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Wilma Jean Kennedy

Wilma Jean Kennedy

Sep 20, 2019

Hastings resident, Wilma Jean Kennedy, 84 passed away, Friday, September 20, 2019. Graveside memorial service will be 10:00 AM, June 28, 2021, at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings, NE. Wilma was born May 6, 1935 to Jacob and Clara (Kottwitz) Lofing in Hastings. She graduated from Hastings High in 1953. She married Robert C. Kennedy on June 28, 1953 at Zion...

David R. Schliefert

David R. Schliefert

Sep 16, 2019

David Roy Schliefert, 56, of Grand Island died Monday, Sept. 16, 2019, at his home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. Burial will be at Geneva Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour before services at the funeral home. —— David was born on May 30, 1963, at Ames, Iowa, to Mervyn and...

Norbert D. Dorszynski

Norbert D. Dorszynski

Sep 15, 2019

Norbert Dorszynski, 92, of Grand Island died Sunday, September 15, 2019 at Matelyn Retirement Community in St. Paul, NE. Funeral Mass will be 2:00 pm Thursday, September 19, 2019 at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church with Father Martin Egging celebrating. Burial with military honors will follow at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. A vigil will be held Wednesday from 5-7 pm at...

Vodis Dahlke

Vodis Dahlke

Sep 14, 2019

Vodis Dahlke, 93, formerly of Grand Island, died Saturday, September 14, 2019 at Sumner Place in Lincoln, NE. Memorial service will be 1:00 pm Friday, October 4, 2019 at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island with Pastor Trudy Hanke officiating. Inurnment will follow at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 11:30 until service time on Friday. Online condolences...

Shirley E. Graper

Shirley E. Graper

Sep 9, 2019

Shirley E. Graper, 91, of Wood River died September 9, 2019 at the Central Nebraska Veterans Home in Kearney. Memorial services will be 9:30 AM Thursday, September 19, 2019 at the Central Nebraska Veterans Home Chapel with pastor Michael Koenig officiating. Inurnment will be in the Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Grand Island. Shirley was born on January 18, 1928...

Bernice Bea Southard

Bernice Bea Southard

Sep 7, 2019

Bernice “Bea” Southard, 99, of Grand Island, NE died on September 7, 2019 at Tiffany Square. Funeral service will be 10:30 AM Monday, September 16, 2019 at Apfel Funeral Home with Matthew Nordin officiating. Burial be at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 2-4 PM Sunday, September 15, 2019. Memorials are suggested to the Grand Island...

Milton G. Schroeder

Milton G. Schroeder

Sep 6, 2019

Milton Gates Schroeder, of Shelton, NE, a Korean War veteran and dedicated family man, died September 6, 2019 at the age of 92. Mr. Schroeder, widely known and respected for his welding and machinist skills, recently received hip surgery and had developed pneumonia. He passed on peacefully at the VA Hospital in Omaha surrounded by his family. Funeral services will...

Marvin C. Kent

Marvin C. Kent

Sep 5, 2019

Omaha resident, Marvin C. Kent, 93, passed away, Thursday, September 5, 2019 at CHI Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, NE. Services will be Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at 11 AM at First St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Hastings with Rev. Joel Remmers officiating, visitation will be one hour before service time at the church. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery with...

Lavonne "Vonnie" Nelson

Lavonne "Vonnie" Nelson

Sep 5, 2019

LaVonne “Vonnie” Nelson, 85, of Grand Island, died Thursday, September 5, 2019 at the Good Samaritan Society in Grand Island. Memorial services will be11 AM Monday, September 16, 2019 at the First Presbyterian Church in Grand Island with Rev. Lisa Ewald officiating. Inurnment will take place at the church columbarium. Memorials are suggested to the First Presbyterian Church or the...

Doris M. Rouse

Doris M. Rouse

Sep 3, 2019

Doris M. Rouse, 91, of Doniphan, died Tuesday September 3, 2019, at CHI Health St. Francis in Grand Island. Funeral services will be at 11:00 A.M. Monday at the Doniphan United Methodist Church. The Rev. Tessa Zehring will officiate. Cremation will take place following the services and inurnment will be in Cedarview Cemetery at a later date. Visitation will be...

Lyle  V. Myers

Lyle V. Myers

Sep 2, 2019

Hastings resident, Lyle V. Myers, 74, passed away Monday, September 2, 2019 at Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare Hospital. Memorial service will be Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 10 am at North Shore Assembly of God Church with Pastor Mel Johnson and Pastor Chris Johnson officiating. Book signing will be Wednesday, September 4, 2019 with family present from 4 pm to...

Letha "Jeanie" Mcintosh

Letha "Jeanie" Mcintosh

Aug 30, 2019

Letha J “Jeanie” McIntosh, 62, of Alda Nebraska died Friday August 30, 2019 at CHI St. Francis in Grand Island, Nebraska after a difficult battle with pancreatic cancer. Funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 4, 2019, at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island with Pastor Trudy Hanke officiating. Burial will follow at the Alda Cemetery, with a...

Novella Eilane Brooks

Novella Eilane Brooks

Aug 29, 2019

Juniata resident, Novella E. Brooks ,78, passed away, Thursday, August 29, 2019 at Bryan LGH West Hospital, Lincoln, Nebraska. Services will be Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at 11am at the Juniata Community Church, Juniata, Nebraska with Rev. Tom Murray officiating. Burial will be held at a later date at Arlington National Cemetery next to her husband Rolland. Book signing will...

Dale J. Rohweder

Dale J. Rohweder

Aug 27, 2019

Dale J. Rohweder, 83, of Grand Island died Tuesday, August 27, 2019, at his home in Grand Island. A celebration of Dale’s life will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Grand Island. The Rev. Daniel Bremer will officiate. Inurnment will take place at a later date in the Grand Island Cemetery. The family will receive...

Vena D. Pace

Vena D. Pace

Aug 25, 2019

Vena (Underhill) Pace, 96, of Grand Island died on Sunday, August 25, 2019 at Wedgewood Care Center. Funeral services will be 10:30 AM Thursday, August 29 at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island with Rev. Kelly Karges officiating. Burial will follow at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 5-7 PM Wednesday, August 28th at Apfel Funeral Home. Memorials are...

Koryoom Rial

Koryoom Rial

Aug 23, 2019

Koryoom Rial, 21, of Hastings, NE passed away at home on August 23, 2019. Funeral service will be 10:00 am Saturday, September 7, 2019 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 212 W. 22nd St Grand Island, NE. Bishop Duane Fuller will officiate. Burial will follow at the Grand Island City Cemetery. After the burial, a special memorial...

Lowell  E. Kohtz

Lowell E. Kohtz

Aug 23, 2019

Lowell Edward Kohtz, 97, of Grand Island passed away on Friday, August 23, 2019 at the Central Nebraska Veterans Home in Kearney. Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island with Reverend Daniel Bremer officiating. Burial will follow at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 5-7 pm at Apfel Funeral...

Robert "Bob" Sorensen

Robert "Bob" Sorensen

Aug 22, 2019

Robert (Bob) P. Sorensen 86, of Shelton died August 22, 2019. Memorial services are 10:30 AM Saturday, September 7, 2019 at the Shelton United Methodist Church with Pastor Carla Gunn officiating. Inurnment will follow at the Shelton Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 PM on Friday, September 6th at the Shelton United Methodist Church. Bob was born December 27, 1932...

Barbara L. Eilts

Barbara L. Eilts

Aug 20, 2019

BARBARA LOUISE (JOHANNSEN) EILTS – was born at the Century Family farm at Harlan, Iowa on August 5, 1938. Daughter of Arnold and Maxine (Koos) Johannsen. Baptized and confirmed at the Peace Evangelical and Reformed Church at Walnut, Iowa. Attended Jackson #9 and Monroe #2 country schools in Shelby County and graduated from Harlan High School in l956. Active in...

Myrna M Roach

Myrna M Roach

Aug 20, 2019

Myrna M. Roach, 79, of Doniphan died August 20, 2019 at Prairie Winds Nursing Home in Doniphan. Memorial services will be 10:30 AM Saturday, August 24, 2019 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Doniphan with pastor Tyler Hauptmeier officiating. Inurnment will be in the Cedarview Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 PM Friday, August 23 at Apfel Funeral...

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