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Samuel M. Forney

Samuel M. Forney

Sep 16, 2018

Harvard resident, Samuel M. Forney III, 65, passed away Sunday, September 16, 2018 at his home. Services will be Friday, September 21, 2018 at 2:30pm at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel, Hastings. Visitation will be Friday, September 21, 2018 from 10-2:30PM at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel, Hastings. Burial will be at a later date. Condolences may be sent to...

Wayne T. Peper

Wayne T. Peper

Sep 15, 2018

Hastings resident, Wayne T. Peper, 70, passed away September 15, 2018 at Wedgewood Care Center in Grand Island, Nebraska. Funeral services will be Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 2pm at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel, Hastings with Pastor Dustin Bower officiating. With Military rites by Veterans Services of Hastings. Visitation will be Wednesday, September 19, 2018 from 1:30-7:30pm with the...

Charlene L.  Weber

Charlene L. Weber

Sep 14, 2018

Charlene L. (Knecht) Weber, 64, of Aurora, died Friday September 14, 2018 at CHI Health St. Francis in Grand Island. Apfel Funeral Home is caring for the family. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. on Thursday September 20, 2018 at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel in Grand Island, with Rev. Wayne Oblender officiating. Family will gather to...

Audrey B. Hoch

Audrey B. Hoch

Sep 13, 2018

Audrey B. Hoch, 92, of Grand Island died Thursday September 13, 2018 at Good Samaritan Society in Grand Island. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. on Monday, September 17, 2018 at St. Leo’s Catholic Church in Grand Island with the Most Reverend William J. Dendinger officiating. Burial will be in the Grand Island Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:30...

Jennifer L. Koehler

Jennifer L. Koehler

Sep 13, 2018

Jennifer Koehler, 44, of Lincoln, died Thursday, September 13, 2018, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha surrounded by all of her family. Service will be at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, September 18, 2018, at the First United Methodist Church in Wood River with Pastor Trudy Hanke officiating. Private family interment will be at a later time. Visitation...

Mitchell D. Meier

Mitchell D. Meier

Sep 11, 2018

Mitchell D. Meier, 32, of Omaha, died Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at Methodist Medical Center in Omaha. Services will be at 10:30 am on Monday, September 17, 2018 at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Grand Island with Father Martin Egging officiating. Interment will be at Westlawn Cemetery in Grand Island. Visitation will be on Sunday evening from 4 to 6...

Deeanna "Dee" R.  Hinkle

Deeanna "Dee" R. Hinkle

Sep 10, 2018

DeeAnna “Dee” R. Hinkle, 74, of Grand Island died Monday, September 10, 2018, at CHI Health St. Francis in Grand Island. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, September 20th at Apfel Funeral Home. Derek Apfel, CFC will officiate. Burial will be in the Grand Island Cemetery. Dee’s request was for those attending her funeral service to dress casually....

Carol J. Zaugg

Carol J. Zaugg

Sep 8, 2018

Carol Zaugg, 74, of Grand Island died Friday, September 7, 2018, at her home. A gathering of family and friends will be 6-8 PM Tuesday, September 11, 2018, at Apfel Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to the family for later designation. Online condolences may be directed to www.apfelfuneralhome.com. Carol was born on May 23, 1944 in Winner, SD to Bernhard...

Edna V. Maixner

Edna V. Maixner

Sep 8, 2018

Edna Violet Maixner, 86, of Cairo, NE died September 8, 2018 at Lincoln Heart Hospital. Funeral services will be Thursday, September 13th at 10:30AM at the First Baptist church in Cairo with Pastor Jack Boling officiating. Interment will be in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Visitation will be held at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island on Wednesday, September 12th from 4PM...

Randy L. Mohr

Randy L. Mohr

Aug 28, 2018

Kenesaw resident, Randy L. Mohr, 66, passed away, Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at Premier Estates, Kenesaw. Memorial service will be Tuesday, September 4, 2018 at 10:30 am, at the Grace United Methodist Church, Holstein. With Rev. Kathy Uldrich officiating. Burial will be in the Roseland Community Cemetery, Roseland. There will be no visitation, Randy’s wishes were to be cremated. Condolences...

Michael D. Jones

Michael D. Jones

Aug 27, 2018

Michael D. Jones, 64, of Grand Island, died peacefully Monday, August 27, 2018, at CHI Health, St. Francis Medical Center. Memorial services will be 11:00 AM Thursday, August 30, 2018, at Apfel Funeral Home with Jay Towell officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Grand Island Public Library. Online condolences may be directed to www.apfelfuneralhome.com. Michael was...

Terry Patrick Gallagher

Terry Patrick Gallagher

Aug 26, 2018

Terry P. Gallagher, 76 of Cairo, Nebraska died Sunday, August 26, 2018 at his home in Cairo. Memorial service will be Thursday August 30, 2018, 10:30 a.m. at Cairo United Methodist Church with the Rev. Cathryn Love officiating. Family requests in memory of Terry, to please dress comfortably. The family will be receiving family and friends 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at...

Dennis L. Mason

Dennis L. Mason

Aug 20, 2018

Dennis L. Mason, 54, of Grand Island, died Monday, August 20, 2018, at his home. Funeral service will be 11:00 AM Monday, August 27, 2018, at Apfel Funeral Home with the Rev. Cathryn Love officiating. Burial will be in Burkett Cemetery- Grand Island Veterans Home with military honors. Visitation will be 1 hour prior to the service. Memorials are suggested...

Robert "Bob" Streeter

Robert "Bob" Streeter

Aug 19, 2018

Robert “Bob” W. Streeter, 76, of Grand Island died Sunday, August 19, 2018, at CHI St. Francis Medical Center. Funeral service will be 11 AM Friday, August 24, 2018, at Apfel Funeral Home with Pastor Cathryn Love officiating. Inurnment will be at a later date. Visitation will be 2 hours prior to service on Friday. Memorials are suggested to the...

Adeline Elizabeth Perez

Adeline Elizabeth Perez

Aug 18, 2018

Adeline Elizabeth Perez was born sleeping on August 18, 2018, at CHI St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island. Memorial service will be 10:30 AM Wednesday, August 22, 2018, at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. Pastor Mark Oberbeck will officiate. Adeline is survived by her parents: Tyler and Chelsea (Streit) Perez of Cairo, NE, sisters: Alexis Perez and Coraline...

Alfreda J. Baker

Alfreda J. Baker

Aug 18, 2018

Alfreda J. Baker, 90, of Grand Island passed away Saturday, August 18, 2018, at Brookefield Park nursing home in St. Paul, NE. Funeral service will be 10:30 AM Saturday, August 25, 2018, at First Presbyterian Church in Grand Island with Pastor Gary Smith officiating. Entombment will follow at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 1 hour prior to the...

Kathy Quackenbush

Kathy Quackenbush

Aug 18, 2018

Former Kenesaw resident, Kathy Quackenbush, 84, passed away Saturday, August 18, 2018 at Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare, Hastings. Memorial services will be Saturday, August 25, 2018 at 3:30 pm at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel, Hastings with Rev. Dr. Lee Wigert officiating there will be Acacia Eastern Star Rights. Book signing will be Friday, August 24, 2018 from 4 pm...

Clara Maxine Perkins

Clara Maxine Perkins

Aug 17, 2018

Former Hastings resident, Clara “Maxine” Perkins, 85, passed away Friday, August 17, 2018 at the Blue Hill Care Center, Blue Hill, NE. Memorial services will be Saturday, September 1, 2018 at 1 pm at the First Christian Church, Hastings with Pastor Dustin Bower officiating. Burial will be at a later date in Greenville Mount Auburn Cemetery in Greenville, Illinois. There...

Willard M. Claussen

Willard M. Claussen

Aug 16, 2018

Willard M. Claussen, 93, of Grand Island died Thursday, August 16, 2018, at Park Place in Grand Island. Funeral service will be 11:00 AM Thursday, August 23, 2018, at Apfel Funeral Home. The Reverend Gary Smith will officiate. Burial with military honors will follow at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 PM Wednesday at Apfel Funeral Home....

Betty Jane Kelly

Betty Jane Kelly

Aug 10, 2018

Betty J. Kelly, 93, of Grand Island, Nebraska died Friday August 10, 2018 at Wedgewood Care Center in Grand Island. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday August 15, 2018 at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel in Grand Island with Derek Apfel officiating. Inurnment will be at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 5 to 7 P.M....

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