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Ronald E. Purdy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Miner E. Mickelsen

Miner E. Mickelsen

Feb 5, 2014

Miner E. Mickelsen, 92, of Hastings, formerly of Grand Island, died Wednesday, February 05, 2014, at Good Samaritan Village, Hastings, Nebraska. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, May 10, 2014, at 10:00 a.m., at Calvary Lutheran Church in Grand Island. Apfel Funeral Home of Grand Island is in charge of arrangements

Donald L. Snodgrass

Donald L. Snodgrass

Feb 3, 2014

Donald L. Snodgrass, 74 of Wood River, died Monday, February 3, 2014 at St. Francis Medical Center, Grand Island. NE Services will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, February 6, 2014 at First United Methodist Church in Wood River, Nebraska with the Rev. Philip Sloat officiating. Visitation hours will be 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at the Church. Burial will be...

John R. Miller

John R. Miller

Feb 3, 2014

John R. Miller, 59, of Grand Island died Monday, Feb. 3, 2014, at home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Pauls Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Bill Pavuk officiating. Burial will be in the Grand Island Cemetery at Grand Island. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. He...

Mary P. Richardson

Mary P. Richardson

Jan 30, 2014

Mary P. Richardson, 74 of Grand Island, died Thursday, January 30, 2014 at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island with her family at her side. Services will be on Tuesday, February 4, 2013 at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island with Rev. Paul Canady officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Grand Island. Visitation hours will...

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