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Nola Lorraine Stelk

Nola Lorraine Stelk

Aug 20, 2017

Nola Lorraine Stelk, 89 of Grand Island, died Sunday, August 20, 2017 at CHI St. Francis Health in Grand Island. Funeral Services will be 10:30 A.M. Thursday, August 24, 2017 at Grace Lutheran Church in Grand Island. Pastor Daniel Bremer and Pastor Rodney Armon will be officiating. Interment will be in the Grand Island City Cemetery. Visitation will be from...

Nola Lorraine Stelk

Nola Lorraine Stelk

Aug 20, 2017

Nola Lorraine Stelk, 89 of Grand Island, died Sunday, August 20, 2017 at CHI St. Francis Health in Grand Island. Funeral Services will be 10:30 A.M. Thursday, August 24, 2017 at Grace Lutheran Church in Grand Island. Pastor Daniel Bremer and Pastor Rodney Armon will be officiating. Interment will be in the Grand Island City Cemetery. Visitation will be from...

Frances 'Bobby' Elaine Moeller

Frances 'Bobby' Elaine Moeller

Aug 18, 2017

Frances Bobby Elaine Moeller, 89 of Grand Island, Nebraska died Friday, August 18, 2017, at CHI Health St. Francis, Grand Island, NE. Services will be 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island with Derek Apfel, CFC, officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Island. Visitation hours will be from 4-7 P.M....

Arlene Graf

Arlene Graf

Aug 17, 2017

Arlene Graf, 84, of Grand Island, died August 17, 2017, at CHI St. Francis. Memorial graveside service will be 1:00 PM Friday, August 25, 2017, at Cedarview Cemetery in Doniphan, NE, with Derek Apfel, CFC, officiating. Lunch will follow at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. Arlene was born December 8, 1932 to Oscar and Hazel (Manners) Waddington in Grand...

Rickey Holloway

Rickey Holloway

Aug 17, 2017

Rickey Wayne Holloway passed away peacefully in his home on August 17, 2017. Private family memorial service will be held at Ft. McPherson with military honors. He was born on January 15, 1948 in Washington D.C. He was the middle child of three born to John C. Holloway and Anna G. Ramsey. He leaves behind two beloved daughters: Kelly and...

Donna I Friedricksen

Donna I Friedricksen

Aug 11, 2017

Donna I. Friedricksen, 64, of Grand Island died Friday, August 11, 2017, at CHI Health St. Francis in Grand Island. Services will be at 10:00 A.M. Wednesday at the Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. Derek Apfel, CFC will officiate. Burial will be in the Cameron Cemetery near Wood River. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 P.M. Tuesday at...

Abbie Dawn Vialpando

Abbie Dawn Vialpando

Aug 11, 2017

She loved the Golden State Warriors Basketball team. Her greatest enjoyment in life came from having a good time with her family and friends. Those left to cherish her memory include her husband, Jay of Wood River; a son, Cameron and a daughter, Jocelyn, both at home; her parents, Steve & Kathy Powell of Grand Island; her father-in-law and mother-in-law,...

Ralph Brostrom

Ralph Brostrom

Aug 10, 2017

Ralph Brostrom, 90 of Grand Island died Thursday, August 10, 2017 at Riverside Lodge, Grand Island, NE. Services will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Caroline Price-Gibson officiating. Burial will be in Grand Island Cemetery. Military honors will be provided by United Veterans Honor Guard of Grand Island and United States Army...

Gregg Alan Bostelman

Gregg Alan Bostelman

Aug 7, 2017

December 27, 1953 August 7, 2017

Larry B. Dubbs

Larry B. Dubbs

Aug 4, 2017

Larry B. Dubbs, 68, of Gibbon died Friday, August 4, 2017, at CHI Health Good Samaritan in Kearney. Memorial services will be at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday at Grace Fellowship Church in Kearney. The Rev. Mitch Ivey will officiate. Burial of ashes will be at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday in the Riverside Cemetery at Gibbon. Larrys family will greet friends from 5...

Marjorie Ann Prettyman

Marjorie Ann Prettyman

Aug 4, 2017

Hastings resident, Marjorie Marji Ann Prettyman, 76, passed away August 4, 2017at Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare, Hastings. Memorial service will be 11 am, Saturday, August 12, 2017 at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel, Hastings with Rev. Larry Harvey officiating. Marjories wishes were to be cremated. Burial will be at 3 pm Saturday, August 12, 2017 in the Alma Cemetery, Alma,...

Stanley R. Armstrong

Stanley R. Armstrong

Aug 3, 2017

Kenesaw resident, Stanley R. Armstrong, 79, passed away, Thursday, August 3, 2017 at Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare, Hastings. Mass of Christian Burial will be Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at 10:30 am at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Kenesaw, NE with Father Adam Sughroue officiating. Stanleys wishes were to be cremated. Book signing will be Monday, August 7, 2017 from...

Joan Nadine Smith

Joan Nadine Smith

Aug 2, 2017

Joan Nadine Smith, 82, of Grand Island, died Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at the Good Samaritan Village in Grand Island. Funeral Services will be 10:30 A.M. Saturday, August 5, 2017 at St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Grand Island. Interment will be at Westlawn Memorial Park in Grand Island. The Reverend Edgar Schambach will be officiating. To honor Joans wishes, there...

Fredrick A. Kreinheder

Fredrick A. Kreinheder

Jul 31, 2017

Former Hastings resident, Fredrick A. Kreinheder, 96, passed away Monday, July 31, 2017 in Minnesota. Services will be Friday, August 4, 2017 at 11 am at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel, Hastings with Rev. Larry Harvey officiating. . Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings with military rites by the Hastings Veterans Assoc. Visitation will be Thursday, August 3, 2017...

Edward J. Murphy

Edward J. Murphy

Jul 27, 2017

Hastings resident, Edward J. Murphy, 94 passed away, Thursday, July 27, 2017 at Premier Estates of Kenesaw. Edwards wishes were to be cremated; a Celebration of life will be held at a future date. Condolences may be sent to the family from www.apfelfuneralhome.com. Apfel Funeral Home, Hastings is in care of the family. Memorials may be given to North Shore...

Kurt Perkins

Kurt Perkins

Jul 27, 2017

Kurt Perkins, 53, of Grand Island, died July 27, 2017, at CHI St. Francis Medical Center. Memorial service will be 10:30 am Monday, July 31, 2017, at Apfel Funeral Home. The Reverend Kelly Karges will officiate. Burial will be at Grand Island City Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the family for later designation. Kurt Douglas was born December 30, 1963,...

Andrew Crouch

Andrew Crouch

Jul 23, 2017

Andrew Allen Crouch, 57 of Parsons, KS, died Sunday, July 23, 2017 in Parson, KS. Memorial graveside service will be 2:00 pm Friday, August 4, 2017, at Ansley Township Cemetery in Ansley, NE, with the Rev. John Ball officiating. Mr. Crouch was cremated. Memorials are suggested to the family for later designation. Apfel Funeral Home is caring for the family....

Viola H. Wilson

Viola H. Wilson

Jul 22, 2017

Viola H. Wilson, formerly of Portland, OR died July 22, 2017, in Grand Island, NE. She was born November 19, 1922, on a farm north of Laurel, NE to Danish immigrants Magnus and Olivia Vorum Hansen. Vi graduated from Laurel High School and Wayne State College. Her teaching career began in rural schools in Nebraska. She then taught in Iowa,...

Carol L. Moeller

Carol L. Moeller

Jul 20, 2017

Carol L. Moeller, 62, of Grand Island died Thursday, July 20, 2017 at CHI Health St. Francis in Grand Island. Memorial services will be at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Grand Island. The Rev. Adam Snoberger will officiate. Family will greet friends from 4 to 7 P.M. Tuesday at the Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island....

Karin R. Walsh

Karin R. Walsh

Jul 15, 2017

Karin Walsh, 64, of Shelton, NE, died Saturday, July 15, 2017 at CHI Health Good Samaritan in Kearney, NE. A memorial service will be at 11:00 AM on Thursday, July 20, 2017, at the Shelton United Methodist Church. Visitation will be from 5-7 PM on Wednesday evening at the church. Rev. Markey Gray will officiate. The family requests casual attire...

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