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Eleanore Fuller
Apr 12, 2018
Eleanore was born November 30, 1926, in rural Hall County to German immigrants Walter and Dora (Marxen) Bruenecke. When she was five years old, her family moved to town near Lions Park. She received her education in Grand Island. As a youth, Eleanore was a uniformed usherette at the Capitol Theater. On July 22, 1944, she joined the Womens Army...
Helen V. J. Bilslend
Apr 2, 2018
Helen V. J. Bilslend, 95, of Shelton, died Monday, April 2, 2018, at her home. Services will be 10:3 a.m. Thursday, April 5, 2018 at Apfel Funeral Home in Wood River with Pastor Darrell Holzinger officiating. Burial will be in the Wood River Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at Apfel Funeral Home...
Robert William Zalman
Mar 31, 2018
Hastings resident, Robert William Zalman, 88 passed away Saturday, March 31, 2018 at Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare, Hastings. Services will be Thursday, April 5, 2018 at 1:30pm at First St. Pauls Lutheran Church Hastings, NE with Pastor Joel Remmers officiating. Burial will be at Parkview Cemetery with Military rites by Veterans Services of Hastings and Masonic Rites, Hastings. Visitation will...
Erhart "Jim" Arndt
Mar 31, 2018
Erhart Jim Arndt, 91, of Grand Island died Saturday, March 31, 2018, at Veterans Administration Medical Center in Grand Island. Memorial service will be 2:00 pm Monday, April 23, 2018, at Resurrection Catholic Church. Visitation gathering with family will be 4-7 pm Sunday at Apfel Funeral Home. Inurnment will be at a later date in Union Cemetery in Mandan, North...
David E. Hosier
Mar 29, 2018
David E. Hosier, 68 of Grand Island died Thursday, March 29, 2018 at Good Samaritan Society, Grand Island, NE. Services will be 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at Apfel Funeral Home, Grand Island with Derek J. Apfel officiating. Burial will be in Cedarview Cemetery, Doniphan, Nebraska. Visitation hours will be 4-7 Monday, April 2, 2018 at Apfel Funeral Home....
Stephen Kenneth Hostetler
Mar 25, 2018
Stephen Kenneth Hostetler, 45, of Boelus, died Sunday, March 25, 2018, at Nebraska Medicine in Omaha. Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday, March 29, 2018 at Wood River Mennonite Church with the Rev. Matt Troyer-Miller officiating. Private family inurnment of cremains will be at a later date. Family will greet friends from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, 2018, at...
Burnell M. Aspegren
Mar 24, 2018
Harvard resident, Burnell M. Aspegren, 90, passed away Saturday, March 24, 2018 at the Harvard Rest Haven, Harvard, Nebraska. Funeral Services will be Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at 10am at Harvard United Church of Christ with Pastor Dave Johnson officiating. Burial will be at Harvard Cemetery with Military Rites. Visitation will be from 5-7pm on Monday, April 2, 2018 at...
Cindy Bethune
Mar 23, 2018
LuCinda (Cindy) Bethune, 64, of Grand Island died March 23, 2018, at Lakeview Care Center in Grand Island. A Celebration of Life gathering will be held from 5-7 pm Wednesday, March 28, 2018, at Apfel Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to the family for later designation. Cindy was born on May 9, 1953, in Kearney, NE to Raymond and Doris...
Marjorie Augusta Kelly
Mar 21, 2018
Marjorie L. Kelly, 90 of Grand Island died Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at Tiffany Square Care Center, Grand Island. Celebration of Life will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, April 7, 2018 at First Presbyterian Church, Grand Island with the Rev. Lisa Ewald officiating. Inurnment will be in Grand Island Cemetery, Grand Island, Nebraska. The family will greet family and friends one...
Bradley A. Mueller
Mar 18, 2018
Hastings resident, Bradley A. Mueller, 47, passed away Sunday, March 18, 2018, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE. At 12:01am, with his parents and big brother at his side, he decided it was time to move to his forever home in Heaven. Brad was always an optimist and believer in miracles. He lived with daily challenges...
Phyllis F. Nelson
Mar 17, 2018
Phylllis F. Nelson, 80, formerly of Aurora, died Saturday March 17, 2018, at the Good Samaritan Society in Ravenna, NE. Phyllis wishes were for cremation to take place and no services. Phyllis was born February 2, 1938, at Scribner, Nebraska to Leo and Florence (Hankins) Weiman. She grew up and attended school in Grand Island. Phyllis married Jack Nelson on...
Melvin V. Brunkhorst
Mar 17, 2018
Melvin V. Brunkhorst, 92 of Grand Island NE left this earth for his heavenly home on March 17th, 2018 in Grand Island, NE. Services will be 10 :00 a.m. Saturday, March 24, 2018 at Apfel Funeral Home with the Rev. Mark Oberbeck officiating. Visitation hours will be 4-7 p.m. Friday, March 23, 2018 from the funeral Home. Memorials are suggested...
Wanda N. Barnes
Mar 16, 2018
Wanda N. Barnes, 88 of Grand Island, died Friday, March 16, 2018 at Bickford Cottage, Grand Island, Nebraska. Services will be 10:30 a.m., Thursday, March 22, 2018 at Apfel Funeral Home, Grand Island with the Chaplain Teresa Coleman officiating. Burial will be in Cameron Cemetery, Wood River, Nebraska. The family will greet friends from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, March 21, 2018,...
Chester Felske
Mar 14, 2018
Chester L. Felske, 93, of Cairo, died Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at CHI St. Francis Medical Center. According to his wishes cremation has taken place. A private family inurnment will take place at a later date. Apfel Funeral Home is assisting the family. Chet was born August 15, 1924, to Fred and Sarah Felske in Kansas City, MO. The family...
Marge K. Streck
Mar 13, 2018
Grand Island resident, Marge K. Streck, 82, passed away, March 13, 2018 at CHI Saint Fransis Hospital, Grand Island. Services will be at 10:30 am on Saturday, March 24, 2018 at Parkview Cemetery, Hastings. There will be no visitation. Condolences may be sent to the family from www.apfelfuneralhome.com. Apfel Funeral Home, Hastings is in care of the family. Marge was...
Randy J. Langenberg
Mar 10, 2018
Prosser resident, Randy J. Langenberg, 69, passed away Saturday, March 10, 2018 at Saint Francis Medical Center, Grand Island, NE. Graveside services will be Friday, March 16, 2018 at 11 am at the Kenesaw Cemetery, with Rev. Tessa Zehrig officiating, with military rites by the Hastings Veterans Service. Book signing will be Thursday, March 15 from 5 pm to 7...
Paul David Ohlsen
Mar 9, 2018
Northglenn, Colorado resident, Paul David Ohlsen, `41, passed away Friday, March 9, 2018 in Northglenn. Memorial services will be Saturday, April 7, 2018 at 2 PM at Peace Lutheran Church, Hastings with Rev. Marcus Makay officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Inurnment will be in the Zion Wanda Lutheran Cemetery, rural Juniata. Apfel...
Mary Dubbs-Lore
Mar 7, 2018
Mary Margaret (Wiles) Dubbs-Lore,72, of Grand Island, died Wednesday, March 7, 2018, peacefully at her home surrounded by family. She was diagnosed with colon cancer in July of 2016. Mary was cremated. Memorial service will be 2:00 PM Saturday, March 24, 2018, at Apfel Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to the family. Mary Margaret was born June 5, 1945, in...
Eleanor A. Ruge
Mar 5, 2018
Eleanor Ann Ruge, 90, passed away Monday, March 5, 2018, with her three loving daughters at her side at Good Samaritan Millard. Eleanor was born April 19, 1927 to Albert and Olive (Smeaton) Luebs in Grand Island, NE. While growing up she attended rural District 44 & District 6 south of Alda and graduated in 1944 from Grand Island Senior...
Carol Mae Schneider
Mar 5, 2018
Lincoln resident, Carol Mae Schneider, 79, passed away March 5, 2018 at Sunrise Country Monor, in Milford, Nebraska. Services will be Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at 10:30 am at the Apfel Funeral Home, Hastings with Pastor Dustin Bower officiating. Burial will be in the Assumption Cemetery, Assumption, NE. Visitation will be Tuesday, March 6, 2018 from 4 pm to 7...
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