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Apfel Funeral Home and Cremation Services Obituaries
M. Lucille Vinzenz
Dec 22, 2015
Lucille Vinzenz, 96, passed away, Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at Seneca Sunrise Assisted Living in Ravenna, Nebraska. Mass of Christian Burial will be 9:00 a.m. Saturday, December 26, 2015 at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Grand Island, Nebraska, with Rev. Tom Ryan officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to service time at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. Burial will be 3:00...
Donald Routh K
Dec 22, 2015
Donald K. Routh, 67, of Grand Island died Tuesday, December 22, 2015, at CHI Health St. Francis. Memorial services will be at 10:30 AM Saturday, December 26th at the Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. The Rev. Russ Anderson will officiate. There will be no visitation. Cremation has taken place. Donald Kenneth Routh was born February 12, 1948 at Kearney,...
Melvin F. Obst
Dec 22, 2015
Melvin F. Obst, 89 of Grand Island died Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at Wedgewood Care Center in Grand Island, NE. Graveside services will be at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, December 31, at the Royal Cemetery in Royal, Nebraska, with interment following. Arrangements were made under the direction of Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. (www.apfelfuneralhome.com) Melvin F. Obst, the son...
Charles "'Charlie'" A Janecek
Dec 19, 2015
Charles A. Charlie Janecek, 83, of Alda died Saturday, December 19, 2015, at his home. Funeral services will be at 10:00 AM Wednesday at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints at 22nd and Wheeler Streets in Grand Island. Bishop Jerad Noorlander will officiate. Burial will be in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery at Cairo. Visitation will be from 5...
Vivian "Lavone" Lavone Hynes
Dec 18, 2015
Vivian LaVone Hynes, 86, of Hastings, formerly of Harvard died December 18, 2015 at Mary Lanning HealthCare. Memorial services will be Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at 2pm, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Harvard. Visitation will be Monday, December 28, 2015 from 5-7pm at Apfel Funeral Home, Hastings, with a rosary following at 7 pm at the Apfel Funeral Home, Hastings,...
Robin R. Plummer
Dec 15, 2015
Robin R. Plummer, 62 of Grand Island, died Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at CHI Health, St. Francis, Grand Island. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, December 19, 2015 from the Apfel Funeral Home, Grand Island with Derek Apfel CFC officiating. Burial will be in Sutton Cemetery, Sutton, NE. Visitation hours will be 5-7 Friday, December 18, 2015 from the Apfel...
Ronald Dean Ochsner
Dec 14, 2015
Ronald D. Ochsner, 72, of Ravenna died Monday, December 14, 2015 at his home in Ravenna, NE. Services will be 10:30 am on Friday, December 18, 2015 at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island with the Rev. Lonnie Logan officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Island. Military Honors will be provided by the United Veterans Honors...
Jack R. Killion
Dec 14, 2015
Jack Robert Killion passed away in Lake Forest , CA on December 14, 2015 at the age of 86. Services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, December 21, 2015 at Apfel Funeral Home, Grand Island with the Rev. Jack Gillam officiating. Burial will be in Grand Island Cemetery, Grand Island, NE. Military honors will be provided by United Veterans Honor Guard...
Florence L. Harvey
Dec 9, 2015
Florence L. Harvey, 87, of Grand Island died Wednesday, December 09, 2015 at her home in Grand Island. Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, December 12, 2015 at Apfel Funeral Home, Grand Island, with Derek Apfel CFC officiating. There will be no visitation. Private burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Grand Island...
T. Glenn "'Van'" Vanosdall
Dec 5, 2015
Theodore Glenn Vanosdall, 94, of Grand Island, went to be in the arms of His Saviour December 5, 2015. Glenn was the third child born to Theo and Bertha (Gillham) Vanosdall on October 31, 1921 in Greeley County in Nebraska. Services will be at10:30 AM Wednesday, December 9, 2015, at Messiah Lutheran Church, 7th and Locust Streets in Grand Island,...
Daniel Moore
Dec 1, 2015
Daniel C. Moore, 66 of Stockham, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at his home. Memorial Services will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, December 5, 2015 at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. To honor Daniels wishes, his body will be cremated. Memorials are suggested to the family. He was born on January 19, 1949 in Anne Arundel, Maryland to...
Shawn L. Dockhorn
Nov 28, 2015
Shawn L. Dockhorn, 39, of Grand Island, died Saturday, November 28, 2015 at his home due to health complications. Memorial Services will be 10:30 A.M. Thursday, December 3, 2015 at Peace Lutheran Church in Grand Island. Inurnment will be at the Grand Island City Cemetery. Family will greet friends from 5-7 P.M. on Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at Apfel Funeral...
Jack P. Sorensen
Nov 24, 2015
Jack Payne Sorensen, 87, of Grand Island died Tuesday, November 24, at the St. Francis Medical Center. Services will be Tuesday, December 1, at 11 a.m. in the Main Sanctuary at Trinity United Methodist Church, with Reverend Del Roper presiding. Visitation will be Monday, November 30, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Apfel Funeral Home. Burial will be in...
Virginia M. Vohland
Nov 22, 2015
Virginia M. Vohland, 92, of Grand Island, formerly of Shelton died Sunday, November 22, 2015, at CHI Health St. Francis in Grand Island. Funeral services will be at 10:30 AM Monday, November 30, 2015, at the Apfel Funeral Home in Wood River. The Rev. Lonnie Logan will officiate. Burial will be in the Shelton Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:00...
Jacque W. Evans
Nov 21, 2015
Funeral services for Jacque (Jack) Warren Evans age 92, will be held on Saturday, November 28th, at 10:30 at the First Presbyterian Church in Grand Island. The Rev. Caroline Price-Gibson will officiate. Burial will be in the Grand Island Cemetery, with military honors provided by the United Veterans Honor Guard and the U.S. Navy Honors Team. Visitation will be Friday,...
Coralee P. Howell
Nov 21, 2015
Coralee P. Howell, 85, of Grand Island died Saturday, November 21, 2015, at the Nebraska Heart Hospital in Lincoln. Funeral services will be at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday at Trinity Lutheran Church. The Rev. Jack Gillam will officiate. Burial will be in the Grand Island Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 P.M. Tuesday at Apfel Funeral Home. Memorials are...
Mark A. Saldecki
Nov 18, 2015
Mark A. The Decki Saldecki, 51, of Grand Island died Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at his home. A celebration of Marks life will be held at 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, November 25th at the Bosselman Conference Center in the Heartland Event Center Grand Island. Derek Apfel will officiate. According to Marks wishes, cremation has taken place. The family will greet friends...
Donna Jean Schrock
Nov 13, 2015
Donna Jean Schrock, 86 of Alda, died Friday, November 13, 2015 at Tiffany Square Care Center in Grand Island. Services will be 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Grand Island with Pastor Edgar Schambach officiating. Interment will be in the Wood River Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-8 P.M. Tuesday at Apfel Funeral Home...
Maria Isabel Madrid
Nov 12, 2015
Maria Isabel Madrid, 89 of Mesa, Arizona formerly of Grand Island, died Thursday, November 12, 2015 at her home in Mesa, Arizona with her loving daughter and caretaker of 24 years by her side. Visitation will be held from 5-7 P.M. Friday, November 20, 2015 at the Apfel Funeral home. Services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, November 21,...
Germaine Mary Hemberger
Nov 12, 2015
Hastings resident, Germaine Mary Hemberger, 82, passed away Thursday, November 12, 2015 at College View, Hastings. Mass of Christian Burial will be Monday, November 16, 2015 at 10 am at St. Michaels Catholic Church, Hastings, with Father Michael Houlihan officiating. Rosary will be Sunday, November 15, 2015 at 4 pm at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel, Hastings with Father Michael...
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