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Kurt Perkins

Kurt Perkins

Jul 27, 2017

Kurt Perkins, 53, of Grand Island, died July 27, 2017, at CHI St. Francis Medical Center. Memorial service will be 10:30 am Monday, July 31, 2017, at Apfel Funeral Home. The Reverend Kelly Karges will officiate. Burial will be at Grand Island City Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the family for later designation. Kurt Douglas was born December 30, 1963,...

Andrew Crouch

Andrew Crouch

Jul 23, 2017

Andrew Allen Crouch, 57 of Parsons, KS, died Sunday, July 23, 2017 in Parson, KS. Memorial graveside service will be 2:00 pm Friday, August 4, 2017, at Ansley Township Cemetery in Ansley, NE, with the Rev. John Ball officiating. Mr. Crouch was cremated. Memorials are suggested to the family for later designation. Apfel Funeral Home is caring for the family....

Viola H. Wilson

Viola H. Wilson

Jul 22, 2017

Viola H. Wilson, formerly of Portland, OR died July 22, 2017, in Grand Island, NE. She was born November 19, 1922, on a farm north of Laurel, NE to Danish immigrants Magnus and Olivia Vorum Hansen. Vi graduated from Laurel High School and Wayne State College. Her teaching career began in rural schools in Nebraska. She then taught in Iowa,...

Carol L. Moeller

Carol L. Moeller

Jul 20, 2017

Carol L. Moeller, 62, of Grand Island died Thursday, July 20, 2017 at CHI Health St. Francis in Grand Island. Memorial services will be at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Grand Island. The Rev. Adam Snoberger will officiate. Family will greet friends from 4 to 7 P.M. Tuesday at the Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island....

Karin R. Walsh

Karin R. Walsh

Jul 15, 2017

Karin Walsh, 64, of Shelton, NE, died Saturday, July 15, 2017 at CHI Health Good Samaritan in Kearney, NE. A memorial service will be at 11:00 AM on Thursday, July 20, 2017, at the Shelton United Methodist Church. Visitation will be from 5-7 PM on Wednesday evening at the church. Rev. Markey Gray will officiate. The family requests casual attire...

Judy Ann Draper

Judy Ann Draper

Jul 15, 2017

Judy Ann Draper, 77 of Grand Island (formerly of Hastings), died Saturday, July 15, 2017 at Tiffany Square Care Center in Grand Island. Funeral Services will be 2:00 P.M. Thursday, July 20, 2017 at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. Interment will be in the Grand Island City Cemetery. Pastor Tessa Zehring will be officiating. Visitation will be from 4-7...

Lois Jeane Ulmer

Lois Jeane Ulmer

Jul 15, 2017

Hampton resident, Lois Jeane Ulmer(Brehm), 69 passed away, Saturday, July 15, 2017 in Omaha, NE. Services will be Saturday, July 22, 2017 at 10:00 am at the Harvard Methodist Church in Harvard, NE with Pastor Travis King officiating. Visitation will be Thursday, July 20, 2017 from 4 pm to 8 pm at the Apfel Funeral Home in Harvard, NE. Burial...

Lafayette Reed

Lafayette Reed

Jul 12, 2017

Lafayette Reed, 79 of Grand Island, died Wednesday, July 15, 2017 at the Genoa Community Hospital Long Term Care in Genoa, Nebraska. Graveside Services will be 10:30 A.M. Monday, July 17, 2017 at the Grand Island City Cemetery. Derek Apfel CFC will be officiating. Visitation will be at 10:00 A.M. Monday at Apfel Funeral Home prior to the procession to...

Monte C Perkins

Monte C Perkins

Jul 11, 2017

Monte C. Perkins, 58, of Grand Island, died July 11, 2017, at his home. Funeral service will be 10:30 AM Friday, July 14, 2017, at Trinity United Methodist Church. The Reverend Kelly Karges will officiate. Burial will be at Grand Island City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-8 PM Thursday at Apfel Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to the family...

Monica M. Lovelace

Monica M. Lovelace

Jul 6, 2017

Monica Marie Lovelace, 61 of Shelton, Nebraska, died Thursday, July 6, 2017 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha. NE. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 10, 2017 at Shelton United Methodist Church, Shelton, Nebraska with Pastor Markey Gray officiating. Burial will be in Shelton Cemetery. Visitation hours will be 4-7 Sunday, July 9, 2017 at the church....

Marjorie "Marge" F. Hohnstein

Marjorie "Marge" F. Hohnstein

Jul 5, 2017

Marjorie Jean Fishback Hohnstein (Marge), 93, was born on February 20, 1924, to Ira F. and Elta M. Fishback, on a farm homesteaded by her grandfather in 1885 near Harvard, Nebraska. She passed away at 3AM on July 5, 2017, in Aurora, Nebraska. Marge was preceded in death by her parents, her sister, Frances Brenneman, an infant brother, and her...

Lorraine M Graham

Lorraine M Graham

Jun 29, 2017

Lorraine M. Graham, 88, of Kearney, Nebraska died Thursday, June 29, 2017 at Mt. Carmel Keens Memorial in Kearney. Memorial services will be Monday, 10:30 a.m., July 3, 2017 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 504 B. Street, Shelton, Nebraska with the Father Jorge Canela officiating. Inunrment will be in Wood River Cemetery, Wood River. Visitation hours will be 4-6 p.m....

Susan "Sue" Leigh Cross

Susan "Sue" Leigh Cross

Jun 27, 2017

Susan L. Sue Cross, 67 of Phillips, died Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at her home. Funeral Services will be 10:30 A.M. Saturday, July 1, 2017 at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. Pastor Gene Arnold will be officiating. Burial of Ashes will be 10:00 A.M. Monday at the Grand Island City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 P.M. Friday at...

David Lee Brabander

David Lee Brabander

Jun 27, 2017

David Lee Brabander, 70, of Grand Island, Nebraska died on June 27, 2017 at his home. Memorial Services with Military Honors will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. A Private Inurnment will be in Westlawn Memorial Cemetery. He was born on May 1, 1947 at Grand Island, NE to Walter Brabander and Eva...

Ruth Delores Hadenfeldt

Ruth Delores Hadenfeldt

Jun 25, 2017

Hastings resident, Ruth Delores Hadenfeldt, 83, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, June 25, 2017. Services will be Thursday, June 29th, 2017 at 10:30 at Christ Lutheran Church in Juniata with Pastor Greg Volzke officiating. Burial will be in the Kenesaw Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday, June 28, 2017 from 5 pm to 7 pm at the Apfel...

William A. Peterson

William A. Peterson

Jun 25, 2017

William Bill A. Peterson, 86, of Grand Island, died Sunday, June 25, 2017, at the Grand Island Veterans Home. A memorial graveside service will be 11:30 AM Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery with military honors. Apfel Funeral Home is assisting the family. Bill was born on March 3, 1931, at Norfolk, NE, to Anton C. and...

James "Jim" New

James "Jim" New

Jun 24, 2017

James Jim New, 73, of Grand Island, died Saturday, June 24, 2017, at CHI St. Francis Medical Center. A celebration of life memorial service will be 3:00 PM Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. Burial will be at a later time. Apfel Funeral Home is assisting the family. Online condolences may be directed to http://www.apfelfuneralhome.com....

Helen N. Brittin

Helen N. Brittin

Jun 22, 2017

Helen Natalie Brittin, 91, of Grand Island, Nebraska, peacefully left this earth surrounded by her loving family and friends at CHI St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island on Thursday, June 22, 2017, at 7:23 a.m. after a courageous struggle with major illnesses. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 1, at the First Presbyterian Church, 2103 West...

April Ann Love

April Ann Love

Jun 18, 2017

April Ann Love, 39, of Grand Island died Sunday, June 18, 2017 at CHI St. Francis Health in Grand Island. Services will be 2:00 P.M. Friday at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. The Reverend Mark Oberbeck will be officiating. Interment will be in the Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 P.M. on Thursday at Apfel Funeral...

Helen J. Knapp

Helen J. Knapp

Jun 18, 2017

Helen Jean Knapp, 93, passed away on Sunday, June 18, 2017, at Bethany Home is Minden, NE. Memorial service will be 11:00 AM Thursday, June 22, 2017, at Messiah Lutheran Church in Grand Island with Pastor Bill Schroeder officiating. Burial will be prior to the service at 10:00 AM at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 5-7 PM on...

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