moved to Elm Creek and purchased their family home in the Fall of 1981. On September 28, 1983, Jaime and Cindy welcomed their first born, Joshua Martin Graczyk. Their daughter, Stacie Ann Graczyk arrived on January 25, 1985. Cindy worked tirelessly and loyally as a homemaker, mother, bookkeeper, and finished her career working for Elm Creek Public Schools. Children were her passion and her work there never felt like a job. She cared for each one of the students as if they were her own. Cindy’s friends and family will always remember her kind and gentle ways that seemed to understand and empathize in any situation. Cindy lived everyday of her 54 years loving fiercely with zest, dignity, and fulfilled promises of unconditional forgiveness and generosity. She was an adored wife, loving mother, devoted grandmother and caring daughter Cindy is survived by her husband Jaime; son, Joshua Graczyk and wife, Kristen and their children, Case and Charley Graczyk; daughter, Stacie Brant and husband, Nic and their son, Bear; parents, Les and Arlene Thomas all of Elm Creek; siblings, Marty Thomas and wife, Barb of Lincoln, Sheri Thomas of Fort Collins, CO, Storm Thomas and wife, Diane of Lincoln, numerous nieces and nephews, aunts and uncles, cousins, in-laws, and friends. Cindy was preceded in death by her sister-in-law, Sherry Graczyk and nephew, Benjamin White.

Cindy Graczyk

August 3, 1960 - February 3, 2015