Charlene Marie Lautenschlager

Charlene Marie Lautenschlager, 62, of Palmer, passed away on Friday, April 23, 2026, at Bryan LGH Hospital– West in Lincoln.

Funeral services were held on Saturday, May 2, 2026, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Palmer. Pastor John Doolittle officiated.

Courtney Salmon was the musician.

Leslie Lautenschlager, Jr., Julian Ingraham, Jamarr Tate, Randy Soliday, Chase Smith, and Jeremy Reimers were the casket bearers. Les and Char’s nieces and nephews were the honorary bearers.

Char will be laid to rest at Rose Hill Cemetery in Palmer.

Greenway-Dietz Funeral Home in Palmer is assisting the family.

Charlene was born September 19, 1963, in Grand Island, to Richard and Shirley (Andersen) Reimers. She was confirmed May 21, 1978. She attended Grand Island Senior High School and graduated in 1981. She married Leslie Frank Lautenschlager, Sr. on January 16, 1982, in Palmer. Char had the biggest heart and lived each day serving others. She was a CNA/MA at the Grand Island Veterans Home and she truly loved taking care of other people. She was very crafty and worked at different craft stores doing what she loved. She enjoyed baking, sewing, and framing pictures. Her greatest enjoyment in life was spending time with her eleven grandchildren.

Those left to cherish her memory include her husband, Leslie “Les” Lautenschlager, Sr. of Palmer; one son and daughter-in-law, Leslie Lautenschlager, Jr. and Sonja, of Palmer; three daughters and sons-inlaw, Lacy and Jamarr Tate of Palmer, Lois and Randy Soliday of Hope, Kansas, and Linsey and Julian Ingraham of Kearney; eleven grandchildren, Lucie Lautenschlager, Lilly Lautenschlager, Taori Tate, Teha Tate, Tenaya Tate, Aiden Soliday, Elena Soliday, Claira Soliday, Justin Soliday, Hans Ingraham, and Abigail Ingraham; sisters and brother-in-law, Nancy and Duane Stevenson, Darlene Leeds, and Margorie Jordan; and brother and sister-law, David and Julie Reimers of Grand Island.

She was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Marlene Reimers; brother, Gene Reimers; three brothers-in-law, Del Leeds, Randy Jordan, and Louis Lautenschlager; and fatherin- law and mother-in law, Leonard and Edna Lautenschlager.

Online condolences may be directed to the family at www.jacobsengreenway. com.

The Phonograph-Herald | May 6, 2026