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June Fuller Senseney

June Fuller Senseney

Dec 10, 2014

June Fuller Senseney, age 93, passed away on December 10, 2014. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 am on December 19, 2014, at the United Methodist Church in Wood River, Nebraska. June bequeathed her body to the Nebraska Anatomical Society. It was her wish that memorials be made in lieu of flowers to the Methodist Church or the...

Sandra Lynn Cosner Uldrich Burson

Sandra Lynn Cosner Uldrich Burson

Dec 10, 2014

Sandra L. Cosner, Uldrich, Burson, 49 of Doniphan, Nebraska died Wednesday, December 10, 2014 at Bryan LGH West Hospital in Lincoln, NE. Services will be 10:30 a.m., Monday, December 15, 2014 at the Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island with the Derek Apfel officiating. Visitation hours will be 6-8 p.m. Sunday, December 14, 2014 at Apfel Funeral Home. Memorials are...

Audrey Schukei

Audrey Schukei

Dec 9, 2014

Hastings resident, Audrey Schukei, 88, of 233 N. Hastings Ave. passed away on Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at Mary Lanning Memorial Health Care, Hastings. Services will be Saturday, December 13, 2014 at 10:30 am at rural Zion Wanda Lutheran Church rural Juniata, Nebraska, with Pastor Lon Landsmann officiating. Burial will be in the Zion Wanda Church cemetery. Visitation will be...

Harlan John Martin Garbers

Harlan John Martin Garbers

Dec 9, 2014

Harlan J. Garbers, 81, of Grand Island, died Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at his home in Grand Island. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, December 15, 2014 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Grand Island, with the Rev. Jack Gillam and Rev. Adam Snoberger officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation hours will be 3-5, p.m. Sunday, December 14,...

Pauline A. James

Pauline A. James

Dec 7, 2014

Pauline A. James, 95, of Papillion, formerly of Grand Island died Sunday, December 7, 2014, at Hillcrest Country Estates in Papillion. Funeral services will be at 10:00 A.M. Saturday at St. Marys Cathedral. The Rev. Tom Ryan will officiate. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 P.M. Friday at Apfel Funeral Home...

Ina I. Wendt

Ina I. Wendt

Dec 6, 2014

Hastings resident, Ina Ilene (Schneller) Wendt, 97, known by everyone as Grandma Ina passed away Saturday, December 6, 2014 at her home. Memorial service will be Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at 11 am at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel, Hastings. Inurnment will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings. There will be no visitation; Inas wishes were to be cremated. Condolences may...

Lorita L Kelsey

Lorita L Kelsey

Dec 4, 2014

Lorita L. Kelsey, 86 of Wood River, Nebraska died Thursday, December 4, 2014 at CHI Health Skilled Care in Grand Island. To honor Lorita's wishes, her body was cremated. A private family Inurnment will be held at the Grand Island City Cemetery at a later date. Lorita was born on November 29, 1928 in Shelton, Nebraska. She went to grade...

Donna Jean Knudsen

Donna Jean Knudsen

Dec 2, 2014

Donna Knudsen, 80 of Mesa, AZ died Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at Banner Heart Hospital in Mesa, AZ. Internment was in Rosedale Cemetery, Rosedale, NE. Mercer Chapel of Phoenix, AZ and Apfel Funeral Home of Grand Island, NE was in charge of the arrangements. Donna J. (Johnston) Knudsen was born August 2, 1934 in Hastings, Nebraska the daughter of Robert...

Hollie J. Wilbur

Hollie J. Wilbur

Dec 2, 2014

Hollie J. (Cline) Wilbur, 34 was set free from her 10 year battle with breast cancer on Tuesday, December 2, 2014 with a lot of her loved ones surrounding her. Memorial service will be Saturday, December 6, 2014 at 10 am at the North Shore Assemble of God, in Hastings with Pastor Chris Johnson officiating. There will be no visitation;...

Linda L. Whitaker

Linda L. Whitaker

Dec 2, 2014

Linda L. Whitaker, 73, of Doniphan died Tuesday, December 2, 2014 surrounded by her family at her home. Services will be at 10:30 am on Saturday, December 6, 2014 at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island with Rev. Kelly Karges officiating. Interment will be at the Westlawn Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday, December 5, 2014 from 5 to 8 pm...

Jerome Quentin Larson

Jerome Quentin Larson

Nov 28, 2014

Jerome Quentin Larson, Mustang, Oklahoma, (formerly of Alda, Nebraska), was born to Joseph (Walter) Larson and Freida nee Smith on November 16, 1927 in Holyoke, Colorado. He departed this life on November 28, 2014 in Yukon, Oklahoma at age 87. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, December 6, 2014 at Grace Lutheran Church in Wood River, Nebraska with the Rev....

Clarence E. Fredrick

Clarence E. Fredrick

Nov 27, 2014

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Derek W. Barnes

Derek W. Barnes

Nov 24, 2014

Hastings resident, Derek W. Barnes passed away Monday, November 24, 2014 at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital, Hastings. Private family graveside service will be Wednesday, November 26th, 2014 at the Kenesaw Cemetery, Kenesaw, NE. There will be no visitation; Dereks wishes were to be cremated. Apfel Funeral Home, Kenesaw is in charge of the arrangements. Condolences may be sent to the...

Daniel L. Bruns

Daniel L. Bruns

Nov 20, 2014

Daniel L. Bruns, 55, of Doniphan died Thursday, November 20, 2014, at the University Of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha surrounded by his family. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at the Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. The Rev. Sheri Lodel will officiate. Those in attendance are asked to honor Dannys memory by...

Donald C. Jackson

Donald C. Jackson

Nov 20, 2014

Donald C. Jackson, 84, of Grand Island died Thursday, November 20, 2014 at the Nebraska Veterans Home, Grand Island, NE. Inurnment of the ashes will be in Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins, CO at a later date. Memorials are suggested to the family. Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island is caring for the family. Donald Clyde Jackson was born June...

Eva June Randolph

Eva June Randolph

Nov 18, 2014

Eva June Randolph, 92, of Grand Island, died Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at Mary Lanning Health Care, Hastings, NE. Services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, November 22, 2014, at the Apfel Funeral Home with the Rev. Theresa Mason officiating. Burial will be in Elwood Cemetery, St. Paul. Visitation hours will be 4-7 p.m., Friday, November 21, 2014 at the Apfel...

Millie K. Anderson

Millie K. Anderson

Nov 17, 2014

Former Hastings resident Millie K. Anderson, 90 passed into eternal rest with her three sons present on Nov. 17th, 2014 in Omaha, NE. Born Emilia Millie K. Lesniewski on May 6, 1924 and graduated from Stonington High School in Norwich, Connecticut. She relocated to Chicago in 1946 to pursue modeling and dress designing with RayVogue. She married Dr. Wesley B....

Helen Ann Gerber

Helen Ann Gerber

Nov 16, 2014

Helen A. (Oswald) Gerber, 89 of Hastings, Nebraska and a longtime Chappell resident died Sunday noon, November 16, 2014 at Perkins Pavilion in Hastings. Funeral services will be held Monday, November 24th at 2:00 pm at the Hastings Evangelical Free Church. There will be a private family burial at the Chappell Mennonite Cemetery at a later date. Condolences may be...

Cecil Dale Smith

Cecil Dale Smith

Nov 14, 2014

Cecil Dale Smith, 91, of Grand Island, NE, died Friday, November 14, 2014, at Bickford Cottage. Memorials are suggested to the pipe organ fund at First Presbyterian Church in Grand Island. (Address here). Condolences may be sent to Tim and Pam Smith and Cindy and Elmar Lorenz at 2115 N. Elm Ave., Hastings, NE 68901. He was Born April 17,...

Mary Ann Caddy

Mary Ann Caddy

Nov 12, 2014

Mary Ann Caddy, 96 of McPherson, Kansas formerly of Grand Island, Nebraska, died Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at The Cedars House in McPherson, Kansas. Mass of the Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, November 18, 2014, at St. Marys Cathedral, Grand Island. Visitation hours will be 4-6 p.m., Monday, November 17, 2014 at the Apfel Funeral Home with a...

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