Apfel Funeral Home and Cremation Services Obituaries

Jun 1, 2014

May 31, 2014

Hastings resident, John I. Newman, 70, passed away Saturday, May 31, 2014 at the Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare, Hastings. Memorial service will be at 11 am, June 6, 2014 at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel, Hastings with Frank Swinnea officiating. Military rites will be held at the funeral home. Private family burial at the Kenesaw Cemetery, Kenesaw. Condolences may be...

May 30, 2014

Jack E. Sample, 77, of Grand Island died Friday, May 30, 2014 at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island. Services will be at 10:30 am on Tuesday, June 3, 2014 at the First United Methodist Church in Wood River with Rev. Phil Sloat officiating. Inurnment will be at 1:30 pm at the Trinity United Methodist Church Columbarium in Grand...

May 28, 2014

Peggy M. Brundage, 72 of Farwell, died Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island. Memorial Services will be 10:00 A.M. Monday, June 2, 2014 at the United Methodist Church in Cairo, Nebraska. The Reverend Melanie Adams will be officiating. To honor Peggys wishes, her body was cremated. Memorials are suggested to the American Cancer Society...

May 28, 2014

Doris J. Patsios, 72 of Grand Island, died Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at her home with her family by her side. Services will be at 10:00 A.M. Monday, June 2, 2014 at Third City Christian Church with the Rev. Josh Sikes officiating. Burial will be in the Grand Island City Cemetery. Visitation hours will be from 5-7 P.M Sunday, June...

May 27, 2014

Howard Duane Wetzel, 86, of Grand Island, Nebraska died peacefully surrounded by family at St. Elizabeths hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska on Tuesday May 27, 2014 at 8:30 a.m. after complications of a stroke. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 30, 2014 at Trinity Lutheran Church 212 West 12th Street in Grand Island, with Rev. Jack Gillam...

May 27, 2014

Gary Robert White, 71, of Grand Island, died Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at Wedgewood Care Center, Grand Island, surrounded by his loving family. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 31, 2014, at Trinity United Methodist Church with the Reverend Theresa Mason and Reverend Matt Fowler officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Island. Visitation hours will...

May 26, 2014

Georgenia V. Kempt, 92, of Shelton, died Monday, May 26, 2014 at her home in Shelton. Services will be at 10:30 am on Thursday, May 29, 2014 at the First Presbyterian Church in Wood River with Pastor Brad Jepsen officiating. Burial will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, May 29, 2014 at the Naponee Cemetery in Naponee, Nebraska. Visitation will be...

May 23, 2014

Pearl Y. Brokofsky, 88, of Grand Island died Friday, May 23, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Grand Island. Services will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at Apfel Funeral Home with the Rev. Lonnie Logan officiating. Burial will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in Fort McPherson National Cemetery at Maxwell, NE. Visitation will be 4-6 Tuesday, May...

May 23, 2014

Daniel Joe Martinez, 22 of Grand Island died, Friday, May 23, 2014 in Grand Island as the result of an auto accident. Services will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at the Apfel Funeral Home with Rev. Mike Schaaf officiating. Burial will be in Grand Island Cemetery. Visitation hours will be 10 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Monday, May 26,...

May 23, 2014

Former Hastings resident Pauline Emma Rogers, 95 passed away Friday, May 23, 2014 at Cambridge Manor, Cambridge, NE. Graveside service will be Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at 10 am at Parkview Cemetary, Hastings with Pastor Paul Knott officiating. Visitation will be from 8:30 to 9:30 am at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel, Hastings. Apfel Funeral Home, Hastings is in charge...

May 19, 2014

Wally Jakob peacefully entered the kingdom of heaven, Monday, May 19, 2014 with his family at his side at Howard County Medical Center, St. Paul, NE. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Grand Island with the Reverend Jack Gillam officiating. Burial will be in Grand Island Cemetery. Visitation hours will be 5-7 p.m.,...

May 19, 2014

Rick Allen Fila, 61, of Grand Island, died Monday, May 19, 2014 at St. Francis Medical Center, Grand Island. Mass of the Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, May 23, 2014 at St. Marys Cathedral, Grand Island with the Rev. Richard Piontkowski officiating. Visitation hours will be 5-7 p.m. Thursday, May 22, 2014 at the Apfel Funeral Home with...

May 19, 2014

Florence L. Krull, 83, Of Grand Island died Monday, May 19, 2014, at Brookefield Park Care Center in St. Paul. Services will be at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, May 22, 2014, at First-Faith United Methodist Church in Grand Island. The Rev. Matt Fowler and Rev. Douglas Poole will officiate. Private family burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will...

May 15, 2014

Deborah Alyce (Pember) Ball, age 58, passed away suddenly and peacefully on Thursday, May 15, 2014 in her home located in Poynette, Wisconsin. Her beloved little dog Daisy was by her side. Deborah was born June 21, 1955 in Kearney, Nebraska, the daughter of Leonard Stanley and Janet Beverly (Coleman) Pember-Kruger. As a child, she and her family resided in...

May 10, 2014

Doris L. Schmierer, 75, of Central City, formerly of Shelton died Saturday, May 10, 2014, at Litzenberg Long Term Care in Central City surrounded by loving her loving family. Services will be at 10:30 A.M. Tuesday at Grace Lutheran Church in Central City. Sister Mary Arie will officiate. Burial will be at 2:30 P.M. in the Shelton Cemetery at Shelton,...

May 10, 2014

Hastings resident Bill Bayles, 90, passed away May 10, 2014 at Mary Lanning Healthcare in Hastings, Nebraska. Memorial Services will be Wednesday May 14, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at All Faiths Chapel at the Good Samaritan Village in Hastings with Pastor Johnson officiating; Burial will be later. Bill was born October 26, 1923 in Adams County, Nebraska, to Loren E....

May 9, 2014

Roy W. Boltz, Jr, 82, of Grand Island died Monday, May 5, 2014 at his daughters home in Clarks, Nebraska. Services will be at 10 am on Friday, May 9, 2014 at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island with the Pastor Ross Aerni and Rev. Theresa Mason officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation hours will be...

May 8, 2014

Former Juniata resident, Eleanor Nienhueser, 93, passed away Thursday, May 8, 2014 at the Mary Lanning HealthCare, Hastings. Services will be Monday, May 12, at 10:30 am at the Faith Lutheran Church in Hastings, with Pastor Paul Dunbar officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings. Visitation will be Sunday, May 11, 2014 from 1 pm to 7 pm with...

May 7, 2014

Hastings resident, Robert Dee Prettyman, 74, passed away Wednesday, May 07, 2014 at Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare. Services will be Saturday, May 10, 2014 at 10 am at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel, Hastings with Pastor Larry Harvey officiating. Graveside service will be at 1:30 pm at the Alma Cemetery, Alma, NE. Visitation will be 4 pm to 7 pm,...