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Georgenia V. Kempt
May 26, 2014
Georgenia V. Kempt, 92, of Shelton, died Monday, May 26, 2014 at her home in Shelton. Services will be at 10:30 am on Thursday, May 29, 2014 at the First Presbyterian Church in Wood River with Pastor Brad Jepsen officiating. Burial will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, May 29, 2014 at the Naponee Cemetery in Naponee, Nebraska. Visitation will be...
Pearl Y. Brokofsky
May 23, 2014
Pearl Y. Brokofsky, 88, of Grand Island died Friday, May 23, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Grand Island. Services will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at Apfel Funeral Home with the Rev. Lonnie Logan officiating. Burial will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in Fort McPherson National Cemetery at Maxwell, NE. Visitation will be 4-6 Tuesday, May...
Pauline Emma Rogers
May 23, 2014
Former Hastings resident Pauline Emma Rogers, 95 passed away Friday, May 23, 2014 at Cambridge Manor, Cambridge, NE. Graveside service will be Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at 10 am at Parkview Cemetary, Hastings with Pastor Paul Knott officiating. Visitation will be from 8:30 to 9:30 am at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel, Hastings. Apfel Funeral Home, Hastings is in charge...
Daniel Joseph Martinez
May 23, 2014
Daniel Joe Martinez, 22 of Grand Island died, Friday, May 23, 2014 in Grand Island as the result of an auto accident. Services will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at the Apfel Funeral Home with Rev. Mike Schaaf officiating. Burial will be in Grand Island Cemetery. Visitation hours will be 10 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Monday, May 26,...
Rick Allen Fila
May 19, 2014
Rick Allen Fila, 61, of Grand Island, died Monday, May 19, 2014 at St. Francis Medical Center, Grand Island. Mass of the Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, May 23, 2014 at St. Marys Cathedral, Grand Island with the Rev. Richard Piontkowski officiating. Visitation hours will be 5-7 p.m. Thursday, May 22, 2014 at the Apfel Funeral Home with...
Wallace "Wally" F. Jakob
May 19, 2014
Wally Jakob peacefully entered the kingdom of heaven, Monday, May 19, 2014 with his family at his side at Howard County Medical Center, St. Paul, NE. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Grand Island with the Reverend Jack Gillam officiating. Burial will be in Grand Island Cemetery. Visitation hours will be 5-7 p.m.,...
Florence L. Krull
May 19, 2014
Florence L. Krull, 83, Of Grand Island died Monday, May 19, 2014, at Brookefield Park Care Center in St. Paul. Services will be at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, May 22, 2014, at First-Faith United Methodist Church in Grand Island. The Rev. Matt Fowler and Rev. Douglas Poole will officiate. Private family burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will...
Deborah Alyce Ball
May 15, 2014
Deborah Alyce (Pember) Ball, age 58, passed away suddenly and peacefully on Thursday, May 15, 2014 in her home located in Poynette, Wisconsin. Her beloved little dog Daisy was by her side. Deborah was born June 21, 1955 in Kearney, Nebraska, the daughter of Leonard Stanley and Janet Beverly (Coleman) Pember-Kruger. As a child, she and her family resided in...
Doris L. Schmierer
May 10, 2014
Doris L. Schmierer, 75, of Central City, formerly of Shelton died Saturday, May 10, 2014, at Litzenberg Long Term Care in Central City surrounded by loving her loving family. Services will be at 10:30 A.M. Tuesday at Grace Lutheran Church in Central City. Sister Mary Arie will officiate. Burial will be at 2:30 P.M. in the Shelton Cemetery at Shelton,...
Bill Bayles
May 10, 2014
Hastings resident Bill Bayles, 90, passed away May 10, 2014 at Mary Lanning Healthcare in Hastings, Nebraska. Memorial Services will be Wednesday May 14, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at All Faiths Chapel at the Good Samaritan Village in Hastings with Pastor Johnson officiating; Burial will be later. Bill was born October 26, 1923 in Adams County, Nebraska, to Loren E....
Roy W. Boltz, Jr.
May 9, 2014
Roy W. Boltz, Jr, 82, of Grand Island died Monday, May 5, 2014 at his daughters home in Clarks, Nebraska. Services will be at 10 am on Friday, May 9, 2014 at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island with the Pastor Ross Aerni and Rev. Theresa Mason officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation hours will be...
Eleanor F. Nienhueser
May 8, 2014
Former Juniata resident, Eleanor Nienhueser, 93, passed away Thursday, May 8, 2014 at the Mary Lanning HealthCare, Hastings. Services will be Monday, May 12, at 10:30 am at the Faith Lutheran Church in Hastings, with Pastor Paul Dunbar officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings. Visitation will be Sunday, May 11, 2014 from 1 pm to 7 pm with...
Dorothy R. Hodges
May 7, 2014
Dorothy R. Hodges, 98, of Grand Island, died Wednesday, May 7, 2014, at Tiffany Square Care Center, in Grand Island. Funeral services will be at 10:30 am on Monday, May 12, 2014 at First-Faith United Methodist Church, 4190 West Capital Avenue, Grand Island with the Rev. Chad Boling officiating. Burial will be in Grand Island Cemetery. Visitation hours will be...
Robert D. Prettyman
May 7, 2014
Hastings resident, Robert Dee Prettyman, 74, passed away Wednesday, May 07, 2014 at Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare. Services will be Saturday, May 10, 2014 at 10 am at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel, Hastings with Pastor Larry Harvey officiating. Graveside service will be at 1:30 pm at the Alma Cemetery, Alma, NE. Visitation will be 4 pm to 7 pm,...
Omaha Douglas Knuth
May 6, 2014
OMAHA Douglas Knuth, 46, of Omaha died Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Celebration of Life will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. Doug was born June 14, 1967, grew up in Grand Island and attended Grand Island Senior High, later moving to Omaha. He received his Journeyman degree from Metropolitan Community College, and...
Judy C. Seufert
May 6, 2014
Judy C. Seufert, 71, of Grand Island lost her battle with cancer on Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at St. Francis Skilled Care in Grand Island. A private celebration of life was held on Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at Pams Pub & Grub, Grand Island. Apfel Funeral Home is assisting the family. Judy was born February 3, 1943 in Hastings, Nebraska...
Elaine R. Holl
May 5, 2014
Elaine R. Holl, 82, of Shelton died Monday, May 5, 2014, at the Good Samaritan Society in Wood River. Memorial services will be at 10:30 A.M. Friday at the Apfel Funeral Home in Wood River. The Bryan D. Gies will officiate. There will be no visitation, as per her wishes, cremation has taken place. Memorials are suggested to St. Pauls...
Kenneth Lee Bly
May 3, 2014
Kenneth L. Bly, 77 of Wood River, died Saturday, May 3, 2014 at the Wood River Good Samaritan Center in Wood River. Services will be at 10 am on Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at St. Marys Catholic Church in Wood River. Burial will be at St. Marys Cemetery near Wood River. Due to Kens love for classic autos, you are...
Nellie "Yvonne" Yvonne Burkman
May 3, 2014
Nellie Yvonne Burkman, 76 of San Francisco, CA died May 3, 2014 at her home. Memorial Services will be 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, May 21, 2014, at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. The Reverend Bob Rhodes will be officiating. Inurnment will be in the Grand Island City Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to be given in care of the family. She...
Jackson West Dinsdale
May 3, 2014
Jackson West Dinsdale, 21, Grand Island, died of an accident near St. Paul on Saturday, May 3, 2014. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, at French Memorial Chapel on the Hastings College campus. The Rev. William Nottage-Tacey will officiate. There will be no public visitation. There will be a private family committal at a later date. A luncheon...
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