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Apfel Funeral Home and Cremation Services Obituaries
Ellen M. Steele
Oct 7, 2022
Ellen Mae Steele, 53, of Kearney, NE died October 7, 2022 at CHI Health Good Samaritan Hospital. Funeral services will be held at the First Baptist Church in Kearney, NE October 17, 2022 at 2:00 PM with Pastor Sean Dougherty officiating. Interment will be at the cemetery in Wood River, NE at 4:00 PM. She was born December 8, 1968...
Joanne Meinke
Oct 6, 2022
Joanne Meinke, age 92, passed away on Thursday October 6 at Howard County Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at Apfel Funeral Home – Grand Island at 11:00 AM on Tuesday October 11. Joanne has requested no visitation or viewing. Interment will follow the service at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
Joanne was born on March 18, 1930, to Lee and...
Keith James Dreher
Oct 4, 2022
Keith James Dreher (K.J.) passed into heaven October 4, 2022, at Mary Lanning Hospital with his family present. Funeral service will be 10:30 AM Friday, October 14, 2022, at Apfel Funeral Home in Hastings with Chaplain John Mueller officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in Parkview Cemetery. Lunch will follow the burial at Apfel Funeral Home. Visitation will be...
Randy L. Stoltenberg
Oct 3, 2022
Randy Lee Stoltenberg, 65, of Grand Island died Monday, October 3, 2022, at CHI Health St. Francis Medical Center of Grand Island. Funeral Services will be Friday, October 7th at 10:00 am at the Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island with the Reverend Bev Hieb officiating. Interment will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to...
Janet Herndon
Oct 3, 2022
Janet (Denman) Herndon, 91, of Hastings, NE passed away peacefully at home on Monday, October 3,
2022 while holding hands with her daughters, Beverly and Ilene.
Funeral services will be held at 2 PM on Friday, October 7, 2022 at Apfel Funeral Home in Hastings with
Pastor Jay Towell officiating. Burial will be at a later date. Visitation will be from 5 to...
Tina E. Mccleery
Oct 3, 2022
Tina Elise McCleery, 49, of Roswell, N.M., went to meet Jesus at heaven's gate on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022.
Tina was born on March 21, 1973, in Grand Island to Michael and Elizabeth (Harb) McCleery. She grew up in Thermopolis, Wyo. and graduated from Hot Springs County High School.
Tina had many interests; she pursued a music degree at Chadron State College...
Robert D. Real
Oct 2, 2022
Robert D. Real, 75, of Wood River died Sunday, October 2, 2022, at Grand Island Regional Medical Center.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 AM Thursday October 6th at the Apfel Funeral Home in Wood River. The Rev. Bev Hieb will officiate. Burial with military honors will be in the Wood River Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 PM Wednesday,...
Larry Gene Niemoth
Oct 1, 2022
Larry Gene Niemoth, 78, of Wood River, NE died Saturday, October 1, 2022, at Nebraska Methodist Hospital in Omaha.
Memorial services will be held at 2:00 PM on Sunday, October 23, 2022, at the First Baptist Church in Cairo. Memorials are suggested to Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital.
Larry Gene Niemoth, son of Irvin and Evelyn Niemoth was born July 23, 1944 in Grand...
Marilyn R Dittrick
Sep 27, 2022
Marilyn Dittrick, 86, of Kenesaw, NE died September 27, 2022, at Genoa Long Term Care. Celebration of Life gathering will be 1-3 PM Saturday, October 8, 2022 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church fellowship hall in Kenesaw. Burial will be at the Wanda Cemetery at a later date. Memorials are suggested to the Wanda Cemetery Association. Apfel Funeral Home is assisting...
Harold Roach
Sep 26, 2022
Harold Roach, 91, of Doniphan, NE passed away on Monday, September 26, 2022 at Prairie Winds Assisted Living in Doniphan, NE.
Memorial services will be at 10:30 AM Friday, September 30, 2022 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Doniphan with Pastor Tyler Hauptmeier officiating. Burial of ashes with military honors will follow in the Cedarview Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5...
Janice Sperling
Sep 26, 2022
Janice Sperling, 62, of Grand Island, passed away Monday, September 26, 2022, at CHI St. Francis in Grand Island. Servic will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, October 3, 2022, at Messiah Lutheran Church in Grand Island. Pastor Steven Peeler will officiate. Burial will be in the Grand Island City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3:00-6:00 p.m. Sunday at Apfel Funeral...
Dianne D. Parker (Reisinger)
Sep 26, 2022
Dianne D. Parker (Reisinger), 63, of Grand Island died Monday, September 26, 2022, at Emerald Nursing Care at Lakeview in Grand Island.
Memorial services will be at 1:00 PM on Thursday, October 6th at the New Life Community Church in Grand Island. The Rev. Sean Amen will officiate. Inurnment will be in the Aurora Cemetery at Aurora, NE.
Dianne’s family will receive...
Lyle Fred Stearley
Sep 25, 2022
Lyle Fred Stearley, 97, formerly of Shelton, NE passed away on Sunday, September 25, 2022 at CHI Health St. Francis in Grand Island.
Visitation will be from 12:00 to 1:30 PM on Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. Burial with military honors will follow at 2 PM in the Shelton Cemetery. A memorial fund has been...
Angelica "Angie" Lemburg
Sep 25, 2022
Angelica Marie Lemburg, known to her friends as Angie, was born in Hastings, NE, on January 6, 1998, and left this world for her heavenly home on September 25, 2022, at Durham, NC.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 AM, Saturday October 8 at Berean Bible Church in Grand Island. Visitation will be from 4-7 PM on Friday at the church....
George J Uden
Sep 17, 2022
George J. Uden, 93, of Juniata, NE went to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, September 17, 2022, while in Kenesaw. Funeral service will be 10:30 AM Thursday, September 22, 2022, at Christ Lutheran Church of Juniata with Pastor David Loeschen officiating. Burial will follow at the Concordia Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 PM Wednesday at the...
Ernest "Ernie" Thayer
Sep 15, 2022
Ernest James Thayer (Ernie) 87, went to be with the Lord on September 15th, 2022, in Grand Island, Nebraska. Services will be Wednesday, September 21st, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church at 10:30am in Grand Island. Pastor Jeff Pedersen will officiate. Private Family burial will be in the Grand Island City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5pm-7pm Tuesday at Apfel Funeral...
Carolyn Yvonne Poore
Sep 14, 2022
Carolyn “Carol” Y. Poore, 79, of Hastings passed away Wednesday, September 14, 2022, at Mary Lanning Healthcare surrounded by her family. Memorial service will be 10:30 AM Saturday, September 24, 2022, at Apfel Funeral Home in Hastings with Chaplain John Mueller officiating. Interment will be in the Sunset Memorial Gardens in Hastings. Memorial are suggested to the family for later...
John "Ozzie" Budd
Sep 12, 2022
John “Ozzie” Budd, 90, of Hastings died September 12, 2022, at his home. Funeral Services will be Tuesday, September 20, 2022, at 1:00 PM with Pastor Lance Clay officiating. Interment will follow in Parkview Cemetery.
Ozzie was born on July 27, 1932, in Minden, NE to John and Esther (Christensen) Budd. He grew up in Kenesaw and received his education at...
Barbara "Barb" Mctavish
Sep 11, 2022
Barbara (Mazour) McTavish of Wood River passed away at her home, surrounded by her husband and daughters, on September 11, 2022 at the age of 69 after a courageous battle with ovarian cancer.
Barb was born in Hastings, Nebraska on October 7, 1952 to Ervin and Mary Erma (Gilsdorf) Mazour. She was the 3rd of 6 children, and the only daughter....
Anne Bratton (Fairbanks) Bohlke
Sep 10, 2022
Anne Bratton (Fairbanks) Bohlke died September 10th at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital due
to complications after suffering a stroke.
Anne Capehart Bratton was born May 10th, 1944, in Rockville Center, New York, to Jean
Clarahan Bratton and Francis Howard Bratton.
She graduated from high school in Northfield, Minnesota, and earned a bachelor’s degree in
English from Carleton College in Minnesota in 1966. She earned her...
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