Apfel Funeral Home and Cremation Services Obituaries

Aug 27, 2014

Hastings resident, William Herman Leonhardt, 87, passed away Wednesday, August 27, 2014 at Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare, Hastings. Services will be Tuesday, September 2, 2014 at 11 am at All Saints Chapel, Good Samaritan Soicety, Hastings-Village with Pastor Randy Madison officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings. There will be no visitation. Condolences may be sent to the family...

Aug 27, 2014

Annabel Lee, 93 of Burbank, California, formerly of Grand Island, Nebraska died Wednesday, August 27, 2014 at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California. Services will be 10:30AM Thursday Sept 11, 2014 at First Christian Church, Grand Island with Pastor Scott Taylor officiating. Burial will be at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Island. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Wednesday,...

Aug 26, 2014

Hastings resident, Robert E. Stalnaker, 77, passed away, Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital, Hastings. Services will be at 2 pm Monday, September 8th, 2014 at Apfel Funeral Chapel with Rev. Joel Remmers officiating. With military rites outside the chapel. There will be no visitation. Apfel Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Condolences may be...

Aug 23, 2014

Aug 20, 2014

Jerald Arden Keen entered peacefully into rest at San Ramon Regional Medical Center on August 20, 2014. He was 83 years old. Born in Lebanon, Kansas on February 12, 1931, Jerald was the only child of Gilbert and Lona Keen. He moved with his parents to Grand Island, NE as a young boy and graduated from Grand Island Senior High...

Aug 19, 2014

Holstein resident, Fredric R. Lechner, 56, passed away Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at his home. Private family service will take place at a later date. Memorials may be given to the family. Fredric was born April 6, 1958 to Leo A and Dolores (Wilken) in Omaha, NE. He worked construction for Ward Craft Homes in Minden, NE. He is survived...

Aug 17, 2014

Vedor Bloomquist, 91, of Grand Island died Sunday, August 17, 2014, at Tiffany Square Care Center in Grand Island. Funeral services will be at 11:00 A.M. Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church. The Rev. Adam Snoberger will officiate. Burial will be in the Grand Island Cemetery with military honors provided by the United Veterans Honor Guard and U.S. Army Honors Detail....

Aug 16, 2014

Erin A. Runyan, 28, of Shelton died Saturday, August 16, 2014, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday at the Shelton United Methodist Church. The Rev. Dr. Sam Rathod will officiate. Burial will be in the Shelton Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Shelton United Methodist...

Aug 14, 2014

Lawrence Paul Martin Borgelt, 95 of Grand Island died Thursday, August 14, 2014 at the Nebraska Veterans Home, Grand Island. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Grand Island with the Rev. Adam Snoberger officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to services on Wednesday, August 20, 2014, at the church. Burial will...

Aug 13, 2014

Norma Jane Parnell, 87, a lifelong resident of the Hastings-Harvard area passed away Wednesday, August 13, 2014 at the Harvard Rest Haven in Harvard, NE. Services will be Saturday, August 16, 2014 at 11 am at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel, Hastings, with Rev. Paul Dunbar of Faith Lutheran Church officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Hastings, NE....

Aug 12, 2014

Hastings resident, Lois Jean Houp, 83, passed away Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at Perkins Pavilion, Good Samaritan Society, Hastings-Village. Memorial service will be Friday, August 15, 2014 at 10 am at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel with Greg Volzke officiating. There will be no visitation; Loiss wishes were to be cremated. Burial will be at a later date in the...

Aug 5, 2014

Wilma Lorett Schleiger, 93 of North Platte, Nebraska, formerly of Grand Island, died Tuesday, August 05, 2014, at Linden Court (Estates) in North Platte, Nebraska. Services will be at 11:00 am on Friday, August 8, 2014, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Grand Island with the Reverend Jack Gillam officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Island, Nebraska....

Jul 31, 2014

God took our hero, Josh Placzek, 37 of Grand Island to his heavenly home on Thursday, July 31, 2014. Josh passed peacefully in his sleep and is no longer suffering from Muscular Dystrophy. Mass of the Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, August 4, 2014 at St. Marys Catholic Church, Wood River with the Rev. Anthony Madhichetti officiating. Burial...

Jul 29, 2014

Hastings resident, Leahdele E. Cassel, 90 passed away, Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at Mary Lanning Memorial Health Care, Hastings. Services will be Saturday, August 2, 2014 at 10:30 am at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel, Hastings with Pastor Paul Dunbar officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Hastings. Visitation will be Friday, August 1, 2014 from 3 pm to...

Jul 27, 2014

Thomas R. Ellison, 63, of Grand Island died Sunday, July 27, 2014, at his home. Graveside services will be at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, July 29, 2014, at the Grand Island Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Apfel Funeral Home is assisting the family. Thomas R. Ellison was born August 21, 1950, at Lincoln, NE to Billy M. and Margaret (McKinney)...

Jul 24, 2014

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Jul 20, 2014

Ilene R. Sittler, 92, of Grand Island died Sunday, July 20, at Tiffany Square. Services will be at 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, July 23 at Apfel Funeral Home. The Rev. Dr. Charles Gregory will officiate. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Family will greet friends from noon until service time Wednesday at the funeral home. Ms. Sittler was born...

Jul 18, 2014

Jesus Manuel Rodela Anzua, age 36, of Hastings, passed away on Thursday, July 17, 2014 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney as the result of injuries sustained in a construction accident in Phelps County. Jesus was born September 29, 1977 in Meoqui , Chihuahua, Mexico, the son of Pedro Rodela Hernandez and Martha Alicia Anzua. He married Liliana Patricia Rosales...

Jul 18, 2014

Donna (Kimle) Wilson, age 73 of Hastings, passed away Friday, July 18, 2014 at Mary Lanning Health Care in Hastings. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Kenesaw with Reverend Paul Duffy officiating. Burial will be in the Kenesaw Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 2:00 8:00 p.m....

Jul 16, 2014

Marilyn J. Feola, 69 of Grand Island, died Wednesday, July 16, 2014 at her home surrounded by family and friends. Services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, July 18, 2014 at Northridge Assembly of God Church in Grand Island with Pastor Mark Oberbeck and Pastor Roger Feola officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Gibbon, Nebraska. Visitation will be 9:00 a.m....