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Lavonne L. Benker

Lavonne L. Benker

Nov 7, 2016

Former Hastings resident, LaVonne L. Benker, 99, passed away peacefully Monday, November 7, 2016 at Valhaven Rehabilitation & Care Center, Valley, Nebraska. LaVonne was born July 26, 1917 to Edwin and May (Bower) Wilson in Blue Hill, Nebraska. She married Marvin L. Benker May 15, 1935. Marvin passed away February 4, 2004. LaVonne retired from the Hastings Regional Center as...

Victor Allen Lambrecht

Victor Allen Lambrecht

Nov 3, 2016

Victor A. Lambrecht, 79 of Wood River, died Thursday, November 3, 2016 at Good Samaritan Society, Wood River. Services will be at 10 am, Monday, November 7, 2016 at Christ Lutheran Church in Prosser with the Rev. Greg Volzke officiating. Burial will be in Wood River Cemetery. Visitation hours will be from 4 to 6 pm, Sunday, November 6, 2016...

Lelia Christine Luhn

Lelia Christine Luhn

Nov 1, 2016

Lelia C. Luhn, 93 longtime resident of Cairo, passed away, Tuesday, November 1, 2016, at Good Samaritan Society, Grand Island. Services will be Saturday, November 5, 2016 at 10:30 AM at Christ Lutheran Church, Cairo, Nebraska with the Rev. Brian Wright officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 until 7 PM on Friday at...

Arlene Ellen Hyde

Arlene Ellen Hyde

Oct 30, 2016

Hastings resident, Arlene Ellen Hyde, 73 passed away Sunday, October 30, 2016 at her home. Services will be Monday, November 21, 2016 at 10:30 am at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel, Hastings, with Pastor Kent Rogers officiating. There will be no visitation. Graveside service will be at 2 pm at the Andrew Cemetery, Friend, NE. Condolences may be sent to...

Wanda Lee Donaldson

Wanda Lee Donaldson

Oct 29, 2016

Wanda Donaldson, 72, of Grand Island, passed away Saturday October 29, 2016 in Grand Island. Memorial service will be Friday, November 4, 2016 at 2:00 PM at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. There will be no public visitation. Memorials may be directed to the family for future designation. Apfel Funeral Home is serving the family. Wanda Lee Donaldson was...

Michael Mark Snyder

Michael Mark Snyder

Oct 29, 2016

Michael Mark Snyder, 50 of Grand Island died Saturday, at home after battling cancer for the past 5 years. To honor Michaels wishes, his body was cremated. A private Memorial Service will be held at a later date. Memorials are suggested to the family to be designated at a later date. Michael was born on September 24, 1966 in Hastings,...

Merle J. Mccoun

Merle J. Mccoun

Oct 28, 2016

Merle Joseph McCoun, 81 of Wood River, Nebraska, died Friday, October 28, 2016 at CHI St. Francis Health in Grand Island surrounded by his family. Funeral Services will be 10:30 A.M. Friday, November 4, 2016 at the First United Methodist Church in Wood River. The Reverend Phil Sloat will be officiating. Interment will be in the Westlawn Memorial Park in...

Marcelline M. Lovell

Marcelline M. Lovell

Oct 24, 2016

Hastings resident, Marcelline M. Lovell, 98, passed away Monday, October 24, 2016 at the Blue Hill Care Center. Rosary will be at 10:30 am, Thursday October 27, 2016 at St. Michaels Catholic Church, with a Mass of Christian burial following the rosary at 11 am with Father Michael Houlihan officiating. There will be no visitation. Burial will be in Parkview...

Donald Crumm

Donald Crumm

Oct 20, 2016

Donald Crumm, 70, of Shelton , passed away Thursday, October 20, 2016 in Shelton. Memorial Services will be Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at 11 AM at Apfel Funeral Home in Wood River. There will be no public visitation. Apfel Funeral Home is serving the family. Donald Wayne Crumm was born November 5, 1945 at Shawnee, OK to Ira Conway Crumm...

Larry Dale Opp

Larry Dale Opp

Oct 20, 2016

Larry D. Opp, 75 of Alda died Thursday, October 20, 2016 at his home. Family will greet friends from 4-6 P.M. Thursday at Apfel Funeral Home in Wood River. A Private Inurnment will be in the Wood River Cemetery. Larry was born on September 2, 1941 in Alda, Nebraska to Hank and Ruby (King) Opp. He grew up in Alda...

Dorothy May Hart

Dorothy May Hart

Oct 19, 2016

Dorothy M. Hart, 90 of Grand Island, died Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at Golden Living Center Lakeview in Grand Island. Funeral Services will be 10:00 A.M. Monday, October 24, 2016 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Grand Island, Nebraska with the Bishop Jon Rosenlund officiating. Burial will be in the Mount Hope Cemetery in Valentine,...

Delores Irene Johnson

Delores Irene Johnson

Oct 16, 2016

Delores Canon Johnson, 49 of Grand Island, passed away Sunday October 16, 2016 in Grand Island. Memorial Services will be Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at 10 AM in the Gollaher Chapel of Trinity United Methodist Church in Grand Island. There will be no public visitation. Memorials have been suggested to the family for future designation. Delores Irene Canon Johnson was...

Curtis R. Rutt

Curtis R. Rutt

Oct 14, 2016

Hastings resident, Curtis Rutt 78, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday October 14th, 2016 At Mary Lanning Healthcare with his wife by his side. Service will be on Thursday, October 20th, 2016 at 2pm, Life House church in Hastings NE. with Brett Mackey officiating. Burial will be in Park View Cemetery, Hastings NE. Memorials may be...

Evelyn Louise Schutt

Evelyn Louise Schutt

Oct 14, 2016

Evelyn Schutt, 81 of Shelton passed away Friday October 14, 2016 at CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Funeral Services will be Monday October 17, 2016 at 10:30 AM at the Shelton United Methodist Church in Shelton with Pastor Markey Gray officiating. Interment will be at the Kearney Cemetery at 2:00 PM. Visitation will be on Sunday from 4 until...

Iona Belle Rolofson

Iona Belle Rolofson

Oct 13, 2016

Iona Rolofson, age 88 of Cairo, passed away Thursday, October 13, 2016 at Brookefield Park Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation in St. Paul, NE. Graveside Service will be Saturday, October 22, 2016 at 11:00 AM at Mount Pleasant Cemetery near Cairo with Pastor Jack Boling officiating. Visitation will be from 9 AM until 10:30 AM on Saturday at Apfel Funeral Home...

Elba Mejia

Elba Mejia

Oct 12, 2016

Elba Mejia, 69 of Grand Island, died Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at CHI St. Francis Health in Grand Island. Funeral Services will be 7:30 P.M. Friday, October 14, 2016 at the Iglesia Ebenezer Church - 502 E. Capital Avenue, Grand Island, NE. Graveside Services will be 10:30 A.M. Saturday at the Cedarview Cemetery in Doniphan, NE. Visitation will be from...

Evelyn P. Magnuson

Evelyn P. Magnuson

Oct 10, 2016

The most beautiful, loving, caring, hilarious, and generous woman on earth has gone to her Lord in Heaven after 101 years, on October 10, 2016 at St Francis Hospital. Born June 8, 1915 in Archer, Nebraska she received her education with the Archer Public School System. Evelyn was united in marriage to Paul E Magnuson on March 27, 1949. The...

L. "'Bill'" William Kelly Iii

L. "'Bill'" William Kelly Iii

Oct 2, 2016

L. William Bill Kelly III, 68, of Grand Island died Sunday, October 2 2016 at CHI Health St. Francis, Grand Island.

Frank J. Maixner

Frank J. Maixner

Oct 2, 2016

Frank Joseph Maixner, 82 of Cairo, Nebraska died October 2, 2016 at Wedgewood Care Center in Grand Island. Funeral services will be Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 10:30AM at Christ Lutheran Church of Cairo with Reverend Brian Wright officiating. Interment will be in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-8PM at the church on Wednesday, October 5th. Apfel Funeral...

Ruth "'Ann'" Ann Fritch

Ruth "'Ann'" Ann Fritch

Oct 1, 2016

Ruth Ann Fritch, 76, of Santa Maria, CA, formerly of Wood River, died Saturday, October 1, 2016 in Santa Maria, CA. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Saturday, October 29, 2016 at St. Marys Catholic Church in Wood River with the Rev. Tom Ryan officiating. Inurnment will be in St. Marys Catholic Cemetery, Wood River. Memorials are suggested...

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