Apfel Funeral Home and Cremation Services Obituaries

Jun 27, 2014

Hastings resident, Dorothy Mae Eckhardt, 92, passed away, Friday, June 27, 2014 at Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare, Hastings. Memorial service will be Thursday, July 3, 2014 at 11 am at All Saints Chapel, Good Samaritan Society, Hastings-Village with Rev. Charles Johnson officiating. Burial will be in the Holstein Cemetery, Holstein at 9:30 am before the service. Condolences may be sent...

Jun 25, 2014

Darrell B. Casey Caswell, 90 of Cairo, loving father, grandfather, and caring friend to many, passed from life on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 at Tiffany Square Care Center in Grand Island, Nebraska. Funeral Services will be 10:00 A.M. Monday June 30, 2014 at the United Methodist Church in Cairo with the Pastor Ben Loos officiating. Burial will be in the...

Jun 24, 2014

William C. Bill Mettenbrink, 50 of Grand Island, died Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at St. Francis Medical Center, Grand Island. Services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, June 27, 2013 at St. Pauls Lutheran Church with the Rev. Edgar Schambach, Jr. officiating. Visitation hours will be 4-7 p.m. Thursday, June 26, 2014, at the Apfel Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers,...

Jun 19, 2014

Blanche Veeder Sims, 91, of Wood River, died Thursday, June 19, 2014 at the Good Samaritan Society in Wood River. Services will be 10:30 A.M. Monday at the First Baptist Church in Cairo, NE with the Reverend Jack Bohling officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Cairo, Nebraska. Visitation hours will be from 5-7 P.M. Sunday at the...

Jun 14, 2014

Hastings resident, Thelma Lillian Sole, 96 passed away Saturday, June 14, 2014 at the Good Samaritan Village, Perkins Pavilion, in Hastings. Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 17th at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel, Hastings, NE with Reverend Dr. William Nottage-Tacey of the First United Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery. Visitation will...

Jun 12, 2014

Campbell resident Franklin Dewey Street, 72, passed away Thursday, June 12, 2014 at Mary Lanning Memorial Health Care Memorial service will be Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at 10 am at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel, Hastings with Pastor C.L. Wimer officiating with military rites at the chapel. There will be no visitation, Franklins wishes were to be cremated. Condolences may...

Jun 10, 2014

Joseph H. Hodges, 90 of Grand Island, died Tuesday, June 10, 2014 at Tiffany Square Care Center, Grand Island, NE Services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, June 14, 2014, at Apfel Funeral Home with the Rev. Theresa Mason officiating. Inurnment will be in the Edwin Cemetery, Erwin, South Dakota at a later date. Visitation hours will be 4-7 p.m. Friday,...

Jun 9, 2014

Theodore H. Rudnick, 89, of Grand Island died Monday, June 9, 2014 at the Nebraska Veterans Home in Grand Island. Services will be at 1:00 pm on Monday, June 16, 2014 at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island with Rev. Bev Lanzendorf officiating. Burial will be at the Westlawn Cemetery in Grand Island. Visitation will be from 4-6 P.M. Sunday...

Jun 9, 2014

Clarence W. Kowalski, 80 of Grand Island, died Monday, June 09, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Services will be 2:30 p.m., Thursday, June 12, 2014 at Apfel Funeral Home with the Rev. Gary Harris officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Island. Visitation hours will be 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, June 11, 2014 at Apfel Funeral Home....

Jun 8, 2014

Francis Scott Gibson, 69, of Grand Island, passed quietly into the peace of heaven on Sunday, June 08, 2014 at his home. Graveside Services will be 1:00 P.M. Friday June 13, 2014 at the Round Valley Cemetery near Sargent, Nebraska. Visitation will be from 5-9 P.M. Thursday at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. In lieu of flowers memorials are...

Jun 6, 2014

William Dan Daniel Austin, 86 of Grand Island entered his heavenly home on Friday, June 6, 2014 at Golden Living Center Lakeview in Grand Island with his family by his side. Services will be 11:00 A.M. Thursday June 12, 2014 at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. Chaplain Bill Forbes will be officiating. Interment will be in the Sumner Cemetery...

Jun 4, 2014

Bonnie M. Krupiec, 62 of Grand Island, died Wednesday, June 4, 2014 at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island. Memorial Services will be 10:30 A.M. Monday, June 4, 2014 in the Community Room at Grand View Apartments - 3423 Kelly Street, Grand Island, Nebraska. Burial of Ashes will be at a later date at Westlawn Memorial Park. Apfel Funeral...

Jun 2, 2014

Kenesaw resident Ruth C. Hay, 85, passed away Monday, June 2, 2014 at the Good Samaritan Hospital, Kearney, NE. Services will be Friday, June 6, 2014 at 2 pm at the Kenesaw United Methodist Church, Kenesaw, with Rev. Dr. Lee Wigert officiating. Burial will be in the Kenesaw Cemetery, Kenesaw. Visitation will be Thursday, June 5, 2014 from 3 pm...

Jun 1, 2014

May 31, 2014

Hastings resident, John I. Newman, 70, passed away Saturday, May 31, 2014 at the Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare, Hastings. Memorial service will be at 11 am, June 6, 2014 at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel, Hastings with Frank Swinnea officiating. Military rites will be held at the funeral home. Private family burial at the Kenesaw Cemetery, Kenesaw. Condolences may be...

May 30, 2014

Jack E. Sample, 77, of Grand Island died Friday, May 30, 2014 at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island. Services will be at 10:30 am on Tuesday, June 3, 2014 at the First United Methodist Church in Wood River with Rev. Phil Sloat officiating. Inurnment will be at 1:30 pm at the Trinity United Methodist Church Columbarium in Grand...

May 28, 2014

Peggy M. Brundage, 72 of Farwell, died Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island. Memorial Services will be 10:00 A.M. Monday, June 2, 2014 at the United Methodist Church in Cairo, Nebraska. The Reverend Melanie Adams will be officiating. To honor Peggys wishes, her body was cremated. Memorials are suggested to the American Cancer Society...

May 28, 2014

Doris J. Patsios, 72 of Grand Island, died Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at her home with her family by her side. Services will be at 10:00 A.M. Monday, June 2, 2014 at Third City Christian Church with the Rev. Josh Sikes officiating. Burial will be in the Grand Island City Cemetery. Visitation hours will be from 5-7 P.M Sunday, June...

May 27, 2014

Gary Robert White, 71, of Grand Island, died Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at Wedgewood Care Center, Grand Island, surrounded by his loving family. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 31, 2014, at Trinity United Methodist Church with the Reverend Theresa Mason and Reverend Matt Fowler officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Island. Visitation hours will...

May 27, 2014

Howard Duane Wetzel, 86, of Grand Island, Nebraska died peacefully surrounded by family at St. Elizabeths hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska on Tuesday May 27, 2014 at 8:30 a.m. after complications of a stroke. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 30, 2014 at Trinity Lutheran Church 212 West 12th Street in Grand Island, with Rev. Jack Gillam...