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Charles E Kemptar
Dec 2, 2020
Charles Kemptar, 83, of Cairo, NE died December 2, 2020 at CHI Health St. Francis. A private family service will be held on December 7, 2020 at Cairo United Methodist Church with Rev. Cat Love officiating. A public visitation will be from 4 to 7 pm on Sunday, December 6th at the Cairo United Methodist Church. Memorials are suggested to...
Anita Claire Willis
Nov 28, 2020
Hastings resident, Anita Claire Willis, 91, passed away peacefully, Saturday, November 28, 2020 at the Azria Health Blue Hill. Services will be 11 am, Thursday, December 3, 2020 at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel, Hastings with Pastor Dale Phillips officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to service time. Burial will be in the Glenvil Cemetery. Apfel Funeral Home is...
Ray Lee
Nov 28, 2020
Ray Lee, 72, of Shelton, NE died November 28, 2020 at CHI St. Francis after a long health battle. Funeral service for the family will be 10:30 AM Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island with Rev. Carla Gunn officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in the Shelton Cemetery with a drive by visitation from...
Esther Colburn
Nov 28, 2020
Esther Colburn, 80, formerly of Giltner died Saturday, November 28, 2020 at Westfield Quality Care of Aurora, NE. Funeral Mass will be 10:30 AM Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Giltner with Father Loras Grell celebrating. Burial will follow in the St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 PM Tuesday at the church with a...
Beverly Hansen
Nov 28, 2020
Beverly Jean Hansen, 72, of Grand Island, NE died November 28, 2020 at Azria Health – Broadwell in Grand Island. A visitation will be from 4 to 6 pm on Friday, December 4, 2020 at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. A graveside service will be 1 pm Saturday, December 5th in the Moses Hill Cemetery near Holdrege, NE with...
Dennis Keas
Nov 28, 2020
Dennis Galen Keas, 70, of Alda Nebraska, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, November 28, 2020 at CHI St. Francis Medical Center. Galen, aka Keazo, was born May 12, 1950 in Twin Falls, Idaho. He was educated in a one room schoolhouse at District 8 South Rural School. He graduated from Garden County High School in Oshkosh, Nebraska. Galen was a true...
Marjorie Louise Bieck
Nov 26, 2020
Hastings resident, Marjorie Louise (Benke) Bieck, 84 passed away, Thursday, November 26, 2020 at Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare, Hastings. Services will be Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 10:30 am at Apfel Funeral Home Chapel, Hastings with Father Christopher Kubat officiating. Burial will be in the First Evangelical Cemetery, near Harvard. Visitation will be Monday, November 30, 2020 from 5 pm...
Mary Ann Purdie
Nov 26, 2020
Mary Ann (Lawrence) Purdie, 42, of Grand Island passed away on Thursday, November 26, 2020, from natural causes at her home, with her husband of 10 years, Steve Purdie who is left to mourn her loss. Mary Ann was born October 30, 1978, to Debra Sue (Ueckert) and John Lewis Lawrence, Jr. She was their only child. She attended school...
Donna M Ullman
Nov 25, 2020
Donna Ullman, 92, of Grand Island passed away on Wednesday, November 25, 2020, at CHI Health St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island surrounded by her family. Funeral service will be 10:30 Monday, November 30, 2020 at Apfel Funeral Home. The Reverend Kelly Karges will officiate. Visitation will be from 9:30-10:30 before the service. Burial will be at a later...
Randy A Meyer
Nov 23, 2020
Randy Meyer, 65, of Lincoln, NE died Monday, November 23, 2020 at CHI Health St. Elizabeth in Lincoln, NE. Services will be at Grace Lutheran Church, Wood River, NE. Visitation will be held on Saturday, November 28th at 11:00 am, with the funeral for immediate family to follow at 1:00 pm. Following the services burial will be in the Wood...
Joyce E. Fernandes
Nov 22, 2020
Hastings resident Joyce E. (Graham) Fernandes passed away on Sunday November 22, 2020, aged 83. Joyce was born December 7, 1936 to Robert and Pauline Graham in Adams County, NE. Not long after graduating from Roseland high school, Joyce married Thomas R. Fernandes in Hastings on February 11th, 1956. She worked as an executive Secretary at Werner Construction for 35...
Rex E Carpenter
Nov 21, 2020
Rex E. Carpenter, 80, left this world Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020, in Grand Island, surrounded by his family, after battling COVID-19 for several weeks. Given the pandemic, the funeral will be limited to family only. A visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 27, at Apfel Funeral Home. Masks are required. Family will not be present....
Belerina Darnell
Nov 21, 2020
Belerina Darnell, 93, of Gibbon died Saturday, November 21, 2020, at her home in Gibbon. Services will be Wednesday, November 25th at Noon at St. James Catholic Church in Kearney. The Rev. Art Faesser will officiate. Burial will be in the Riverside Cemetery at Gibbon. Masks will be required and social distancing will be practiced at the service and visitation....
John B. Sims, Sr.
Nov 21, 2020
John B. Sims, Sr., 88, of Grand Island died Saturday, November 21, 2020, at his home in Grand Island. A private family committal service was held at the Grand Island City Cemetery where his body was entombed within the family mausoleum. John was born May 10, 1932, in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He served his country for four years in the...
Lynos Joseph Rerucha
Nov 20, 2020
Lynos Joseph Rerucha went to his heavenly home on November 20, 2020 at age 83. He was currently residing at Country House in Grand Island. Visitation will be at Apfel Funeral Home on Monday, November 30th from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The family will be present to greet family and friends but masks and social distancing will be required....
Dale Whitefoot
Nov 19, 2020
Dale always said growing up they weren’t allowed to dance, play cards, drink alcohol or smoke, so all that was left to do was work, and work he did for 95 years. He leveled land up until two days before he was admitted to the hospital with Covid-19. Dale was born May 25, 1925 to Albert and Lillie (Bernhagen) Whitefoot...
Theodore "Ted" L. Hansen
Nov 18, 2020
Theodore L. “Ted” Hansen, 79, of Grand Island died Wednesday, November 18, 2020, at Country House in Grand Island. Visitation will be Tuesday from 10 AM until Noon at Apfel Funeral Home – Grand Island, followed by graveside services at the Grand Island City Cemetery. Ted was born June 28, 1941, at Norfolk, NE to Elmer T. and Luetta K....
Elizabeth "Betty" A. Timmerman
Nov 18, 2020
Elizabeth A. “Betty” Timmerman, 79, of Grand Island died Wednesday, November 18, 2020, at Aziria Healthcare – Broadwell in Grand Island. Memorial service will be 2:00 PM Monday, November 23, 2020, at Apfel Funeral Home – Grand Island with Rev. Bev Hieb officiating. Inurnment will be at 3:30 PM at the Ord Cemetery. Elizabeth Ann “Betty” Timmerman was born February...
Charles A Jensen
Nov 17, 2020
Charles A. “Chuck” Jensen passed away November 17, 2020 in Grand Island, NE. A memorial service will be held at Apfel Funeral Home at 2 pm on Thursday, December 10, 2020. He was born on April 30, 1933 in Pawnee City, NE to Julius Jensen and Inez (Johnson) Jensen. While growing up in Pawnee City, Chuck enjoyed helping out at...
Cody A. Schott
Nov 16, 2020
Cody Alexander Schott, 23, of St. Libory passed away November 16, 2020. Funeral services will be at 11:00 AM Monday, November 23rd at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. Derek Apfel, CFC will officiate. The services will be live streamed via the Apfel Funeral Home Facebook page. Masks will be required by those attending the funeral and visitation. Social distancing...
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