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Harold "Red" G. Ahrens
Jan 25, 2019
Harold G. “Red” Ahrens, 94, of Grand Island died Friday, January 25, 2019, at CHI Health, St. Francis, Grand Island. Graveside services will be at 11:00 AM Wednesday, January 30, 2019, at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Island. There will be no visitation. Memorials are suggested to donor’s choice. Apfel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Ahrens was...
Ralph E. Wilhelmi
Jan 22, 2019
Ralph E. Wilhelmi, 79, of Grand Island died Tuesday, January 22, 2019, at CHI Health St. Francis Skilled Care. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday January 26, 2019 at St. Pauls Lutheran Church. The Rev. Edgar Schambach will officiate. Burial will be in the Grand Island Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Apfel Funeral...
Carol Jean Johnson
Jan 21, 2019
Hastings resident, Carol Jean Johnson, 86, passed away at Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare, Hastings. Services will be Saturday, January 26, 2019 at 9 am at the First United Methodist Church, Hastings with Reverend Richard Savage officiating. Burial will be in the Minden Cemetery, Minden at 11:30 am, following the service. Visitation will be Friday, January 25, 2019 from 7 pm...
Lyle E Juett
Jan 16, 2019
Lyle E. Juett, 90, of Grand Island, died Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at Lancaster Rehabilitation Center in Lincoln, NE. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday January 21, 2019 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Grand Island with Pastor Adam Snoberger officiating. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Sunday January 20, 2019 at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. Memorials are suggested...
Barbara A. Hayden
Jan 12, 2019
Barbara Ann Hayden, 77, was called to her heavenly home on January 12, 2019. She left this world at Good Samaritan Center in Wood River where she has lived for the past several years. Memorial service will be 10:30 am Friday, January 18, 2019, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Wood River with Father Paul Colling celebrating. Burial will follow...
Ronald Lavern Haubold
Jan 6, 2019
Former Hastings resident, Ronald LaVern Haubold, 70, passed away, Wednesday, January 6, 2019 at Paradise Valley Hospital, in National City, CA. Memorial service will be Thursday, April 18, 2019 at 10:30 am at Peace Lutheran Church. Private family burial will take place at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Hastings, NE with military rites by the Hastings Veterans Association. Apfel Funeral Home, Hastings...
Joan M. Bushhousen
Jan 5, 2019
Joan M. Bushhousen, 86, of Grand Island died Saturday, January 5, 2019, at her home. Funeral services will be at 11:00 am on Thursday at Apfel Funeral Home- Grand Island. The Rev. Kelly Karges will officiate. Burial will be in the Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10:00am until service time on Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials...
Merlin H. Rathman
Jan 3, 2019
Merlin Henry Rathman, age 94, of Wood River, Nebraska died Thursday, January 3, 2019 at Good Samaritan Village in Grand Island with family by his side. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, January 9, 2019 at First United Methodist Church, Wood River, with the Rev. Trudy Hanke and Pastor Darrel Holzinger officiating. Burial will be in Wood River Cemetery, Wood...
David A. Hescock
Dec 31, 2018
David A. Hescock, 68, of Harvard, NE. died December 31, 2018 at Mary Lanning Healthcare in Hastings. Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday January 4, 2019 at Apfel Funeral Home Chapel with the Bishop Duane Fuller officiating. Burial of ashes will be in Grand Island Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the family. David was born on October 5, 1950...
Ladonna Rae Payne
Dec 28, 2018
LaDonna Rae Payne, 85, of Grand Island died Friday December 28, 2018 at CHI Health St. Francis in Grand Island. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Friday January 4, 2019 at First Christian Church in Grand Island with the Reverend Julie Western officiating. Burial will be at the Grand Island Cemetery. Visitation hours will be 4-7 p.m. Thursday January 3,...
Gary L. Wiese
Dec 28, 2018
Gary L. Wiese, 81 of Wood River, died Friday, December 28, 2018 at CHI Health St. Francis, Grand Island. Services will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, January 3, 2019 at Grace Lutheran Church, Wood River. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Island, NE. Visitation hours will be 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at the church in Wood...
Thelma M. Spiehs
Dec 24, 2018
Thelma Spiehs, 95, of Grand Island passed away Monday, December 24, 2018, at Good Samaritan Society in Grand Island. Funeral service will be 11: 00 AM Friday, December 28, 2018, at Apfel Funeral Home. The Reverend Mark Oberbeck will officiate. Burial will be at Grand Island City Cemetery. Visitation will start at 9:30 AM until service time on Friday. Memorials...
Zona Belle King
Dec 24, 2018
Hastings resident Zona Belle King, 83 passed away Monday, December 24, 2018 at Perkins Pavilion, Good Samaritan Society, Hastings-Village. Services will be Saturday, January 5, 2019 at 2 PM at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel, Hastings. Visitation will be one hour prior to service time. Burial will be in the Glenvil Cemetery, Glenvil, Nebraska. Apfel Funeral Home, Hastings is in...
Pamela Jean Morris
Dec 24, 2018
Hastings resident, Pamela J. Morris, 70, passed away December 24, 2018 at Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare, Hastings. Family graveside service will be Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 11am at Parkview Cemetery, Hastings with Rev. Joel Remmers officiating. Inurnment will be at Parkview Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Hastings Food Pantry. Condolences may be given to the family from www.apfelfuneralhome.com. Apfel...
Ricky John Reha Ii
Dec 23, 2018
Ricky John Reha II, 17, of Grand Island, NE. died at home on December 23, 2018. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday December 29, 2018 at Apfel Funeral Home Chapel in Grand Island with the Reverend Dave Clark officiating. Interment will be at the Grand Island Cemetery. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Friday December 28, 2018 at the funeral...
Louis D. Jankovitz
Dec 19, 2018
Louis D. Jankovitz, 89, of Grand Island died Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at Good Samaritan Society, Grand Island. Memorial services are planned for Memorial Day weekend, Saturday May 25, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at Apfel Funeral Home, Grand Island with the Rev. Michael Reiners officiating. Inurnment will be in Grand Island Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Memorials are suggested...
Brian C. Merithew
Dec 17, 2018
Brian Merithew, 61, of Grand Island, died December 17, 2018 at his home. Memorial service will be 1:00 PM Saturday, December 29, 2018, at Apfel Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to the family for later designation. Online condolences may be directed to www.apfelfuneralhome.com. Brian C. Merithew was born on December 16, 1957 in Grand Island Ne, to Charles and Shirley...
Kirk J. Nelson
Dec 17, 2018
Kirk Jon Nelson, 53, formerly of Grand Island, entered eternal life peacefully on Monday, December 17th, 2018 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. Kirk was born on December 21st, 1964 in Lincoln, Nebraska the son of Dennis P. & Judith J. (Bauer) Nelson. He grew up in Kearney until the Nelson family moved to Grand Island in 1973. Kirk...
Larry E. Hescock
Dec 16, 2018
Larry Edward Hescock, 71 of Fairfield, Nebraska passed away on December 16, 2018, at Mary Lanning Healthcare in Hastings surrounded by his family. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday December 20th, 2018 at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island, Nebraska. Elder Jeff Hayman of The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints will officiate. Larry was born in...
Lavonne "Bonnie" Beverly Fitzke
Dec 16, 2018
Harvard resident, LaVonne Beverly “Bonnie” (Rath) Fitzke, 82, passed away Sunday, December 16, 2018 at Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare. Services will be Thursday, December 20, 2018 at 10 am at the First United Methodist Church, Harvard with Dorothy Aspegren officiating. Burial will be in the Harvard Cemetery, Harvard. Visitation will be Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at 5-8pm at the First...
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