Apfel Funeral Home and Cremation Services Obituaries

Nov 6, 2022

Richard A. LaBrie, 70, of Giltner died Sunday Nov. 6, 2022 at CHI Health St. Francis.

Funeral service will be at 10:30 am, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022 at Stockham Community Church. The Reverend Rick Bartek will officiate. Burial will be at 2:00pm at Cedarview Cemetery in Doniphan with military honors. Visitation will be from 4-7pm on Nov. 11th, 2022 at Stockham...

Nov 5, 2022

A Hastings resident, Neva Dell Semotan, Died November 5, 2022, at Linden Court in North Platte, NE at the age of 94.

A memorial service is being held at 11:00 AM Thursday, November 10, 2022, at First St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Hastings with Reverend Joel Remmers officiating. A family burial at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings will be held prior to...

Nov 2, 2022

Linda Thompson (Clark-Stout) 63 of Grand Island passed away on Wednesday, November 2, 2022 on hospice care at her home. Funeral services will be at 3 P.M. on Friday, November 11, 2022 at First Baptist Church in Cairo with Reverend Jack Boling officiating. Memorials are suggested to the family for later designation. 

Linda was born of February 4, 1959, to...

Oct 27, 2022

Dorothy Louise Huffman Hoffman Juett, 94, of Grand Island passed away October 27, 2022, at Riverside Lodge where she had resided for several years. Funeral service will be 1:00 PM Thursday, November 3, 2022, at Apfel Funeral Home with Reverend Adam Snoberger officiating. Burial will follow at Cedarview Cemetery in Doniphan. Visitation will begin at 10:00 AM Thursday.

Dorothy was born...

Oct 19, 2022

Sharon K. Grell, 84, of Shelton died Wednesday, October 19, 2022, at her home following a lengthy illness.

Funeral services will be at 11:00 AM Tuesday at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Shelton with the Rev. Rob Kuefner officiating. Cremation will take place following the services. Burial of the cremains will be in the Shelton Cemetery at a later date.

Visitation will...

Oct 16, 2022

James L. McElroy 92 passed away peacefully October 16th 2022 at Riverside Lodge of Grand Island, surrounded by family. James wishes were to be cremated and joined with his wife Rosemarie in a private graveside service.

Jim was born November 9th 1929 in Grand Island to Francis and Loreen McElroy.

He attended local Grand Island schools and also attended Hastings College and...

Oct 16, 2022

Pamela Lynn Peterson, 60, of Grand Island died Sunday, October 16, 2022, at Good Samaritan Society in Grand Island. Memorial service will be 10:00 AM Saturday, November 5, 2022, at Apfel Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to the family for later designation. Online condolences may be directed to www.apfelfuneralhome.com.

Pamela was born on July 9, 1962, in Santa Rosa, CA to...

Oct 15, 2022

Dennis Crowell, 75, of Ravenna died Saturday, October 15, 2022, at VA Medical Center in Grand Island. Funeral service will be 10:30 AM Saturday, October 22, 2022, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Ravenna with Pastor Bonine officiating. Burial with military honors will follow at Highland Cemetery in Ravenna with Pastor Jose Flores officiating. Visitation will be 5-7 PM Friday at...

Oct 12, 2022

Elva Ruth (Griffith) Zerbe, 96, formerly of Superior and Nelson, NE, departed this life October 12, 2022, in Grand Island, NE. Graveside service will be 1:30 PM October 22, 2022, at the Odessa Cemetery in Esbon, KS with Pastor Rodney Rose officiating.

Elva “Ruth” was born January 30, 1926, in Lebanon, KS, the daughter of Clark and Goldie (Martin) Griffith. She...

Oct 12, 2022

Darlene R. Layher, 94, of Grand Island died Wednesday, October 12, 2022, at the Good Samaritan Society at Grand Island, where she had lived for the past three years.

Graveside services will be held at 1:00 PM Friday, October 14th at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Grand Island. Pastor Luke Biggs will officiate.

Memorials are suggested to the Central Nebraska Humane Society.

Arrangements...

Oct 9, 2022

Oct 7, 2022

Ellen Mae Steele, 53, of Kearney, NE died October 7, 2022 at CHI Health Good Samaritan Hospital. Funeral services will be held at the First Baptist Church in Kearney, NE October 17, 2022 at 2:00 PM with Pastor Sean Dougherty officiating. Interment will be at the cemetery in Wood River, NE at 4:00 PM. She was born December 8, 1968...

Oct 6, 2022

Joanne Meinke, age 92, passed away on Thursday October 6 at Howard County Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at Apfel Funeral Home – Grand Island at 11:00 AM on Tuesday October 11. Joanne has requested no visitation or viewing. Interment will follow the service at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery.

Joanne was born on March 18, 1930, to Lee and...

Oct 4, 2022

Keith James Dreher (K.J.) passed into heaven October 4, 2022, at Mary Lanning Hospital with his family present. Funeral service will be 10:30 AM Friday, October 14, 2022, at Apfel Funeral Home in Hastings with Chaplain John Mueller officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in Parkview Cemetery. Lunch will follow the burial at Apfel Funeral Home. Visitation will be...

Oct 3, 2022

Randy Lee Stoltenberg, 65, of Grand Island died Monday, October 3, 2022, at CHI Health St. Francis Medical Center of Grand Island. Funeral Services will be Friday, October 7th at 10:00 am at the Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island with the Reverend Bev Hieb officiating. Interment will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to...

Oct 3, 2022

Janet (Denman) Herndon, 91, of Hastings, NE passed away peacefully at home on Monday, October 3,

2022 while holding hands with her daughters, Beverly and Ilene.

Funeral services will be held at 2 PM on Friday, October 7, 2022 at Apfel Funeral Home in Hastings with

Pastor Jay Towell officiating. Burial will be at a later date. Visitation will be from 5 to...

Oct 3, 2022

Tina Elise McCleery, 49, of Roswell, N.M., went to meet Jesus at heaven's gate on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022.

Tina was born on March 21, 1973, in Grand Island to Michael and Elizabeth (Harb) McCleery. She grew up in Thermopolis, Wyo. and graduated from Hot Springs County High School.

Tina had many interests; she pursued a music degree at Chadron State College...

Oct 2, 2022

Robert D. Real, 75, of Wood River died Sunday, October 2, 2022, at Grand Island Regional Medical Center.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 AM Thursday October 6th at the Apfel Funeral Home in Wood River. The Rev. Bev Hieb will officiate. Burial with military honors will be in the Wood River Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 PM Wednesday,...

Oct 1, 2022

Larry Gene Niemoth, 78, of Wood River, NE died Saturday, October 1, 2022, at Nebraska Methodist Hospital in Omaha.

Memorial services will be held at 2:00 PM on Sunday, October 23, 2022, at the First Baptist Church in Cairo.  Memorials are suggested to Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital.

Larry Gene Niemoth, son of Irvin and Evelyn Niemoth was born July 23, 1944 in Grand...

Sep 27, 2022

Marilyn Dittrick, 86, of Kenesaw, NE died September 27, 2022, at Genoa Long Term Care. Celebration of Life gathering will be 1-3 PM Saturday, October 8, 2022 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church fellowship hall in Kenesaw. Burial will be at the Wanda Cemetery at a later date. Memorials are suggested to the Wanda Cemetery Association. Apfel Funeral Home is assisting...