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Donald L.  Weavers

Donald L. Weavers

Aug 31, 2020

Donald L. Weavers, 77, of Doniphan, NE died August 31, 2020 at CHI Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. A private family funeral service will be held and burial in the Rosedale Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 PM Thursday, September 3, 2020 at the Rosedale United Methodist Church. To protect those at high risk for Covid-19 attendees are all...

Tammy Michele Rodriguez

Tammy Michele Rodriguez

Aug 31, 2020

Hastings resident Tammy M. Rodriguez, 49, passed away, Monday, August 31, 2020 at her home. Services will be Saturday, September 5, 2020 at 12 noon at the Chautauqua Park Pavilion, Hastings, NE with Major Abe Tamayo. Burial will be at a later date. Apfel Funeral Home is in care of the family. Condolences may be sent to the family from...

Mary Ann Keeshan

Mary Ann Keeshan

Aug 31, 2020

Mary Ann Keeshan, 83, of Tool, TX died Monday, August 31, 2020 at Bryan Medical Center in Lincoln. The funeral will be at 10:00 a.m., Friday, September 4, 2020 at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Grand Island with Father Jim Golka officiating. Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m. with a Parish Rosary at 9:30 a.m. on Friday. Burial is at the...

Larry  Gene Wing

Larry Gene Wing

Aug 30, 2020

Larry Gene Wing, 82, of Boelus departed this world August 30, 2020 at CHI St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lincoln, NE. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 AM Saturday, September 5, 2020 at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Grand Island with Father Martin Egging celebrating. Visitation at the church will be 5-6 PM Friday with a vigil service at 6:00...

Kathryn Klausen

Kathryn Klausen

Aug 30, 2020

With deep sorrow the family of Kathryn Klausen mourns her passing, at home in Boelus, NE at the age of 92. A family memorial will be held at a later date. Apfel Funeral Home is assisting the family. Kathryn attended Boelus High School and graduated from St. Francis School of Nursing in Grand Island. She was united in marriage to...

Loretta A. Meier

Loretta A. Meier

Aug 29, 2020

Loretta A. Meier, 86, of Grand Island died Saturday, August 29, 2020, at her home in Grand Island. Funeral services will be at 10:30 AM Wednesday at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. The Rev. Martin Egging will officiate. CDC guidelines will be followed regarding social distancing and face masks are required at both the visitation and funeral service. Burial will be...

Betty Jo Price

Betty Jo Price

Aug 28, 2020

Betty Jo Price (Ehrenberg), 80, of Grand Island, calmly passed away surrounded by loved ones, on Friday, August 28, 2020, at Emerald Healthcare at Lakeview in Grand Island, following a courageous battle with cancer. Services will be at 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. Chaplain Jay Towell will officiate. CDC guidelines will be followed regarding...

Jerry Lynn Chamberlain

Jerry Lynn Chamberlain

Aug 27, 2020

Glenvil resident, Jerry L. Chamberlain, 68, passed away August 27, 2020 at his home after a 4-year fight with cancer. Services will be 10:30 am, August 31, 2020 at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Glenvil, NE with Pastor Rob Garton officiating. The service will be live streamed from the Immanuel Lutheran Church Facebook page and the Apfel Funeral Home Facebook...

Orville Arthur Wiese

Orville Arthur Wiese

Aug 25, 2020

Kenesaw resident, Orville Arthur Wiese, 70 passed away Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at his home. Services will be Friday, August 28, 2020 at 11 am at the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Kenesaw with Pastor Paul Duffy officiating. Visitation will be Thursday, August 27, 2020 from 5 pm to 7 pm, with family present at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Kenesaw....

Ruth Helen Cermak

Ruth Helen Cermak

Aug 22, 2020

Hastings resident, Ruth Helen Cermak, 84, passed away, Saturday, August 22, 2020. Services will be Friday, August 28, 2020 at 10 am at St. Cecilia's Catholic Church, Hastings with Father Christopher Kubat officiating. Rosary will be Thursday, August 27, 2020 at 7 PM at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel, Hastings. Visitation will be Thursday, August 27 from 4 pm to...

Bobby G Ranard

Bobby G Ranard

Aug 22, 2020

Bobby G. Ranard, 92 Bobby G. Ranard passed away calmly and peacefully at his home in Grand Island on Saturday, August 22nd, 2020, just six days after celebrating his 92nd birthday. Bobby Gene was born on August 16, 1928 to Oren L. and Mabel G. (Pitts) Ranard at their family home in Giltner, Nebraska. He was baptized at a young...

Vicki Lynn Peshoff

Vicki Lynn Peshoff

Aug 18, 2020

Hastings resident, Vicki Lynn Peshoff, 71, passed away, Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at her home. There will be no service, no visitation. Burial will be in the Kelly Cemetery, Kelly North Carolina. Condolences may be sent to the family from www.apfelfuneralhome.com. Apfel Funeral Home, Hastings is in care of the family. Memorials may be given to the family. Vicki was...

Warren Earl Schomburg

Warren Earl Schomburg

Aug 15, 2020

Warren E. Schomburg, age 91, of Shelton, passed away Saturday, August 15, 2020 at Kearney Regional Medical Center. Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:30 am, Thursday, August 20, 2020 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Shelton with Father Jorge Canela officiating. Interment will follow at Riverside Cemetery in Gibbon. Visitation will be 5-7 PM Wednesday at the church...

Dorothey "Dora" Hefner

Dorothey "Dora" Hefner

Aug 13, 2020

Dorothey I. Hefner, 89, of Alda, NE died August 13, 2020 at Mary Lanning Hospital in Hastings, NE. Memorials are suggested to the family for later designation. Dorothey “Dora” was born October 12, 1930, in Grand Island, NE to Edward and Florence (Crowe) Whitefoot. She grew up in Boelus and Grand Island. In 1949, Dorothey graduated from Grand Island Senior...

Arlene Theresa Kramer

Arlene Theresa Kramer

Aug 11, 2020

Arlene Theresa Kramer, 77, of Grand Island, NE passed away on Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at CHI St. Francis in Grand Island. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday, August 15, 2020 at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church with Fr. Martin Egging officiating. Burial will follow in the Westlawn Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 PM to 7...

Nita J. Ruzicka

Nita J. Ruzicka

Aug 10, 2020

Nita June (Bolles) Ruzicka, 87, of St. Paul, NE passed away Monday, August 10, 2020 at Brookfield Park in St. Paul, NE. Nita was born June 9, 1933 in Cairo, NE to parents Francis and Alice (Ooley) Bolles. Nita and her sister were one of three sets of twins among ten children. Nita attended school in Wood River, NE graduating...

Dorothy Aubushon

Dorothy Aubushon

Aug 2, 2020

Dorothy (Dot) G. Aubushon, went home to be with the Lord in the early hours of Sunday August 2, 2020, days before her 82nd birthday. Born in south west Ashton, Nebraska on August 7, 1938, Dorothy was the first of 4 daughters of Elisabeth (Liz) and Stanley (Stan) Roschynialski. After completing High School, Dorothy got an office job at the...

Timothy Scott Shaw

Timothy Scott Shaw

Jul 31, 2020

Holstein resident Timothy “Tim” Scott Shaw, 53, passed away Friday, July 31, 2020 at Kearney Good Samaritan Hospital, Kearney, NE. Service will be Thursday, August 6, 2020 at 10:30 am at the Holstein Grace United Methodist Church, Holstein, NE with Pastor Kathy Uldrich officiating. Burial will be in the Holstein Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday, August 5, 2020 from 4...

Robert C. Schneider

Robert C. Schneider

Jul 31, 2020

Robert Charles Schneider, 88, of Grand Island, NE passed away on July 31, 2020 at CHI St. Francis in Grand Island, NE. Memorial services will be 10:30 AM, Saturday, September 26th, 2020 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Island, NE with Bishop Duane Fuller officiating. Memorials can be made to ASPCA or donor’s choice. To...

Bea Mayhew

Bea Mayhew

Jul 31, 2020

Bertha “Bea” D. Mayhew, 92, of Grand Island, passed away on Friday, July 31, 2020, at CHI St. Francis Skilled Care. Service will be 10:30 AM, Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Grand Island with Reverend Bill Pavuk officiating. Bea’s service will be live streamed on St. Pauls Lutheran Church’s Facebook page. Burial will follow at...

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