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Rolland "Gene" E Wiles

Rolland "Gene" E Wiles

Sep 19, 2015

Rolland Gene E. Wiles, 98, of Norfolk, NE, formerly of Grand Island, NE, died Saturday, September 19, 2015 at Norfolk Veterans Home. Services will be 10:00 AM Tuesday at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. Interment will be in the Grand Island City Cemetery. The Reverend Bev Lanzendorf will be officiating. Visitation will be from 4-7 PM Monday at Apfel...

Peggy A O'Brien

Peggy A O'Brien

Sep 19, 2015

Peggy A. O'Brien, 77, of Grand Island, died Saturday, September 19, 2015 at the Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 A.M. Friday, September 25, 2015 at St. Leo's Catholic Church in Grand Island with Rev. Michael McDermott officiating. Interment will be in the Grand Island City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7...

Dale A Billesbach

Dale A Billesbach

Sep 15, 2015

Dale A. Billesbach, 89, of Grand Island, died Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at CHI Health, St. Francis in Grand Island. Private family services will be Friday, September 18, 2015. Apfel Funeral Home is assisting the family. Dale A. Billesbach was born November 14, 1925 in Oxford, Nebraska the son of Harvey L. & Margaret O. (Tull) Billesbach. He was raised...

Murldine Jackson

Murldine Jackson

Sep 15, 2015

Murldine Jackson, 96 of Grand Island, died Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at CHI St. Francis Skilled Care, Grand Island. Services will be 1:00 p.m., Monday, September 21, 2015 at Apfel Funeral Home, Grand Island. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Island. Visitation will be Monday, September 21, 2015 11:00 a.m. until service time at the Apfel Funeral...

Consuelo Olivas

Consuelo Olivas

Sep 8, 2015

Hastings resident, Consuelo Olivas, 67, passed away Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at her home. Services will be Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 2 PM at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel with Father Julius Tvrdy officiating. Visitation is one hour prior to service time. Apfel Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Thomas Shane Jordan

Thomas Shane Jordan

Sep 8, 2015

Thomas Shane Jordan, 70 Jordy by close friends and old classmates, of Grand Island died Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at CHI Health St. Francis, Grand Island. Services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, September 11, 2015 at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island with Derek Apfel CFC officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Grand Island. Visitation will...

Deanna R. Berg

Deanna R. Berg

Sep 7, 2015

Deanna R. Berg, 72, of Grand Island died Monday, September 7, 2015, at Golden Living Center - Lakeview in Grand Island. Celebration of life services will be at 3:00 P.M. Thursday, at the Phillips United Methodist Church in Phillips, NE. The Rev. Mahlon Richardson will officiate. There will be no visitation. In accordance with Deannas wishes, cremation has taken place....

Margaret Marie Quaring

Margaret Marie Quaring

Sep 4, 2015

Margaret Marie (Mieth) Quaring, 93, of Grand Island, died Friday, Sept. 4, 2015, at Golden Living Center Lakeview in Grand Island. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Evangelical Free Church in Grand Island. The Rev. Paul Canady will officiate. Burial will be in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Cairo. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m....

Quan V. Nguyen

Quan V. Nguyen

Sep 3, 2015

Hastings resident, Quan V. Nguyen, 47, passed Thursday, September 3, 2015 at his home. Services will Sunday, September 6, 2015 at 9am in the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel, Hastings, NE with Buddhist Monks officiating. Visitation will be Saturday, September 5, 2015 from 3 pm to 11 pm at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel. Apfel Funeral Home, Hastings is in charge...

Mervin "Merv" Edward Gustafson

Mervin "Merv" Edward Gustafson

Sep 3, 2015

Mervin Merv Edward Gustafson, 88 of Grand Island, died Thursday, September 3, 2015 at CHI Health St. Francis, Grand Island, NE. Services will be 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Grand Island followed by a luncheon. Burial will be 3:00 P.M. Thursday, September 10, 2015 in the Scandinavian Cemetery in Alta, Iowa. Visitation hours...

Walter "'Phil'" P. Jahn

Walter "'Phil'" P. Jahn

Aug 31, 2015

Walter Philip Phil Jahn entered into his eternal home on Monday, August 31, 2015 at Bickford Assisted Living Home in Grand Island. He was 93 years old and had lived a full and active life. Graveside services will be at 3:00 p.m. Friday, September 4, 2015 at the Prairie Home Cemetery in Holdrege, with Pastor Mark Dunham officiating. Visitation will...

Doris F. Peet

Doris F. Peet

Aug 29, 2015

Kenesaw resident, Doris F. Peet, 90, passed away Saturday, August 29, 2015 Mount Carmel Nursing Home in Kearney, NE. Memorial service will be Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 10:30 am at the Kenesaw Presbyterian Church with Pastor Beth Fotinos officiating. Private family burial will be in the Kenesaw Cemetery. There will be no visitation; Doriss wishes were to be cremated....

Gretchen G. Hyde

Gretchen G. Hyde

Aug 28, 2015

Hastings resident, Gretchen G. Hyde, 91, passed away Friday, August 28, 2015 at Perkins Pavilion, Good Samaritan Society, Hastings-Village. Memorial services will be Friday, September 4, 2015 1:00pm at Apfel Funeral Home with Pastor Cindy Karges officiating. There will be no visitation, Gretchens wishes were to be cremated. Apfel Funeral Home, Hastings is in charge of the arrangements. Condolences may...

Robert Glen Wenzl

Robert Glen Wenzl

Aug 28, 2015

Robert G. Wenzl, 80, of Gold Canyon, AZ, formerly of Grand Island, passed away August 28, 2015 at Mission Palms Skilled Nursing Facility in Mesa, AZ. Services will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday, September 3, 2015 at Calvary Lutheran Church, where he was a charter member in Grand Island, with the Rev. Sheri B. Lodel officiating. Burial will be in Grand...

Cecil A. Jessop

Cecil A. Jessop

Aug 27, 2015

Cecil A. Jessop Jr., of Grand Island died Thursday, August 27, 2015 at Golden Age Living Center, Parkplace, Grand Island, NE Services will be at 11:00 AM Monday at the Salvation Army, Grand Island with Captains Bill and Ann Mealy officiating. Burial will be in the Grand Island Cemetery. Visitation hours will be Sunday from 4 to 6 PM Sunday...

Jean  Fuller M

Jean Fuller M

Aug 25, 2015

Jean M. Fuller, 85 of Grand Island, went to her heavenly home Tuesday, August 25, 2015, at CHI Health, St. Francis with her family by her side. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, August 28, 2015 at Apfel Funeral Home, Grand Island, with Derek Apfel CFC officiating. Interment will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Island. Visitation hours will...

Norma D. Hart

Norma D. Hart

Aug 24, 2015

Hastings resident Norma D. Hart, 95, passed away Monday, August 24, 2015 at Brookefield Park, St. Paul, NE. Services will be Thursday, August 27, 2015 at 10 am at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel, Hastings with Pastor Francois Erasmus officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings. Visitation will be Wednesday, August 26, 2015 from 5 pm to 8 pm...

Magdalena Aluku Oyemu

Magdalena Aluku Oyemu

Aug 23, 2015

Magdalena Aluku Oyemu, 60, of Grand Island died Sunday, August 23, 2015, at CHI Health St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island. Local funeral services will be at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, August 29, 2015, at St. Mary's Cathedral in Grand Island. The Rev. Richard Piontkowski will celebrate the Mass of the Resurrection. Visitation will be from 1:00 P.M. until service...

Sharon A. Larson

Sharon A. Larson

Aug 22, 2015

Sharon A. Larson, 68, of St. Libory died Saturday, August 22, 2015, at her home. Memorial services will be at 1:00 PM Tuesday at the Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. Derek Apfel will officiate. There will be no visitation, cremation has taken place. Sharon Ann (Hamann) Larson was born on September 11, 1946 in New Ulm, MN, the oldest...

Rose Marie Bott

Rose Marie Bott

Aug 17, 2015

Hastings resident, Rose M. Bott, 103, passed away Monday, August 17, 2015 at her home. Rose was born May 21, 1912 on a farm near Lawrence, NE to Albert and Louise (Jahnke) Alber. She received her education at country schools and graduated from Hastings High School in 1930. She spent her working years in the retail business, as a buyer...

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