Kay Brandt

Kay Lee Brandt, 59 of rural Phillips was called home on Friday, Aug. 21, 2020 following a courageous battle with cancer.

A celebration of life service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 27 at All Faiths Funeral Home. Dan Naranjo will officiate. The service will be livestreamed at All Faiths Funeral Home Facebook page. Burial of ashes will be in the Phillips Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. CDC guidelines will be followed with face coverings required during both visitation and the service. In lieu of flowers, memori

In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the family to be determined at a later date.

Kay was born in Shirley, Mass., the daughter of L.D. and Jaceel (Smith) Dubbs. She was baptized in the Methodist faith and a member of Messiah ELCA Lutheran Church of Grand Island. She attended elementary school at St. Libory and Wood River. She graduated from Wood River High School class of 1978.

On April 24, 1981 she married the love of her life Adolph Brandt. They raised two sons, Jeremy and Justin. They made their homes in Wood River, Aurora, Grand Island and rural Phillips.

Kay has always been a hard worker; from working on the farm when young, waitressing at Skelly’s in Wood River and Tommy’s in Grand Island. She bartended at D & E’s Tavern in Wood River, and house keeping at Aurora Memorial Hospital. She also was kitchen manager at the Eagle Club in Grand Island, Winchester in Phillips, and the Platt-Duetsche in Grand Island. She was a cashier at Skagway and managed the Travelodge in Grand Island. She worked in customer service at Pleasant Hill Grain in Hampton and at Thompson’s Food Service and US Foods in Grand Island.

She was a loving, caring person. She especially loved her grandchildren, Cody and Maggie. She enjoyed attending their activities and also making Christmas goodies and baking cookies with them. She also played many games of pitch and UNO.

Kay has been active in the Elks Lodge in Grand Island helping and cooking many meals for them. She also enjoyed the Elks Camping Club. She spent many nights in the stands at the car races watching family and friends’ race. She also enjoyed collecting bears and has quite the collection. Cooking and baking came natural to Kay. She hosted a lot of the family holiday gatherings, where of course everyone loved her bread. She loved to crochet and made many, many baby and adult afghans. She also made several lap blankets for cancer patients.

Those left to cherish her memory are her husband, Adolph; son, Jeremy and Dawn (Wicht) Brandt and grandchildren, Cody and Maggie of Aurora; son, Justin and Tonya (Valasek) Brandt of Phillips; her parents, L.D. and Jaceel (Smith) Dubbs; sisters, LouAnn White and Joy and Ray Nemec all of Grand Island; three brothers-in-law, Nick and Cindy Brandt of Shelton, Bill and Barb Brandt of Grand Island and Henry and Sherri Brandt of Shelton; sister-in-law, Jewelie and Brian Cook of Grand Island; eight nephews; six nieces; eight great-nephews; four great-nieces; many beloved aunts, uncles, cousins; close friends, Cathy Johnson, Linda Cram and Mary Strawder; special neighbors, Norm and Betty Schuster and Rod and Sherri Watson and foster granddaughter, Lilly Mullen.

She is preceded in death by her in-laws, Darrold and Olga Brandt; her maternal grandparents, Frank and Fern Smith; paternal grandparents, Walter and Lucy Dubbs, an aunt, Jeannie and Don Wasco and her beloved dog, Remington.

Online condolences may be sent to www.giallfaiths.com.