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Betty L Gruwell
Aug 30, 2016
Betty L. Gruwell, 86 of Grand Island, died Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at CHI Health St. Francis, Grand Island. Services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, September 3, 2016 at St. Pauls Lutheran Church with the Rev. Edgar Schambach officiating. Burial will be in Aurora Cemetery, Aurora, Nebraska. Visitation hours will be 5-7 p.m. Friday at the Apfel Funeral Home in...
Lorraine Esther Pittz
Aug 29, 2016
Lorraine E. Pittz, 90, of Grand Island, died Monday, August 29, 2016 at Tiffany Square Care Center. Services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, September 2, 2016, at Peace Lutheran Church, Grand Island with the Rev. Michael Reiners officiating. Burial will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday, in Minden Cemetery, Minden, NE. Visitation hours will be 4-7 p.m. Thursday, September 1, 2016...
James J. Gay
Aug 26, 2016
James J. Gay, 78, of Palmer, NE died Friday, August 26, 2016, at Golden Living Park Place in Grand Island. Services will be at 10:30 A.M. Wednesday at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. Burial will be in the Rose Hill Cemetery at Palmer. There will be no visitation. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the services...
Dorothy L Foster
Aug 26, 2016
Dorothy L. Foster, 88, of Grand Island, died Friday, August 26, 2016 at Brookfield Park Nursing and Rehabilitation in St. Paul, Nebraska. Funeral Services will be 11:00 A.M. Thursday, September 8, 2016 at Trinity United Methodist Church in Grand Island. Interment will be 11:30 A.M. Saturday, September 10, 2016 in the Oakview Cemetery in Albia, Iowa. Visitation will be from...
Irma Kathryn Bellamy
Aug 26, 2016
Irma Kathryn Bellamy, 96, of Cairo died Friday, August 26, 2016, at the Good Samaritan Society in Grand Island. Funeral services will be at 10:30 A.M. Friday, September 2, 2016 at the Cairo United Methodist Church. The Rev. Cathryn Love will officiate. Burial will be in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Cairo, NE. Family will greet friends from 5:00 p.m. to...
Vera M. Katzberg
Aug 25, 2016
Hastings resident, Vera M. Katzberg, 97, passed away Thursday, August 25, 2016 at College View Assisted Living, Hastings. Services will be Monday, August 29, 2016 at 11 am at the Christ Lutheran Church, rural Juniata with Rev. Greg Volske officiating. Burial will be in the Concordia Cemetery, rural Juniata with family present. Visitation will be Sunday, August 28, 2016 from...
Carol Johnson
Aug 24, 2016
Carol Johnson, 65 of Shelton, died Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at CHI Health St. Francis, Grand Island, NE. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 27, 2016 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Shelton with the Rev. Jorge Canella officiating. Inurnment will be in Shelton Cemetery. Visitation hours will be 5-7 p.m. Friday, August 26, 2016 at...
Joseph Andrew Anthony Aldana
Aug 19, 2016
Joseph A. A. Aldana, Jr. 68, of Grand Island, NE died August 19, 2016 while in Las Vegas, Nevada. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 13, 2016, at Apfel Funeral Home with Father Jim Golka officiating. Inurnment will be in Grand Island Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to be directed to Troy Buschow. Apfel Funeral Home is caring for...
Miriam Elinor Dokken
Aug 19, 2016
Miriam Dokken, 90, of Grand Island passed away Friday August 19, 2016 in Grand Island. Memorial Service will be Monday, August 29, 2016 at 11:00 AM at Trinity United Methodist Church in Grand Island with Rev. Russ Anderson officiating. Memorials have been suggested to the Alzheimers Association or the Trinity UMC Choir Fund. Apfel Funeral Home is serving the family....
Joyce "Joy" Marie Kingsley
Aug 17, 2016
Joyce (Joy) Marie Kingsley age 59 passed away on Wednesday August 17, 2016 at On With Life in Glenwood, Iowa. She was born on September 28, 1956 in Valliant, Oklahoma to Vernon H. McRorey and Dorothy LaVern (Hill) McRorey. She married Walter William Phillips Campa Jr together they had one daughter Tina Marie. They were divorced. She married Mitch Huxoll...
Francis A. Becker
Aug 14, 2016
Francis Arnold Becker, 74 of Wood River, died Sunday, August 14, 2016 at Golden Living Center, Park Place in Grand Island. Services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, August 20, 2016 at Wood River United Methodist Church, Wood River, with the Rev. Phil Sloat officiating. Burial will be in Wood River Cemetery. Visitation hours will be 5-7 p.m. Friday at Apfel...
Jason Andrew Gawrych
Aug 14, 2016
Jason Andrew Gator Gawrych, 39 of Grand Island, died Sunday, August 14, 2016 at CHI Health St. Francis, Grand Island, NE. Funeral Services will be 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at Peace Lutheran Church with the Rev. Luke Biggs officiating. Burial will be in Cameron Cemetery, Wood River. Visitation hours will be 5-8 p.m., Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at...
James E. Arends
Aug 8, 2016
James E. Arends, 89 of Grand Island, died Monday, August 08, 2016 at Veterans Affair Medical Center, Grand Island. Mass of Christian Burial will be Thursday August 11, 2016 at 10:30 AM at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Grand Island with the Rev. Martin Egging officiating. Entombment will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be on Wednesday from 5...
Richard D. Delgado
Aug 7, 2016
Hastings resident, Richard D. Delgado, 73 passed peacefully, Sunday, August 7th 2016 in Las Vegas, NV. He was surrounded and supported by his loving family during the last days of his life. Richard was born in North Platte, NE, but lived most of his life in Hastings, NE until he moved to Las Vegas in 2014 to be closer to...

Vivian Marie Dean
Aug 6, 2016
Vivian Marie Dean passed away August 6, 2016, at the home of her granddaughter in Medical Lake, WA. She was born in Seward, Nebraska on September 15, 1919, to Albert & Lydia Bernecker. She graduated from Seward High School at the age of 16 in 1936. Following graduation, she worked briefly for the Ford Motor Company. On June 19, 1938...
Barbara Dantes
Aug 2, 2016
Grand Island resident, Barbara Dantes, 79, passed away, Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at Grand Island Lakeview. Services will be Monday, August 8, 2016 at 10:30 am at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel with Jay Towell, SSC, officiating. Burial will be in the Giltner Cemetery, Giltner, NE. Visitation will be Sunday, August 7, 2016 from 2 pm to 5 pm at...
Kay L. Nutzman
Jul 25, 2016
Kay Nutzman, 57 of Grand Island, passed away Monday, July 25, 2016. Funeral Services will be Friday, July 29, 2016 at 10:30 AM at First Christian Church (2400 W. 14th Street) in Grand Island with Pastor Bill Harrold officiating. Interment will be in the Grand Island Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday, July 28 from 6 until 8 PM at Apfel...
Allan C. Roemmich
Jul 24, 2016
Allan C. Roemmich passed away peaceably on Sunday, July 24, 2016, at Tiffany Square Care Center in Grand Island with family at his side. He was born to Adolph and Olga (Rath) Roemmich on a farm near Sutton, NE on June 30, 1923. Visitation will be Tuesday from 5PM until 7PM July 26, 2016, at Apfel Funeral Home with a...
Claire A Levene
Jul 21, 2016
Claire A. Levene, 91 of Grand Island, died Thursday, July 21, 2016 at Unity Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Services will be 10:30 AM Saturday, July 30, 2016 at Apfel Funeral Home, Grand Island. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Island. Visitation hours will be 4-7 PM Friday, July 29, 2016 at Apfel Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested...
Maxine Marie Roberts
Jul 18, 2016
Maxine Sorensen Roberts of Cairo passed away on July 18, 2016 at Tiffany Square in Grand Island. Funeral services will be at 10:30 AM Thursday, July 21, 2016 at the Cairo United Methodist Church, 506 East Kansas St., Cairo, NE. The Reverend Cathryn Love will officiate. Burial will follow at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Cairo, with lunch at the church...
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