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Ervin Neal Burmood

Ervin Neal Burmood

Dec 15, 2016

Ervin Burmood, 63, of Grand Island passed away December 15, 2016 at Park Place. Funeral Services will be Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at 10:30 AM at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island with Derek Apfel, CFC officiating. Interment will be in the Wood River Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9 AM until service time on Wednesday. Memorials are suggested to...

Dorothy Lucille Johnson

Dorothy Lucille Johnson

Dec 14, 2016

Dorothy Johnson, 92, of Grand Island passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at Good Samaritan Society-Grand Island Village. Funeral Service will be Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at 2:00 PM at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island with Pastor Steve Warriner officiating. Interment will follow at Grand Island Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9 AM until service time on Tuesday at...

Wilhelmina R. Hinrikus

Wilhelmina R. Hinrikus

Dec 12, 2016

Hastings resident, Wilhelmina R. Hinrikus, 89, passed away Monday, December 12, 2016 at Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare, Hastings due to a stroke. Services will be Friday, December 16, 2016 at 10:30 am at the Christ Lutheran Church in Juniata with Pastor Greg Volzke officiating. Burial will be in the Concordia Cemetery, Juniata, NE. Visitation will be Thursday, December 15, 2016...

Larry Braman

Larry Braman

Dec 11, 2016

Larry E. Braman, 75 of Wood River, died Sunday, December 11, 2016 at the Kearney Regional Medical Center. Services will be 10:30 A.M. Saturday, December 17, 2016 at Third City Christian Church in Grand Island. Pastor Josh Sikes and Pastor Mark Baldwin will be officiating. Interment will be in the Cameron Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 P.M. Friday, December...

Todd C. Carpenter

Todd C. Carpenter

Dec 11, 2016

Todd Carpenter, 52, passed away in his sleep at his Phoenix home on December 11, 2016. Funeral services will be Friday, December 16 at 2:30pm at Apfel Funeral Home, 1123 W. 2nd St., Grand Island, followed by A Celebration of Life at Riverside Country Club, 2820 Riverside Dr., from 4-7pm. Visitation will be Thursday, December 15 from 5-7pm at Apfel...

Belva J. Berck

Belva J. Berck

Dec 10, 2016

Belva J. Berck, 67, of Grand Island died Saturday, December 10, 2016, at CHI Health St. Francis in Grand Island. Funeral services will be at 11:00 A.M. Thursday at Apfel Funeral Home, Grand Island. The Minister Bruce J. Berck, Sr. will officiate. Burial will be in the Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 P.M. Wednesday...

Sharon K. Phinney

Sharon K. Phinney

Dec 8, 2016

Hastings resident, Sharon K. Phinney, 66 passed away Thursday, December 08, 2016 at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital. She passed away after a yearlong battle with ALS. Services will be Monday. December 12, 2016 at 10:30 am at the First United Methodist Church, Hastings with Pastor Greg Lindenberger and Pastor Sam Rathod officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings. There...

Sadie F. Linden

Sadie F. Linden

Dec 5, 2016

Sadie F. Linden, 97 of Grand Island formerly of Litchfield, went home to be with her heavenly father, surrounded by her family, Monday December 5, 2016 at CHI Health, St. Francis, Grand Island. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, December 9, 2016 at Apfel Funeral Home with the Rev. Trudy Kenyon Anderson officiating. Burial will be at a later...

Emma Rodriguez Guerrero

Emma Rodriguez Guerrero

Dec 4, 2016

Emma Rodriguez Guerrero, 77, of Wood River passed away Sunday, December 4, 2016 at CHI St. Francis in Grand Island. Mass of Christian Burial will be Friday, December 9, 2016 at 10:30 AM at St. Marys Catholic Church in Wood River with Fr. Jorge Canela as celebrant. Inurnment will be at a later date. Visitation will be on Thursday from...

Shania "Shokie" Marie Rivera

Shania "Shokie" Marie Rivera

Dec 3, 2016

Shania Marie Rivera, 17 of Summerset, SD (formerly of Grand Island, NE), died Saturday, December 3, 2016 as the result of an automobile accident in Merrick County, Nebraska. Mass of Christian Burial will be 3:00 P.M. Thursday, December 8, 2016 at St. Mary's Cathedral in Grand Island, Nebraska. Father Scott Harter will be officiating. A Private Inurnment will be held...

Amy Elizabeth Wolf

Amy Elizabeth Wolf

Dec 2, 2016

Amy E. Wolf, 44, of Grand Island died Friday, December 2, 2016 at her home in Grand Island. Memorial services will be at 10 am on Thursday, December 8, 2016 at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island with Derek Apfel CFC officiating. Inurnment will be at a later date. There will be no visitation. In lieu of flowers, memorials are...

Ruth Diana Sherman

Ruth Diana Sherman

Nov 30, 2016

Ruth D. Sherman, 84, of Grand Island died Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at Wedgewood Care Center, Grand Island, NE Services will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, December 5, 2016 at the Apfel Funeral Home with Derek Apfel, CFC officiating. Burial will be in Cedarview Cemetery, Doniphan, NE. Visitation will be 9:00 a.m. until service time on Monday at the Apfel Funeral...

Nancy Marie Marsh

Nancy Marie Marsh

Nov 30, 2016

Nancy M. Marsh, 74, of Doniphan, Nebraska died Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at her home. Services will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 6, 2016 at Chapel Apfel Funeral Home, Grand Island, NE with Derek Apfel, CFC officiating. Visitation hours will be 4-7 p.m. Monday, December 5, 2016 at the Apfel Funeral Home, Grand Island. Burial will be in Cedarview Cemetery,...

Fern C. Jurgensmeier

Fern C. Jurgensmeier

Nov 30, 2016

Fern Jurgensmeier died November 30 at Garden Square Westlake in Greeley, Colorado. Services will be at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel, Saturday December 3, 11:00 am in Hastings, with Father Michael Houlihan officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings Nebraska following the service. Condolences may be sent to the family from www.apfelfuneralhome.com. Fern was born Nov 28, 1916 to...

Milford Killham

Milford Killham

Nov 29, 2016

Milford Killham 82, of Grand Island died peacefully with his family around him, Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at Golden Living Center, Lakeview, Grand Island, NE. Services will be at 10:00 AM Saturday at the Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island with the Rev. Cathryn Love officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation hours will be from 5...

Ida Mae Janky

Ida Mae Janky

Nov 27, 2016

Ida Janky, 91, of Grand Island passed away Sunday, November 27, 2016 at CHI Health St. Francis. Funeral Services will be Thursday, December 1, 2016 at 10:30 AM at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. Interment will follow at the Grand Island Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 until 7 PM on Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials have been...

James C. Whitaker

James C. Whitaker

Nov 26, 2016

James Charles Whitaker, 83, of Doniphan died Saturday, November 26, 2016 surrounded by his family at Tiffany Square. Services will be Friday, December 2, 2016 at 10:30 am at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island with Chaplain Tim Wegenast officiating. Interment will be in Westlawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be Thursday, December 1, 2016 from 5:00 7:00 pm at Apfel...

Alan L. Gruwell

Alan L. Gruwell

Nov 25, 2016

Alan Leroy Gruwell, 62, of Grand Island, NE died November 25, 2016 at CHI Health St. Francis. Funeral services will be Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Grand Island, NE with Pastor Bill Pavuk officiating. Interment will be in the Grand Island Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 29,...

Daniel "Dan" Jerome Hostler

Daniel "Dan" Jerome Hostler

Nov 24, 2016

Daniel J. Hostler, 78, of Grand Island died Thursday, November 24, 3016, at Wedgewood Care Center in Grand Island. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at St. Leos Catholic Church with Rev. Donald Buhrman as celebrant. Burial will be in the Grand Island Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 4:00 P.M. Tuesday at St....

Mary Nielsen Reitan

Mary Nielsen Reitan

Nov 23, 2016

Mary N. Reitan, 89, a life-long resident of Grand Island, died Wednesday, November 23, 2016, at Good Samaritan Society in Grand Island. Celebration of life will be 10:30 AM on Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at First Presbyterian Church, Grand Island with the Rev. Caroline Price-Gibson officiating. Burial will be in Grand Island Cemetery. Visitation hours will be from 4 until...

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