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Mildred M. Wiles

Mildred M. Wiles

Mar 18, 2016

Mildred M. Wiles, 94, of Norfolk, NE, formerly from Grand Island, died March 18th at Norfolk Veterans Home. Services will be at 10:00 AM on Monday March 21, 2016 at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. Interment will follow at Grand Island Cemetery. Visitation will be on Sunday from 4 to 5 PM at the funeral home. Mildred was born...

Dorothy "Dee" L Kociemba

Dorothy "Dee" L Kociemba

Mar 17, 2016

Dorothy Dee Lynn Kociemba, 65, of Wood River died Thursday, March 17, 2016 at the St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center in Lincoln. Visitation will be from 4-7 P.M. Monday, March 21, 2016 at St. Marys Catholic Church in Wood River with a Rosary to follow at 7:00 P.M. Apfel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements

Edith M. Sawyer

Edith M. Sawyer

Mar 17, 2016

Edith Mary (Helmricks) Sawyer passed away at the Nebraska Veterans Home in Grand Island on March 17, 2016. Services will be Tuesday March 22, 2016 at 1:00 PM at the Nebraska Veterans Home Chapel Grand Island. There will be no visitation. Memorials have been suggested to the Alzheimers Association of Nebraska. Apfel Funeral Home is serving the family. Edith was...

Merlene Roe

Merlene Roe

Mar 14, 2016

Merlene Roe, 95 of Grand Island died Monday, March 14, 2016 at Good Samaritan Society, Wood River, Nebraska. Family graveside services will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, March 17, 2016 in Grand Island Cemetery, with Derek Apfel officiating. Burial will be in Grand Island Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Apfel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements

John Mason

John Mason

Mar 13, 2016

Hastings resident, John Mason, 63, passed away, Sunday, March 13, 2016 at CHI St. Francis Hospital in Grand Island, NE. There will be no services. Apfel Funeral Home, Hastings is in care of the family. He is survived by three sisters, Linda (Peter) Asvestias, Sandy (Dan) Groshans and Carol (Bob) Claus. He was preceded in death by his parents and...

Louise M. Miller

Louise M. Miller

Mar 13, 2016

Louise Marie Miller, 86 of Grand Island, died Sunday, March 13, 2016 at CHI Health, St. Francis, Grand Island, NE. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Apfel Funeral Home, Grand Island with the Rev. Bill Pavuk officiating. Burial will be in Grand Island Cemetery, Grand Island. Visitation will be from 9:00 a.m. Wednesday until service time...

Ardee R. Meier

Ardee R. Meier

Mar 8, 2016

Ardee Rose Meier, 72, of Grand Island, Nebraska, died Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at CHI Health, St Francis Hospital in Grand Island. Memorial services will be 11:30 a.m. Friday, March 18, 2016 at Trinity Lutheran Church, in Grand Island with The Reverend Richard Bringewatt officiating. Inurnment of the ashes will be at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, April 2, 2016 in ONeill,...

Georgia W. Fast

Georgia W. Fast

Mar 6, 2016

Hastings resident, Georgia W. (Hellner) Fast, 93, passed away Sunday, March 6, 2016 at Mary Lanning HealthCare. Services will be Friday, March 11, 2016 at 11 am at First Saint Pauls Lutheran Church, Hastings with Rev. Joel Remmers officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings. Visitation will be Thursday, March 10, 2016 from 5 pm to 7 pm with...

Lisa A Opp

Lisa A Opp

Mar 5, 2016

Lisa Ann Opp, 47, of Wood River, died Saturday, March 5, 2016 at her home in Wood River. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 A.M. Thursday, March 10, 2016 at St. Marys Catholic Church in Wood River. Father Jorge Canela and Rev. James Janovec will be officiating. A private Inurnment will be Friday, March 11 at 2:00 pm at...

Gene E. Hansen

Gene E. Hansen

Mar 4, 2016

Gene Hansen, 72 of Grand Island died March 4, 2016. Services will be Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at 11 AM at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island with Derek Apfel officiating. Interment will follow at Westlawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be Monday from 5 until 7 PM at the funeral home. Memorials have been suggested to Nebraska Hunters Safety Education....

Patricia L Johnson

Patricia L Johnson

Mar 4, 2016

Patricia L. Johnson, 87, of Doniphan, died Friday, March 4, 2016 at Wedgewood Care Center in Grand Island. Services will be 10:30 A.M. Tuesday March 8, 2016 at the Doniphan United Methodist Church in Doniphan. Interment will be in the Cedar View Cemetery in Doniphan. The Reverend Kelly Karges will be officiating. Visitation will be from 5-7 P.M. Monday at...

Harold K Francis

Harold K Francis

Mar 4, 2016

Harold K. Francis, 80 of Grand Island, died Friday, March 4, 2016 at CHI St. Francis Health in Grand Island. Memorial Services will be 1:00 P.M. Thursday, March 10, 2016 at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. The Reverend Bev Lanzendorf will be officiating. Family will greet friends 1 hour prior to services. Memorials are suggested to the family to...

Francisco Montano Borrego

Francisco Montano Borrego

Mar 3, 2016

Francisco Montano Borrego, 59 of Grand Island, died Thursday, February 25, 2016 at his home.

Jimmy Wayne Bell

Jimmy Wayne Bell

Feb 29, 2016

Jimmy W. Bell, 65 of Grand Island, died Monday, February 29, 2016 at CHI Health, St. Francis, Grand Island. Celebration of Life services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 5, 2016 at Apfel Funeral Home, Grand Island, with Derek Apfel CFC officiating. Memorials are suggested to the family. Apfel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements

N. Jeanette Whipple

N. Jeanette Whipple

Feb 22, 2016

Nita Jeanette Whipple, 89 of Grand Island, died Monday, February 22, 2016 at Good Samaritan Village in Grand Island. Services will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, February 26, 2016 at Apfel Funeral Home, Grand Island with the Rev. Cathryn Cat Love officiating. Burial will be at a later date in Bureau Pierce Chapel, Clarks, Nebraska. Visitation will be 12:30 until service...

Roger Dean Miller

Roger Dean Miller

Feb 18, 2016

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Rosalie I. Borrell

Rosalie I. Borrell

Feb 18, 2016

Rosalie I. Howe Borrell, 79 of Hastings Nebraska, formerly of Washington CH, Ohio, passed away Thursday, February 18 at the Mary Lanning Memorial Health Care in Hastings. She was born April 7, 1936 to Frank and Elizabeth Jenkins Foster in Frankfort, Ohio. She was first married to Franklin Howe who predeceased her in 1977. She then married, Leonard Borrell, deceased...

Melvina "Melly" Annette Bishop

Melvina "Melly" Annette Bishop

Feb 16, 2016

St. PaulMelvina (Melly) Annette Bishop, 89, of Grand Island died on Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at the Brookefield Park Skilled Nursing facility. Memorial services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, February 20 at the Gibbon Baptist Church with the Rev, Matt Wolf officiating. Visitation hours will be on Friday evening from 5-7 p.m. at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand...

Dolores Lorraine Guyette

Dolores Lorraine Guyette

Feb 15, 2016

Dolores L. Guyette, 98 of Grand Island, died Sunday, February 14, 2016 at CHI St. Francis Health in Grand Island. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, February 17, 2016, at Trinity Lutheran Church with the Rev. Jack Gillam officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation hours will be 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at the...

Bernard L. Batten

Bernard L. Batten

Feb 14, 2016

Bernard Batten, 82 of Grand Island died February 14, 2016. Services will be at 10:30 AM, Monday, February 22, 2016 at Third City Christian Church with Pastor Scott Jones officiating. Burial will be in Grand Island City Cemetery. Visitation will be on Sunday from 5 until 7 PM at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. Memorials are suggested to Third...

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