The Nebraska Veterans Cemetery at Grand Island is the second state-administered veterans cemetery and the fourth veterans cemetery in Nebraska. This cemetery will incorporate the existing seven-acre historic Grand Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery. The planned service area of the cemetery spans a 75-mile radius around Grand Island, but the cemetery will also accept veterans from across the area. Grand Island is located between the two existing National Veterans Cemeteries near Maxwell and Springfield filling a need to an unserved veteran population within the 75-mile radius of approximately 23,000 veterans.
Committal Shelter
Administration Building
Environmental Assessment
A 30-day public comment period was held from June 29 - July 29, 2023.
Click to view Draft Environmental Assessment
News Stories
- Central Nebraska breaks ground on new state veterans cemetery, sacred space for fallen heroes - NTV
- Grand Island breaks ground on new Nebraska Veterans Cemetery - KSNB Local 4
- Nebraska Veterans Cemetery in Grand Island groundbreaking will be a big one - Grand Island Independent
- Grand Island to welcome new veterans cemetery with $8.4 million grant - NTV
- Future state veterans cemetery in Grand Island awarded federal grant funding - KSNB Local 4
- VA grant to fund second Nebraska Veterans cemetery in Grand Island - KMOR
- Grand Island veterans cemetery project finds hope in unexpected funding - NTV
- Support grows to create state veterans cemetery in Grand Island - NTV
- New Grand Island veterans cemetery project on hold - KSNB Local 4
- Hall County Hero Flight presents check for veterans cemetery - Grand Island Independent
- Veterans Cemetery will meet local fundraising goal as Hall County steps in - NTV
- State Veterans Cemetery project gets open house next week - Grand Island Independent
- Grand Island state veterans cemetery plans well underway - Grand Island Independent
Donors
Thank you to the many donors who helped make this project possible.
Hero - $100,000
HALL COUNTY HERO FLIGHT EVENTS
HALL COUNTY CONVENTION AND VISITORS’ BUREAU
JBS OF GRAND ISLAND
HORNADY MANUFACTURING
CITY OF GRAND ISLAND
Valor - $50,000
GRAND ISLAND COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
D F DILLON FOUNDATION
CITY OF KEARNEY
WOLBACH FOUNDATION
McCAIN FOODS
Freedom - $25,000
IN MEMORY OF BERNARD KISNER
DAN AND KORRINA NARANJO
Liberty - $10,000
GREATER GRAND ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
EDGAR & FRANCES REYNOLDS FOUNDATION
FRED AND AMANADA GLADE FOUNDATION
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OMAHA
ARMSTRONG META ANN
VAUGHN AND LANAE MINTON
GARY QUANDT
Old Glory - $5,000
AMERICAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
GRAND ISLAND COUNCIL #134/UTC
FRED GLADE III REVOCABLE TRUST
KRAMER’S AUTO PARTS AND IRON
MARK AND RENEE MILLER
ANDERSON AUTO GROUP
HOME FEDERAL BANK
FIDELITY CHARITABLE OF GRAND ISLAND
FIVE POINTS BANK
COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF NEBRASKA
EQUITABLE BANK OF GRAND ISLAND
KEITH BROWN
DICK PITCHER
DAN EAKES
HALL COUNTY HERO FLIGHT SCRAP IRON DRIVE
Courage - $1,000
IN MEMORY OF WM E. SMITH, NAVY WWII, GARY CLARK, MARINE, VIETNAM AND IN HONOR OF GENE JACOBSEN, ARMY, WWII
IN MEMORY OF CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER 2 ROBERT BUHRMAN
IN MEMORY OF WARRANT OFFICER 2 RUSSELL L. HARVEY SR.
IN MEMORY OF A.C. (SCOTTIE) AND H. AUDREY SCOTT
SONS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION SQUADRON 53
IN MEMORY OF CPT. LEONARD F. BUHRMAN
DAVID WETHERILT AND KATHIE REISDORPH
NORMAN AND ELIZABETH HARRISON
IN HONOR OF DONALD LOUIS SHUDA
DR. JAMES AND MARTHA McGAHAN
DWIGHT AND CHARLENE DONAHEY
JAMES AND KATHLEEN LESCHINSKY
JAMES AND MAUREEN KAHRHOFF
IN MEMORY OF RUEBEN ENDORF
EDWARD AND DEANNA MEEDEL
WILLIAM DENDINGER (BISHOP)
ROBERT AND KATHY McCAULEY
ANDY AND SUSAN ANDERSON
ELDON AND CORINNE THULIN
LAVERN AND ARLENE ENGLER
AMERICAN LEGION POST 53 OF GRAND ISLAND
LARRY AND GLORIA CRAVEN
GERALD AND MARY HENN
PAUL AND MARY GOETZ
AMERICAN LEGION #53 OF GRAND ISLAND
NEBRASKA TRUCK CENTER
HALL COUNTY UNITED VETERANS CLUB HONOR GUARD
CHARLES HAMNER
DAVID ANDERSON
ELLEN HORNADY
MARILYN LUCAS
MIKE FLETCHER
ELEANOR PERRY
AURORA COOP
RICHARD KING
ROBERT WIESE
JACK NELSON
LARRY KELLY
AGI-MFS
GERALD AND MAUREEN EGGERT
IN MEMORY OF ROBERT E. OSTERMAN KIA WWII
GRAND ISLAND RIFLE CLUB
FRANCES (FRANK) AND LINDA STEFFES
ROGER “STEVE” AND PAMELA LANCASTER
JOSEPH AND JANET VAVRICEK
LELAND AND BETTY MOSSMAN
BERNARD AND NORMA HEURERMAN
IN MEMORY OF ALLAN C. ROEMMICH
CHUCK AND JOYCE HAASE
DARRELL AND MARY DEY
BEEMER ANERICAN LEGION RIDERS POST #159
GRAND ISLAND POST #1347 VETERANS FOREIGN WARS
AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY GRAND ISLAND
GRAND ISLAND DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS CHAPTER 9
HALL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS: RONALD PETERSON, JANE RICHARDSON, PAMELA LANCASTER, CLEO HURST, GARY QUANDT, KAREN BREDTHAUER AND SCOTT SORENSEN
SOUTHERN PUBLIC POWER AREA DEVELOPMENT FUND
OUTDOOR ADVENTURES UNLIMITED, INC
NANCE COUNTY, NEBRASKA
VERTERANS OF FOREIGN WAR GERALD COFFEY POST 4755
THOMAS DITTRICK
MARLIS BUHR-STARK
CARROLL AND LAURA BROWN
HASTINGS GRAIN
IN MEMORY OF TED HOELCK
IN MEMORY OF MY BROTHER RICHARD ZIEMBA
AMERICAN LEGION RIDERS CHAPTER 53
IN MEMORY OF LAWRENCE KLIMEK
DIAMOND PLASTICS CORPORATION
FIDELITY BROKERAGE SERVICES
ROBERT AND JAUNITA BRISENO
GORDON ERIC JONES
AARON AND DIXIE WATSON
VFW BINGO VOLUNTEERS
KAYE SCHUYLER FIDELITY RETIREMENT
GRAND ISLAND TOYOTA
GARY SCHWIEGER
DONALD AND MARY STEELE
ROBERT AND TERRY MARKVICKA
Honor - $500
CHARLES AND ROSE HOLLINGSWORTH
KEVIN AND MARGARET GOERL
DENNIS AND DAYE SCHUYLER
CURTIS AND CHRISTINE HUBER
KENNETH AND EMILY McCRAY
ROBERT AND JANE ALLEN
JEAN FISCHER
STEVEN AND MARY LAMKEN
JOHN AND JANICE GREENE
DONALD AND BEVERLY BREWER
CAROLINE McDANNEL
DONALD AND JOYCE KRACI
RONALD AND MARCIA GRABOWSKI
DANNY AND LAREEN HALVERSON
GARY SETTJE AND KATIE PETERS
DONALD AND SHARON JELINEK
JERALD AND PATRICIA HIRSCHMAN
JOHN AMICK (AMICK YOUNGSON)
ROD AND PATTY HOOKER
RICH AND SONS LS HEADQUARTERS
EUGENE AND YVONNE FRANK
STEVEN AND VIRGINIA KUCK
STEVEN YOUNGBERG VFW POST 1581
JAMES AND BARBARA BRETTMANN
DEAN AND KAY SCHUCHMAN
BILLIE AND LAWRENCE KLIMEK
ALVIN AND SHARON RINKE
HAROLD AND SANDRA ARNOLD
NED MEIER FARM
KENT AND TONJA BROWN
RONALD AND DONNA CALLIHAN
WILLIAM J. AND JOYCE RYAN
STEPHEN AND CATHERINE FOSSELMAN
ALTRUSA INTERNATIONAL OF GRAND ISLAND
DIANA MARKVICKA
MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART CHAPTER 632
DANNEBROG LEGION POST #241
VERNON ENGEL
AMERICAN LEGION POST #49
OGALLALA MOOSE LODGE #1624
PHIL AND LINDA MADER
RONALD AND ANNE KRUSE
JEFFREY AND SUSAN KOCH
VFW AUXILLARY 1346 SHARON ROSE
IN MEMORY OF RICHARD WOLFE
LARRY AND LYANNE KELLY
IN MEMORY OF LAVERN ENGLER
GEORGIA SCHRUM
JACOBSON FAMILY TRUST
ANITA LESCHINSKY
MARY TODD
STEVEN AND VIRGINIA KUCK