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Apfel Funeral Home and Cremation Services Obituaries
Mary Brundage
Aug 18, 2022
Mary Brundage, 97, formerly of Cairo died Thursday, August 18, 2022, at Lebensraum in Grand Island. Funeral service will be 10:30 AM Tuesday, August 23, 2022, at Sonlight Community Church (Cairo Community Center) with Pastor Darrell Holzinger officiating. Burial will follow at the Wood River Mennonite Church Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Sonlight Community Church or Wood River Mennonite...
Judy K. Hostetler
Aug 11, 2022
Judy Kay Hostetler, 76, of Boelus, NE died on August 11, 2022, at CHI Health St. Francis in Grand Island. Funeral services will be held at 11 AM on Friday, August 19, 2022, at the Wood River Mennonite Church with Reverend Matt Troyer-Miller officiating. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 PM on Thursday, August 18th at the church. Memorials...
Darrell F Brown
Aug 11, 2022
Darrell F. Brown, 89, passed away on Thursday, August 11, 2022, at the Eastern Nebraska Veterans Home in Bellevue, NE. Memorial service will be 10:00 AM Saturday, August 20, 2022, at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. Visitation will be Friday from 4-7 PM at Apfel Funeral Home. A private burial will be at Rosedale Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to...
Neoma Fay Pichler
Aug 10, 2022
Neoma Fay Pichler, 95, of Grand Island died on Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at CHI Health St. Francis. At Fay's request, there will be no services. Fay was born on January 14, 1927, to Bryan and Lena (Lieb) Finch in Venus, NE. She was united in marriage to Val Pichler on January 29, 1946, at O'Neill, NE. The couple lived...
Bobette "Bobbi" K. Cooper
Aug 9, 2022
Bobette K. “Bobbi” Cooper Bobette K. “Bobbi” Cooper, 55, of Hastings, NE passed away Tuesday, August 9, 2022, at Mary Lanning Hospital surrounded by her loving family following a long battle with lung cancer. A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, September 17, 2022, at the Adams County Fairground in Hastings, NE, West End building, beginning at 2...
Robert E Irwin
Aug 9, 2022
Robert E. Irwin, 83, of Lexington, formerly of Grand Island died Tuesday, August 9, 2022, at Mary Lanning Healthcare in Hastings. Memorial services will be at 11:00 AM Monday, August 15th at the Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. Burial of cremains will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Robert Earl Irwin was born October 8, 1938, at Table Rock,...
Kelly "Shane" Lauenstein
Aug 3, 2022
Kelly “Shane” Lauenstein, 49, of Hastings, NE died on August 3, 2022 at his home surrounded by his family. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. He was born on April 20, 1973 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Jerry and Tina Lauenstein. He was united in marriage to Mary Hotz on October 14, 2000 in...
Robert J. Kent
Aug 2, 2022
Robert J. Kent, 92, of Hastings, NE died August 2, 2022 in Hastings, NE. Funeral services will be 11 AM Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at First St. Paul’s Lutheran Church with Pastor Joel Remmers officiating. Burial will take place prior to the start of the service in the Parkview Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 PM on Monday,...
Chalie Lee Edwards
Aug 1, 2022
Chalie Lee Edwards was born January 27, 1978 in Grand Island, Nebraska, to Dennis and Christine Sheffield Edwards. She arrived on their 5th wedding anniversary and was baptized at Trinity United Methodist Church. She was named after her maternal uncles Charles Jr. and Jerry Lee Sheffield. Her beloved, older sister Melodie Edwards-Loveland cared for and protected her throughout her life....
Sandra Jean Erlenbusch
Jul 31, 2022
Sandra “Sandy” Jean Erlenbusch, 76, of Grand Island died Sunday, July 31, 2022, at Hillcrest Health and Rehab in Bellevue, NE. Funeral service will be at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, August 6, 2022, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Grand Island. Burial will follow in the Hampton Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 P.M. Friday at Apfel Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to...
Twila J. Norris
Jul 29, 2022
Twila J. Norris, 76, formerly of Hastings, NE passed away on Friday, July 29, 2022 at Burwell Community Memorial Health Center. Funeral services will be at 1 PM on Thursday, August 4, 2022 at Apfel Funeral Home in Hastings with Pastor Paul Dunbar officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 PM Wednesday,...
Darrel Ross Bullard
Jul 25, 2022
Darrel Ross Bullard, 91, of Hastings, NE passed away peacefully on July 25, 2022 at the Premiere Estates of Kenesaw. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 1 PM at Peace Lutheran Church in Hastings with Pastor Micah Gaunt officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Memorials are suggested to the church. Apfel Funeral Home...
Joe Lee Mcalevy
Jul 19, 2022
Joe Lee McAlevy, 72, formerly of Cairo, NE passed away on Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at the Rose Lane Home in Loup City, NE. A celebration on life will be held from 11 am to 2 pm at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. A private family burial will take place in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery at a later date....
Elmer D. Stelk
Jul 15, 2022
Elmer D. Stelk, 96, of Grand Island died Friday, July 15, 2022, at Good Samaritan Society Village. Funeral service will be 11:00 AM Wednesday, July 20, 2022, at Grace Lutheran Church with Pastor Dan Bremmer officiating. Burial with military honors will follow at the Grand Island City Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 9:30 AM prior to the service. Memorials are...
Tom R. Rainforth
Jul 14, 2022
Thomas Ray Rainforth, 81, of Grand Island died Thursday, July 14, 2022, at Fairview Manor in Fairmont, NE surrounded by his family after his long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. His wish was to be cremated. Funeral Mass will be 10:30 am Tuesday, July 19, 2022, at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church with the Rev. Martin Egging officiating. Burial will be in...
Nancy J. Meyer
Jul 12, 2022
Nancy J. Meyer, 87, of Papillion, Nebraska, formerly of Grand Island died Tuesday July 12, 2022, at Hillcrest Country Estate in Papillion. Funeral services will be at 10:30 AM Monday, July 18th at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. Pastor Luke Biggs will officiate. Burial will be in the Grand Island City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3 to 5...
Barbara J. Huxtable
Jul 12, 2022
Barbara Jean (Allan) Huxtable passed peacefully on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, just two days before her 71st birthday, surrounded by her loving family at home. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, July 18, 2022, at the First Presbyterian Church in Wood River, with Pastor Brad Jepsen officiating. Burial will be in the Wood River Cemetery. Visitation will...
Alan E. Weinrich
Jul 12, 2022
Alan Eugene Weinrich, 68, of rural Grand Island passed away on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, at CHI Health St. Francis after a long battle with severe lung disease. Funeral services will be at 10:30am on Tuesday, July 19 at Apfel Funeral Home with Fr. Jorge Canela officiating. Visitation will be from 5-7pm Monday, July 18 at Apfel Funeral Home. Inurnment...
Ruby M. Graves
Jun 25, 2022
Ruby Maye Graves, 95, of Grand Island, NE died Saturday, June 25, 2022, at Riverside Lodge. Memorial service will be 2:00 PM Thursday, June 30, 2022, at Trinity United Methodist Church with Rev. Scott Weeks and Anny Kapundu officiating. Visitation with the family will begin 1 hour prior to the service. Burial will follow at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials...
Linda L. Maruska
Jun 24, 2022
Linda L. Maruska, 81, of Grand Island died Friday, June 24, 2022, at CHI Health St. Francis in Grand Island surrounded by her loving family. Funeral services will be at 10:30 AM Wednesday, June 29th at the Berean Bible Church in Grand Island. Pastor Jim Reynolds will officiate. Burial will be in the Grand Island City Cemetery. Visitation will be...
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