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Michael Ray Pipes
Sep 6, 2016
Michael Ray Pipes, 57, of Grand Island died Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016 at CHI St. Francis Health in Grand Island. Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016 at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at Apfel Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to the family. Michael was born on...
Majda Dudgeon
Sep 5, 2016
Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Karen and James Thompson of Grand Island; three granddaughters, Kari Beilke of Grand Island; TeriLyn Beilke and significant other, Jimmie Combs of Hastings, Teri Micek and husband, Tim of Marion, IA and seven great-grandchildren, Brittany Whitmire, Keeshaun Hunt, Timothy Luther, Kendra and Kayla Micek, and Nakiya and Elijah Combs; and three great-great-grandchildren. She was...
Lois Jean Gangwish
Sep 4, 2016
Lois Gangwish, 86, of Shelton passed away Sunday, September 4, 2016. Funeral Service will be Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 10:00 AM at Shelton United Methodist Church with Rev. Melody Adams officiating. Interment will follow at Shelton Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 until 7 PM on Wednesday at the church. Memorials have been suggested to Asceracare Hospice, the Shelton...
Darlene Joyce Whitefoot
Aug 30, 2016
Darlene Whitefoot, 85 of Grand Island passed away August 30, 2016. Funeral Service will be Wednesday September 7, 2016 at 3:00 PM at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island with Rev. Kelly Karges officiating. Interment will follow at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9 AM until time of service on Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials have...
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...
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