Adolph Brandt

Adolph Ivan Brandt, 61 of Phillips was called home on Sunday, August 4, 2024.
The Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, August 8 at All Faiths Funeral Home. Celebration of life service will be at 2 p.m. Friday, August 9 at All Faiths Funeral Home. Dan Naranjo will officiate. The service will be livestreamed at www.giallfaiths.com. Burial of ashes will be in the Phillips Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the family to be determined at a later date.
Adolph was born on November 26, 1962 in Wood River, the son of Darold and Olga (Fedorchik) Brandt. He was baptized in the Lutheran faith and a member of Messiah ELCA Lutheran Church of Grand Island. He attended school in Wood River. He graduated from Aurora High School class of 1982.
On April 24, 1981 he married the love of his life Kay Dubbs. They raised two sons, Jeremy and Justin. They made their homes in Wood River, Aurora, Grand Island and rural Phillips.
After high school he joined the Nebraska Army National Guard. His basic training was at Ft. Knox Kentucky. Adolph served this nation honorably for 22 years and retired a Sergeant.
Adolph has always been a hard worker; from working on the farm growing up, and washing windows at 76 in Alda. He worked at Chief Industries for many years, as well as drove truck for Roger Dettmer, GICC, Countryside, and lastly O’Neill Resources. He was a kind, and caring person. He especially loved his grandchildren, Cody, Maggie, Lilly, Jaqoious, Martin, and step-granddaughters, Brooklynn, Tatum, Oxanna.
He married Carleen Gregory on March 18, 2022. 
He always enjoyed attending his kids and grandchildren’s activities. He enjoyed playing pitch until he thought you were cheating.
Adolph was active in the Elks Lodge in Grand Island helping, cooking many meals, and served on various committees. He was a 36 year member of the lodge and served as Exalted Ruler in 1994-95. He enjoyed the Elks Camping Club which he helped start. He spent many nights in the stands and the pits at the car races watching family and friends’ race. Adolph was very proud to be an American and a veteran. If you didn’t stand or remove your hat for the flag, he would make you wish that you had. He was so proud when his nephew Tanner joined the Marines to serve our country. He was a volunteer firefighter with the Phillips Vol. Fire Dept., and a past member of the Eagles and the Platt-Duetche. When not at work, he was eating and breathing Green Bay Packers football. He loved to throw a win in family and friends faces if they liked the opposing team.
Those left to cherish his memory are his wife, Carleen; son, Jeremy and Dawn (Wicht) Brandt and grandchildren, Cody and Maggie of Aurora and Lilly Mullen of Cleveland; son, Justin and Tonya (Valasek) Brandt,  fur babies Jasmine and Maverick of Phillips; step-daughters Amanda Knight and Brooklynn of Cheyenne, Ashlley (Sheldon) Mills of South Carolina, Kodie (Brad) Ross from Wyoming; three brothers, Nick and Cindy Brandt of Shelton, Bill and Barb Brandt of Grand Island and Henry and Sherri Brandt of Shelton; sister, Jewelie and Brian Cook of Grand Island; his mother-in-law Jaceel (Smith) Dubbs; sisters-in-law, LouAnn White and Joy and Ray Nemec, all of Grand Island; 12 nieces and nephews; 18 great nieces and nephews; many beloved aunts, uncles, cousins; and close friends.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Darrold and Olga Brandt, sister Lynn Nadine; wife, Kay; daughter, Chelsea; father-in-law LD Dubbs, his maternal grandparents, Bill and Anna Fedorchik; paternal grandparents, John Louis and Emma Brandt, numerous uncles, and beloved dog, Remington.