Birth: August 9, 1923
Death: January 24, 2016
Location: Lot 30, Section 6, New Addition
Maynard D. Desel, 92, of Wood River died Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016, at Grand Island Veterans Home.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Apfel Funeral Home in Wood River, with Derek Apfel officiating. Inurnment will be at the Wood River Cemetery. Apfel Funeral Home in Wood River is in charge of the arrangements.
Maynard was born Aug. 9, 1923, in Loup City, the son of Carl and Ina (Noyes) Desel. He grew up in numerous states and communities, graduating from North Loup High School in 1941.
Maynard was united in marriage to Mary Fish on July 3, 1948, at Grand Island. They lived in North Loup, where he worked for Foth Farms, before moving to Wood River, where he worked at Fairbanks Irrigation and Fairbanks International.
Maynard is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Susan and David Guzinski of Cairo; four sons and three daughters-in-law, Gordon and Dee Desel of Wood River, Dean Desel of Wood River, Bradley and Sherry Desel of Wood River, and Darin and Julee Desel of Castle Rock, Colo.; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; and a sister, Lavonne Shipman of Doniphan.
Maynard was preceded in death by his wife, Mary, and two sisters, Verna McTavish and Donna Desel.