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Carol Ann Mcgahan
Jul 19, 2021
Carol Ann (Asher) McGahan, 87, of Grand Island died, Monday, July 19, 2021, at The Heritage at Sagewood in Grand Island. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM Saturday, July 31, 2021 at the Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island with Rev. Julie Western officiating. Burial will be in the Grand Island City Cemetery with a private family luncheon...
Lionel Contreras
Jul 18, 2021
Lionel Contreras, 46, of Grand Island died Sunday, July 18, 2021 at his home. Funeral services will be 10 AM Friday, July 23, 2021 at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Grand Island with Fr. Jorge Canela officiating. Burial will follow in the Grand Island City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 PM Thursday, July 22nd at Apfel Funeral Home...
Joan M. Head
Jul 13, 2021
Joan Marilyn Head, 92, of Grand Island, died on Tuesday, July 13,2021, at Lebensraum Assisted Living Center of natural causes associated with advanced dementia, with family at her side. Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, August 3, 2021, at 11:00 am at Messiah Lutheran Church, Grand Island. Pastor Peeler will officiate. Visitation will take place one hour before the...
Loreta L Baum
Jul 11, 2021
Loreta (Povilaitis) Baum, 78, of Grand Island died July 11, 2021 at Good Samaritan Society-Perkins in Hastings, just shy of her 79th birthday July 17. Funeral Services will be July 30, 2021 at 11:00 at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island with Reverend Nelson Rossi officiating. Interment will be at Grand Island City Cemetery in a private family gathering. Memorials...
Amy Dawn Jessop
Jul 10, 2021
Amy Jessop (Putnam), 36, of Grand Island, NE died on July 10, 2021 at CHI Health Bergan Mercy in Omaha. A visitation will be held from 4 to 7 pm on Friday, July 16, 2021 at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. A graveside service will be 11 am on Saturday, July 17th in the Grand Island City Cemetery. A...
Deanne Elaine Carpenter
Jul 8, 2021
Deanne Elaine (Maciejewski) Carpenter, 65, of Hastings, Nebraska, died Thursday, July 8, 2021, at her home. A Funeral Mass will be held Thursday, July 15, 2021, at 10:30 AM at St. Josaphat Catholic Church in Loup City, Nebraska with Father Richard Piontkowski officiating. Memorials are suggested to Start Over Rover. Deanne was born on September 18, 1955, in Loup City,...
Michael Thomas Saladino
Jul 1, 2021
Michael Saladino, 75, of Ayr, Nebraska, passed away on July 1, 2021, at the VA Hospital in Grand Island, Nebraska. A graveside service with military honors will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, July 10, 2021, at the Blue Valley Cemetery in Ayr, Nebraska. A luncheon will follow at the Ayr School. Memorials are suggested to the family to be...
Gloria "Val" Valjean Lambert
Jun 29, 2021
Gloria (Val) Valjean Lambert, 80, of Hastings, Nebraska, died June 29, 2021, at Perkins Pavilion. A funeral service will be held 11:00 am, Saturday, July 3, 2021, at Apfel Funeral Home with Pastor Howard Goldsmith officiating. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the funeral service. Memorials are suggested to the family to be designated at a later date....
Norma J. Van Oosbree
Jun 29, 2021
NORMA J. VAN OOSBREE, 91, of Shoreview, Minnesota formerly of Grand Island, died June 29 in Shoreview. Mrs. Van Oosbree was cremated. Apfel Funeral Home – Grand Island is assisting the family. She was born June 13, 1930 in Ireton, Iowa the daughter of Ernest and Lucile (Miller) Goodmanson. She grew up in Ireton and graduated from Ireton High School...
Shane Samuelson
Jun 28, 2021
Shane Roger Samuelson, 53, of Chapman, Nebraska died on Monday, June 28, 2021. A memorial service will be held at 11:30 AM on Friday, July 9th at the Apfel Funeral Home in Wood River with Bev Hieb officiating. Memorials are suggested to the family or Apfel Funeral Home. Shane was born on March 27, 1968 in Kearney, NE to Dennis...
Harlan Robert Schlachter
Jun 25, 2021
Harlan R. Schlachter, 94, of Grand Island died Friday, June 25, 2021, at Grand Island Regional Medical Center in Grand Island. Memorial services will be on Friday, July 2, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. at the Faith Lutheran Church in Hastings with the Rev. Joshua Davis officiating. Inurnment will be in the Parkview Cemetery at Hastings with military honors. Visitation with...
Lynda Rae Brabander
Jun 19, 2021
After battling four kinds of cancer over thirty-two years, Lynda Rae Brabander, Lincoln, made a stop on the Rainbow Bridge to retrieve her cat, Kayla, before entering Heaven on June 19, 2021. She died at her parents’ home in Grand Island with her family around her. Funeral services will be 2 PM Wednesday, June 23 at Trinity United Methodist Church...
Brian James Kirstine
Jun 19, 2021
Brian James Kirstine, 53, of Hastings, NE passed away in his home, surrounded by friends on June 19, 2021. His graveside service will be held 2:30 PM on Thursday, July 1st at Parkview Cemetery and officiated by Pastor Joel Remmers of the First St. Paul Lutheran Church, Hastings, NE. Following the service there will be a Celebration of Life held...
Tami Bernice Shay
Jun 19, 2021
Tami Bernice Shay, 55, of Hastings, Nebraska, died Saturday, June 19, 2021, at Mary Lanning Healthcare. Funeral Services will be 10:00 am on Saturday, June 26, 2021, at Apfel Funeral Home in Hastings with Pastor Paul Knott officiating. Internment will be in the Kenesaw Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3-6 pm, Friday, June 25, 2021, at Apfel Funeral Home in...
Steven Keith Jardine
Jun 17, 2021
Steven Keith Jardine, 52, of Grand Island passed away June 17 in Omaha. Funeral Services will be Wednesday, June 23 at 2:00 pm at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church with Pastor Jeff Pedersen officiating. Burial will follow in the Grand Island City Cemetery. Visitation is from 5 to 8 PM on Tuesday, June 22 at Apfel Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested...
George R. Sedlacek
Jun 16, 2021
George R. Sedlacek, 94, of Grand Island passed away Wednesday, June 16, 2021, at his home with his beloved wife and daughter by his side. Funeral services will be at 2:00 PM Thursday, June 24th at the Third City Christian Church in Grand Island. Pastor Scott Jones will officiate. Burial will be in the Grand Island Cemetery at a later...
David W. Howells
Jun 13, 2021
David Howells, 62, of Grand Island died Sunday, June 13, 2021, at CHI St. Francis Medical Center. Memorial service will be 3:30 PM Thursday, June 17, 2021, at Apfel Funeral Home with military honors. Memorials are suggested to the family for later designation. David William was born on November 9, 1958, in Trenton, NJ to Leonard and Eleanor (Zelinski) Howell....
Robert "Bob" Krall
Jun 12, 2021
Robert “Bob” Allen was born on April 2, 1939, in Oklahoma City, OK to Robert A. and Bessie (Shattuck) Krall. He grew up in Grand Island. He attended West Lawn Elementary, Walnut Jr. High, and Grand Island Senior High Schools, graduating with the class of 1957. Bob attended the University of Nebraska in Lincoln and graduated in 1961 with his...
Christian "Burnie" Burnett Terman
Jun 10, 2021
After gracefully accepting and bravely traveling through a long journey with Parkinson’s Disease, Christian Burnett “Burnie” Terman, 84, of Grand Island entered his heavenly home Thursday, June 10, 2021, at Country House in Grand Island, in the arms of his loved ones. Funeral services will be at 10:00 AM Friday, June 25, 2021, at Trinity United Methodist Church in Grand...
Joyce Dinnell
Jun 10, 2021
Joyce P (Daniels) Dinnell, 92, of Hastings, Nebraska, passed away at her home Thursday, June 10, 2021. Visitation will be held 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, June 15, at Apfel Funeral Home in Hastings. Funeral services will be 9 a.m. Wednesday, June 16 at First Baptist Church in Hastings with Reverend Tom Murray officiating. Memorials may be given to the family. Joyce...
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