Obituaries
Apfel Funeral Home and Cremation Services Obituaries
Betty L. Demary
Mar 7, 2014
Betty L. DeMary, 77 of Grand Island died Friday, March 07, 2014, at Wedgewood Care Center, Grand Island surrounded by her family. Services will be 1:30 p.m., Monday, March 10, 2014 at Trinity United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Bob Rhodes officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation hours will be 4-7 p.m., Sunday, March 9, 2014...
Dennis Charles Lechleitner
Mar 6, 2014
Dennis C. Lechleitner, 69 of Cozad, Nebraska died Thursday, March 6, 2014 at Golden Living Center in Cozad, Nebraska. Funeral Services will be 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at the Cozad Christian Church 821 Avenue F, in Cozad, Nebraska. Visitation will be from 3-8 P.M. Tuesday at the Cozad Christian Church in Cozad. Pastor Jeremy Jech will be officiating....
Patricia Ann Devore
Mar 3, 2014
Patricia A. DeVore, 80, of Wood River, NE died March 3, 2014, at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island. Memorial services will be held at 3:00pm on Thursday, March 6th at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island with the Rev. Philip Sloat officiating. As per her request, she was cremated, the inurnment will be at a later date at...
John F. Adams
Mar 2, 2014
Hastings resident, John F. Adams, 97, passed away Sunday, March 2, 2014 at the Kensington, Hastings. Services will be Thursday, March 6, 2014 at 10 am at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor William Nottage-Tacey officiating. Burial will be in the Rosedale Cemetery near Doniphan. Visitation will be Wednesday. March 5, 2014 from 4 pm to 7 pm with...
Ronald E. Purdy
Feb 26, 2014
Ronald E. Purdy, 83, of Grand Island died Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, in Omaha. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Trinity United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Theresa Mason officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Apfel Funeral Home. Mr. Purdy was born April 5, 1930,...
Judith Ann Ault
Feb 22, 2014
Judith A. Ault, 70 of Grand Island, died Saturday, February 22, 2014 at the Golden Living Center Lakeview in Grand Island. Services will be 2:00 P.M. Friday, February 28, 2014 at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island with the Rev. Ray Kosmicki officiating. Visitation will be from 4-7 P.M. Thursday with a rosary to be recited at 7 P.M. at...
Lonny D. Frerichs
Feb 20, 2014
Hastings resident, Lonny D. Frerichs, 52 passed away Thursday, February 20, 2014 at the Genoa Community Hospital Long Term Care, Genoa, NE Memorial service will be Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at 1:30 pm at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel, Hastings with Major Abe Tamayo officiating. There will be no visitation. Burial will be at a later date. Apfel Funeral Home...
Warren "'Mike'" A. Monnington
Feb 19, 2014
Warren A. Mike Monnington, 88, of Grand Island died Wednesday, February 19, 2014 at St. Francis Medical Center, Grand Island, Nebraska. Services will be 10:30 A.M. Thursday, February 27th at Trinity United Methodist Church with the Rev. Bob Rhodes officiating. Burial will be in Grand Island Cemetery, Grand Island, Nebraska. Visitation hours will befrom 4-7 P.M. Wednesday, February 26th at...
Elsie I. Rickard
Feb 19, 2014
Elsie Irene (Iversen) Rickard, 88 of Sierra Vista, Arizona died February 19, 2014 in Arizona. Graveside services will be 11:30 a.m. Thursday, March 6, 2014 at Alda Cemetery, Alda, Nebraska with the Rev. Bob Rhodes officiating. Visitation hours will be 10:00 until 11:00 a.m. Thursday, at the Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. Apfel Funeral Home is in charge of...
Stephen N. Sloan
Feb 18, 2014
Stephen N. Sloan, 32 of Grand Island, died Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at his home in Grand Island, NE. Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m., Monday, February 24, 2014 at Apfel Funeral Home, Grand Island with the Rev. Bob Rhodes officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to service time at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to...
Delores Eleanor Mathews
Feb 15, 2014
Delores Eleanor Mathews, 92 of Grand Island, died Saturday, February 15, 2014 at her home in Grand Island. Graveside Services will be 2:30 P.M. Thursday at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Cairo, Nebraska. Visitation will be from 12:00 P.M. 2:00 P.M. at Apfel Funeral Home in Cairo. Memorials are suggested to the family in lieu of flowers. Delores was born on...
Marie B. Hemphill
Feb 14, 2014
Hastings resident Marie B. Hemphill, 98, passed away Friday, February 14, 2014 at Perkins Pavilion, Good Samaritan Society, Hastings-Village. Come celebrate her life and home coming with us Friday, February 21, 2014 at 10:30 am at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel, Hastings with Rev. David W. Stitt officiating. No visitation. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery. Apfel Funeral Home, Hastings,...
Lorraine Jacqueline Brabander
Feb 14, 2014
Lorraine Jacqueline Brabander, 88 of St. Libory, died Friday, February 14, 2014 at Brookefield Park Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation in St. Paul, Nebraska. Services will be 10:30 A.M. Tuesday in the Gollaher Chapel at Trinity United Methodist Church in Grand Island. Pastor Bob Rhodes will be officiating. Burial will be in the Grand Island City Cemetery. Visitation will be from...
Norma Jean Marco
Feb 13, 2014
Norma J. Marco, 79 of Grand Island, died Thursday, February 13, 2014, at St. Francis Medical Center, Grand Island. Services will be 2:30 p.m. Monday, February 17, 2014, at Apfel Funeral Home. Burial will be in Grand Island City Cemetery, Grand Island. Visitation hours will be Monday, 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at Apfel Funeral Home, Grand Island, NE. Memorials...
Marjorie J. Lockwood
Feb 11, 2014
Marjorie J. Lockwood, 87, of Grand Island died Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island. Services will be at 9 a.m. Thursday at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island, with the Rev. Mark Oberbeck officiating. Burial will be at 1 p.m. MST Thursday in the Benkelman Cemetery at Benkelman. Visitation will be from 4 to...
Marcella M. Hansen
Feb 8, 2014
Hastings resident Marcella Hansen, 93, passed away Saturday, February 8, 2014, at Mary Lanning Health Care in Hastings. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 12th at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Dr. Lee Wigert officiating. Burial will be in the Parkview Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1:00 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday at...
Hastings Joanne Kay Shottenkirk Resident
Feb 8, 2014
Hastings resident, Joanne Kay Shottenkirk, 68 passed away Saturday, February 8, 2014 at her home. Services will be Friday, February 14, 2014 at 1 pm at First St. Pauls Lutheran Church, Hastings, NE with Rev. Joel Remmers officiating. Private family burial at a later date in the Evergreen Home Cemetery, Beatrice, NE. Visitation will be Thursday, February 13, 2014 from...
Richard "Dick" Lloyd Wendel
Feb 7, 2014
Hastings resident, Richard Dick Lloyd Wendel, 63 passed away Friday, February 07, 2014 at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital, Hastings, NE. Private family services will be Saturday, March 29, 2014 at 10:30 am at Parkview Cemetery with Rev. Joel Remmers officiating. There will be no visitation. Apfel Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Condolences may be sent to the...
Viola A. Pickering
Feb 7, 2014
Former Hastings resident, Viola A. Pickering, 94, passed away, Friday, February 7, 2014 in Grand Island, NE. Services will be Monday, February 10, 2014 at 2:30 pm at the United Methodist Church, Hastings, with Rev. Sam Rathod officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings. Visitation will be Sunday, February 9, 2014 from 1 pm to 5 pm with the...
Mildred C. Fitzsimons
Feb 5, 2014
Mildred C. Fitzsimons, 81 of Grand Island died, Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at Wedgewood Care Center, Grand Island, NE. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 A.M. Monday, February 10, 2014, at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church with Fr. Louis Sellam officiating. Burial will be in Greeley Cemetery, Greeley, Nebraska. Visitation hours will be 4-7 P.M. at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church...
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