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Sondra Kay Jones

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

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

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

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...

Lorraine J. Onnen

Lorraine J. Onnen

Nov 14, 2022

Lorraine J. Onnen, 92, of Grand Island died Monday, November 14, 2022, at the home of her son and daughter-in-law surrounded by her loving family.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM Monday, November 21st at the Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. The Rev. Bev Hieb will officiate. Burial will be in the Grand Island City Cemetery.

Visitation will be...

Gayle Nunnenkamp

Gayle Nunnenkamp

Nov 8, 2022

Gayle Ann (Pieper) Nunnenkamp, 72, of Grand Island passed away Tuesday, November 8, 2022, unexpectedly at her home. Funeral service will be 11:00 AM Wednesday, November 16, 2022, at Apfel Funeral Home with Pastor Adam Snoberger officiating. Burial will be at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 4-7 PM on Tuesday at Apfel Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to...

Joan L. Kirkpatrick

Joan L. Kirkpatrick

Nov 8, 2022

Joan Louise Kirkpatrick, 88, of Grand Island, Nebraska, died Tuesday, November 8, 2022, at home with her loved ones around her. Graveside services will be Monday, at 11:00 AM in the Phillips Cemetery, Phillips, Nebraska, with the Rev. Bev Hieb officiating.

There will be no visitation. Memorials are suggested to the American Cancer Society. Apfel Funeral Home is in charge of...

Kyle Alloway

Kyle Alloway

Nov 7, 2022

Kyle Alloway, 35, of Juniata died November 7, 2022, at UNMC hospital in Omaha, NE. Memorial service will be at 2:00 pm Sunday, November 13, 2022, at First St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Hastings with Reverend Joel Remmers officiating. There will be a book signing at Apfel Funeral Home, Hastings Saturday from 6-8 PM. Memorials are suggested to the family...

Arthur R. Hendrickson, Jr.

Arthur R. Hendrickson, Jr.

Nov 6, 2022

Arthur R. Hendrickson, Jr., 76, of Grand Island died Sunday, November 6, 2022, at the Good Samaritan Society in Grand Island.

A celebration of life with family greeting friends will be from 3 to 6 PM Sunday, November 13th at the Apfel Funeral Home – Grand Island.

Memorials are suggested to the family for later designation.

Arthur Ray Hendrickson, Jr. was born July...

Richard A. Labrie

Richard A. Labrie

Nov 6, 2022

Richard A. LaBrie, 70, of Giltner died Sunday Nov. 6, 2022 at CHI Health St. Francis.

Funeral service will be at 10:30 am, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022 at Stockham Community Church. The Reverend Rick Bartek will officiate. Burial will be at 2:00pm at Cedarview Cemetery in Doniphan with military honors. Visitation will be from 4-7pm on Nov. 11th, 2022 at Stockham...

Neva Dell Semotan

Neva Dell Semotan

Nov 5, 2022

A Hastings resident, Neva Dell Semotan, Died November 5, 2022, at Linden Court in North Platte, NE at the age of 94.

A memorial service is being held at 11:00 AM Thursday, November 10, 2022, at First St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Hastings with Reverend Joel Remmers officiating. A family burial at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings will be held prior to...

Linda Thompson

Linda Thompson

Nov 2, 2022

Linda Thompson (Clark-Stout) 63 of Grand Island passed away on Wednesday, November 2, 2022 on hospice care at her home. Funeral services will be at 3 P.M. on Friday, November 11, 2022 at First Baptist Church in Cairo with Reverend Jack Boling officiating. Memorials are suggested to the family for later designation. 

Linda was born of February 4, 1959, to...

Dorothy Juett

Dorothy Juett

Oct 27, 2022

Dorothy Louise Huffman Hoffman Juett, 94, of Grand Island passed away October 27, 2022, at Riverside Lodge where she had resided for several years. Funeral service will be 1:00 PM Thursday, November 3, 2022, at Apfel Funeral Home with Reverend Adam Snoberger officiating. Burial will follow at Cedarview Cemetery in Doniphan. Visitation will begin at 10:00 AM Thursday.

Dorothy was born...

Sharon K. Grell

Sharon K. Grell

Oct 19, 2022

Sharon K. Grell, 84, of Shelton died Wednesday, October 19, 2022, at her home following a lengthy illness.

Funeral services will be at 11:00 AM Tuesday at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Shelton with the Rev. Rob Kuefner officiating. Cremation will take place following the services. Burial of the cremains will be in the Shelton Cemetery at a later date.

Visitation will...

Pamela Peterson

Pamela Peterson

Oct 16, 2022

Pamela Lynn Peterson, 60, of Grand Island died Sunday, October 16, 2022, at Good Samaritan Society in Grand Island. Memorial service will be 10:00 AM Saturday, November 5, 2022, at Apfel Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to the family for later designation. Online condolences may be directed to www.apfelfuneralhome.com.

Pamela was born on July 9, 1962, in Santa Rosa, CA to...

James "Jim" Mcelroy

James "Jim" Mcelroy

Oct 16, 2022

James L. McElroy 92 passed away peacefully October 16th 2022 at Riverside Lodge of Grand Island, surrounded by family. James wishes were to be cremated and joined with his wife Rosemarie in a private graveside service.

Jim was born November 9th 1929 in Grand Island to Francis and Loreen McElroy.

He attended local Grand Island schools and also attended Hastings College and...

Dennis Crowell

Dennis Crowell

Oct 15, 2022

Dennis Crowell, 75, of Ravenna died Saturday, October 15, 2022, at VA Medical Center in Grand Island. Funeral service will be 10:30 AM Saturday, October 22, 2022, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Ravenna with Pastor Bonine officiating. Burial with military honors will follow at Highland Cemetery in Ravenna with Pastor Jose Flores officiating. Visitation will be 5-7 PM Friday at...

Elva Ruth Zerbe

Elva Ruth Zerbe

Oct 12, 2022

Elva Ruth (Griffith) Zerbe, 96, formerly of Superior and Nelson, NE, departed this life October 12, 2022, in Grand Island, NE. Graveside service will be 1:30 PM October 22, 2022, at the Odessa Cemetery in Esbon, KS with Pastor Rodney Rose officiating.

Elva “Ruth” was born January 30, 1926, in Lebanon, KS, the daughter of Clark and Goldie (Martin) Griffith. She...

Darlene R.  Layher

Darlene R. Layher

Oct 12, 2022

Darlene R. Layher, 94, of Grand Island died Wednesday, October 12, 2022, at the Good Samaritan Society at Grand Island, where she had lived for the past three years.

Graveside services will be held at 1:00 PM Friday, October 14th at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Grand Island. Pastor Luke Biggs will officiate.

Memorials are suggested to the Central Nebraska Humane Society.

Arrangements...

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