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Arthur Schakat
Dec 27, 2022
Arthur “Art” Schakat, 98, passed away on December 27, 2022 at Providence Place of Hastings.
Funeral services will be 10:30 AM on Saturday, December 31, 2022 in the All Saints Chapel at the Good Samaritan Society in Hastings with Pastors Paul Knott and Dale Phillips officiating. Burial will follow in the Parkview cemetery. Visitation will be an hour prior to the...
Richard "Rick" Veno
Dec 27, 2022
Richard (Rick) Veno, age 60, tragically passed away December 27, 2022, due to an unexpected heart attack. He and his wife Karla were returning home from a joyful Christmas holiday in Wisconsin when he died in Nebraska.
Rick was born in Bangor Maine to Richard and Theora Veno. His parents moved to Denver, Colorado in 1967 where Rick spent his formative...
Georgene D. Crouch
Dec 24, 2022
Merle D. Crouch, 97, died December 23, 2022 and Georgene 92, died December 24, 2022 in Grand Island at Good Samaritan Society. Graveside service will be 1:00 PM April 7, 2023 at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery with Charles Gregory officiating. Apfel Funeral Home is assisting the family. Online condolences may be directed www.apfelfuneralhome.com.
Merle was born on December 1, 1925, in...
Merle Dean Crouch
Dec 23, 2022
Merle D. Crouch, 97, died December 23, 2022 and Georgene 92, died December 24, 2022 in Grand Island at Good Samaritan Society. Graveside service will be 1:00 PM April 7, 2023 at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery with Charles Gregory officiating. Apfel Funeral Home is assisting the family. Online condolences may be directed www.apfelfuneralhome.com.
Merle was born on December 1, 1925, in...
Reva M. Henninger
Dec 19, 2022
Reva M. Henninger, 89, of Lincoln, NE, died Monday, December 19, 2022, at Bryan West Medical Center.
Visitation with family greeting friends will be on Tuesday, December 27th from 9 A.M. to 11 A.M. at the Apfel Funeral Home in Wood River. A private family burial will take place in the Shelton Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Shelton United Methodist...
Marvin Luebbe
Dec 18, 2022
Marvin F. Luebbe, 85, of Grand Island died on December 18, 2022, at Grand Island Regional Medical Center. Funeral Services will be 10:30 AM on Wednesday, December 28th, 2022, at St Paul’s Lutheran Church with Reverend Bill Pavuk officiating. Interment will be in Grand Island City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 PM to 6 PM on Tuesday December 27th,...
Darletta F. Wood
Dec 18, 2022
Darletta F. Wood, 91, of Grand Island, NE passed away on Sunday, December 18, 2022 at Bickford Senior Living in Grand Island. Memorial services will be 10:30 AM Monday, December 26, 2022 in the Gallaher Chapel at Trinity United Methodist Church with Rev. Kelly Karges officiating. Burial of ashes will follow in the Chapman Cemetery. Visitation will be an hour...
Jennifer Rose Sorensen
Dec 16, 2022
Jennifer Rose Sorenson of Cairo, NE died on December 16 at her home. Funeral service will be 10:30 A.M. Tuesday, December 27, 2022, at Sonlight Bible Fellowship in the Cairo Community Center. Pastor Darrell Holzinger will be officiating. Visitation will be Monday from 5-7 P.M. at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. Memorials are suggested to the family.
Jennifer was born...
Thomas J. Shaver
Dec 10, 2022
Thomas Joe Shaver, 77, of Grand Island passed away on Saturday, December 10, 2022.
A celebration of Tom's life will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, December 17th at Northridge Assembly of God, with Pastor Mark Oberbeck officiating. Inurnment will be in the Grand Island City Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested for designation by the family. Visitation will be...
Donald Paul Cordes
Dec 10, 2022
Donald Paul Cordes, 79, of Prosser, Nebraska died Saturday, December 10, 2022, peacefully at home. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 pm on Friday, December 16 at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island, NE. Funeral services will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church in Wolbach, NE on Saturday, December 17 at 11:00 am with Pastor Glenda Pearson officiating. Interment will be...
Timmy Wroot
Dec 7, 2022
Timmy E. Wroot, 68, of North Platte, NE passed away on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE. Funeral service will be 11:30 AM Thursday, December 15, 2022, at Apfel Funeral Home in Hastings with Pastor Paul Knott officiating. Burial will follow at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings. Visitation will be at 10:00 AM...
Mary Belle Goff-Uden
Dec 2, 2022
Mary Belle Goff-Uden, 83, of Kenesaw, NE passed away on December 2, 2022 at Mary Lanning Healthcare in Hastings, NE.
Funeral services will be held at 10 AM on December 9, 2022 at the Christ Lutheran Church in Juniata with Reverend David Loeschen officiating. Burial will follow in Parkview Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 PM on Thursday, December...
Frieda Margaret Iden
Dec 2, 2022
Frieda Margaret (Stellwag) Iden
September 19, 1929 – December 2, 2022
Frieda Margaret Iden, 93, passed away at Kearney County Hospital in Minden, Nebraska on December 2, 2022. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 PM on Friday, December 9, 2022 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Kenesaw with Pastor Paul Duffy officiating. Burial will follow in the Kenesaw Cemetery. Visitation will...
John A. "Arnie" Holl
Dec 1, 2022
John A. “Arnie” Holl, 87, of Shelton died Thursday, December 1, 2022, at the Mount Carmel Home in Kearney.
Memorial services will be held at 10:30 AM on Saturday, December 10th at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Shelton. The Rev. Don Pobanz will officiate. Burial of cremains will be in the St. Paul Cemetery at Lowell, Nebraska.
Arnie was co-owner of Woodman...
Connie Gail O'Brien
Dec 1, 2022
Connie Gail (Powers) O’Brien, 78, formerly of Shelton, NE passed away on Thursday, December 1, 2022 in San Antonio, TX.
Funeral services will be 1 PM on Monday, December 12, 2022 at Apfel Funeral Home in Wood River with Rev. Rich Maciejewski officiating. Burial will follow in the St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery. Memorials can be made to the family for later...
Tony Giersdorf
Nov 27, 2022
Tony L. Giersdorf, 67, of Grand Island died at his home on Sunday, November 27, 2022. Graveside services with committal of cremains will be at 2:00 PM, Monday December 5, 2022, at Westlawn Memorial Park in Grand Island. Family will receive friends at 1:00 PM Monday December 5, 2022, at Apfel Funeral Home, then proceed to the cemetery for the...
Sondra Kay Jones
Nov 26, 2022
Sondra Kay Jones, 84, of Hastings died Saturday, November 26, 2022 at Westfield Quality Care in Aurora. Funeral service will be 10:00 AM Thursday, December 1, 2022, at First St. Paul’s Lutheran Church with Rev. Joel Remmers officiating. Burial will follow at the Rosedale Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday from 4-7 PM at Apfel Funeral Home in Hastings. Memorials are...
Linda J. Selvage
Nov 24, 2022
Linda Jean Selvage, 70, of Hastings, Nebraska died Thursday, November 24, 2022, at Mary Lanning Hospital. Memorial services will be at 11:00 AM Saturday, December 3, 2022, at Apfel Funeral Home in Hastings with Pastor Dale Phillips officiating. Memorials are suggested to the family for later designation. Apfel Funeral Home is in care of the family.
Linda was born on July...
Betty L Hankins
Nov 24, 2022
Betty L. Hankins, 97, of Grand Island died Thursday, November 24, 2022, at CHI St. Francis Medical Center. Funeral service will 11:00 AM Tuesday, November 29, 2022, at Apfel Funeral Home with Rev. Kelly Karges officiating. Visitation will be 1 hour prior to the service. Burial will follow at a later date at Walnut Hill Cemetery in Council Bluffs, IA....
Richard Acker
Nov 18, 2022
Richard Acker, 91, of Grand Island died Friday, November 18, 2022, at Tiffany Square. Funeral service will be 11:00 AM Tuesday, November 22, 2022. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery in Scotia at 2:00 PM with refreshments following at the Scotia United Methodist Church. Visitation will be 5-7 PM on Monday at Apfel Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to...
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