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Barbara A. Jackson

Barbara A. Jackson

Dec 9, 2017

Hastings resident, Barbara A. (Smiley) Jackson, 89 passed away, Saturday, December 9, 2017 at Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare, Hastings. Services will be 2 pm, Thursday, December 14, 2017 at the First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Greg Allen Pickett officiating. Burial will be at a later date. Visitation will be Wednesday, December 13, 2017 from 4 pm to 8 pm at...

Nancy Mattson

Nancy Mattson

Dec 9, 2017

Nancy J Mattson, 71, of Grand Island died Saturday, December 9, 2017, at CHI St. Francis Hospital, surrounded by her loving family, following a courageous battle with cancer. Prior to the funeral service on Wednesday, December 13, 2017, there will be a luncheon at the Harmony Room, 315 N. Wheeler Grand Island between 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. The funeral...

Inez "Lynne" Baade

Inez "Lynne" Baade

Dec 8, 2017

Inez Baade, 84, of Grand Island and formerly of Prague, NE, died Friday, December 8, 2017, at CHI St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island. Funeral service will be 1:00 PM Thursday, December 14, 2017, at Apfel Funeral Home. Pastor Mark Oberbeck will officiate. Burial will be at a later time. Visitation will start at 11:00 AM on Thursday. Memorials...

Bradley Charles Marousek

Bradley Charles Marousek

Dec 6, 2017

Bradley Charles Marousek, 27 of Grand Island died Wednesday, December 6, 2017. Memorial services will be 11:00 A.M, Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island with the Rev. Chris Johnson officiating. Memorials are suggested to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Apfel Funeral Home is caring for the family. Bradley Charles Marousek was born, October 27,...

Lois Marie Slade

Lois Marie Slade

Dec 6, 2017

Hastings resident, Lois Marie Crandell Slade, 75, passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at her home. Services will be Monday, December 11th, 2017 at 11am at Apfel Funeral Home Chapel, Hastings, with Derek Apfel officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Sunday, December 10th, 2017 from 4-8pm at Apfel Funeral Home with family present, Hastings and...

Dora M. Hermann

Dora M. Hermann

Dec 5, 2017

Former Juniata resident, Dora M. Hermann, 91, passed away Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare, Hastings. Services will be Saturday, December 9, 2017 at 10:30 AM at the Christ Lutheran Church, rural Juniata with Rev. Paul Dunbar officiating. Burial will be in the Concordia Cemetery, rural Juniata. Visitation will be Friday, December 8, 2017 from 4 pm...

Donald L. Valalik

Donald L. Valalik

Dec 4, 2017

Donald L. Valalik, 66, of Grand Island, died Monday, December 04, 2017 at his home. Graveside memorial services will be at 1:00 P.M. Monday the Grand Island Cemetery with Derek Apfel officiating. Memorials are suggested to the Kidney Foundation. Apfel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements

Daniel E. Ohlman

Daniel E. Ohlman

Dec 3, 2017

Daniel E. Ohlman, 67, of Alda, previously of Shelton, died peacefully surrounded by his wife and children on Sunday, December 3, 2017 at the V.A. Medical Center, Grand Island. Funeral Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Friday December 8, at St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Shelton with the Reverend Ron Krause officiating. Inurnment will be at Shelton Cemetery at a...

Gladys Helen Jungert

Gladys Helen Jungert

Dec 2, 2017

Hastings resident, Gladys Helen Hartman Cornell Jungert, 93, passed away Saturday, December 2, 2017 at her home. Services will be Thursday, December 7, 2017 at 10:30am at First St. Pauls Lutheran Church, Hastings with Rev. Joel Remmers officiating. Burial will be at 3 pm, Thursday, December 7, 2017 at the Blue Hill Cemetery, Blue Hill, NE. Apfel Funeral Home, Hastings...

Alvin Lee Wrage

Alvin Lee Wrage

Nov 30, 2017

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Maryjane Bear

Maryjane Bear

Nov 29, 2017

MaryJane (Burbank) Bear of rural Juniata, Nebraska, passed from this life into the hands of Jesus, in her home, November 29, 2017. She was born to Everett Burbank and Dorothy (O'Dell) Burbank in San Diego, California on October 26, 1932. She married her long time friend, Lloyd Bear in El Cajon, California on December 21, 1961 and they enjoyed almost...

Erma M. Kalinowski

Erma M. Kalinowski

Nov 29, 2017

Erma M. Kalinowski, 90, of Aurora, formerly of Cairo, died Wednesday, November 29, 2017, at Hamilton Manor in Aurora, NE. Funeral service will be 10:30 AM Monday, December 4, 2017, at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Ravenna. Father Richard Piontkowski will officiate. Burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Ravenna. Visitation will be from 4-6 PM at...

Robert Wayne Johnson

Robert Wayne Johnson

Nov 28, 2017

Hastings resident, Robert W. Johnson, 72, passed away Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at the Veterans Hospital in Grand Island after a long battle of cancer. Services will be Saturday, December 2, 2017 at 10am at the First Congregational Church of Christ with Pastor Jessica Palys officiating. Burial will be at a later date. Robertss wishes were to be cremated. Book...

Hazel Mcknight

Hazel Mcknight

Nov 28, 2017

Hazel J. McKnight, 83, of Grand Island, died Tuesday, November 28, 2017, at Golden Living Center, Lakeview Nursing Care Center, Grand Island. Services will be 9:30 a.m. Friday, December 1, 2017 at Destiny Church, Grand Island with Pastor Gene Arnold & Pastor Tim Rust officiating. Burial will be 2:30 p.m., Friday, December 1, 2017, in Ft. McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell,...

Leroy V. Bilslend

Leroy V. Bilslend

Nov 27, 2017

LeRoy V. Bilslend, 96, of Shelton, died Monday, November 27, 2017, at CHI Good Samaritan Hospital, Kearney. Services will be 1:00 p.m. Thursday, November 30, 2017 at Apfel Funeral Home, Wood River, with the Rev. Darrell Holzinger officiating. Burial will be in Wood River Cemetery, Wood River, Nebraska. Visitation hours will be 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at the...

Kathryn Dougherty

Kathryn Dougherty

Nov 26, 2017

Hastings resident Kathryn Elaine Edwards Dougherty passed away on November 26, 2017 at the age of 93 at The Heritage at College View, Hastings, Nebraska. Kathryn was born July 24, 1924, to Ira and Nora Edwards in Shenandoah, Iowa. She graduated from Shenandoah High School. Kathryn attended Missouri State Teachers College and taught at 3 one-room schoolhouses in the mid...

Larry Brannagan

Larry Brannagan

Nov 25, 2017

Larry G. Brannagan, 76, of Grand Island died November 25, 2017 at CHI St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island. Funeral service will be at 10:30 am Tuesday November 28 at Resurrection Catholic Church in Grand Island. Burial will be at Grand Island City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. Monday with a Rosary vigil at 6 p.m. at...

Dorothy Rayburn

Dorothy Rayburn

Nov 23, 2017

Dorothy Lanita Rayburn, 88, of Gibbon, NE died November 23, 2017, at home. Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 29, 2017, at Faith United Methodist Church in Gibbon, NE, with the Reverend Mike Evans officiating. Interment will be in Riverside Cemetery in Gibbon. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. on Tuesday at the church. Memorials are suggested to...

Eileen J. Meininger

Eileen J. Meininger

Nov 21, 2017

Eileen J. Meininger, 84 of Grand Island, died Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at Tiffany Square Care Center, Grand Island. Services will be at 10:30 AM Monday at Apfel Funeral Home, Grand Island, with the Rev. Paul Canady officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Island, NE. Visitation hours will be from 4 to 6 PM Sunday at...

Glen Roscoe Hutton

Glen Roscoe Hutton

Nov 20, 2017

Glen R. Hutton, 97 of Grand Island, formerly of Cairo died Monday, November 20, 2017, at Nebraska Veterans Home, Grand Island. Mass of Christian burial will be 10:30 AM Monday, November 27, 2017, at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Grand Island with Father Martin Egging officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Cairo. Visitation hours will be 4-6 PM at...

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