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Neil Delimont

Neil Delimont

Jul 12, 2016

Trumbull resident, Neil Delimont, 88 passed away Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at Perkins Pavilion, Good Samaritan Society, Hastings Village. Services will be 10:30 am, Friday, July 15, 2016 at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel, Hastings with Pastor Travis King officiating. Burial will be in the Greenwood Cemetery, Trumbull, NE with military rights by the Hastings Veterans Service. Visitation will be...

Dale W. Hongsermeier

Dale W. Hongsermeier

Jul 12, 2016

Dale W. Hongsermeier, 90, died Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at the VA Hospital in Grand Island. Memorial services will Saturday, July 16, 2016 at 10 A.M. at Messiah Lutheran Church, 7th & Locust, Grand Island with Pastor Bill Schroeder officiating. Greeting the family with lunch will be in church basement following services. Visitation will be from 5 7 p.m. Friday...

Wilma Ann Slemons

Wilma Ann Slemons

Jul 8, 2016

Wilma Ann Slemons, 88 of Grand Island, died Friday, July 8, 2016. Wilma was born on February 29, 1928 to Arthur and Lilly (Rohweder) Henne in Grand Island where she graduated from GI Senior High. She later was united in marriage to John Helleberg in 1952 and made her home in Kearney until he passed away in April of 1969....

Lyle Twain Clemens

Lyle Twain Clemens

Jul 6, 2016

Lyle Twain Clemens was born Nov. 2, 1931 at his grandparents home near Tilden, Nebraska and died July 6, 2016 in Hastings, NE. Lyle was born to Homer H. and Verna (Jockens) Clemens. He was raised with his four brothers and two sisters in Neligh, learning to love the outdoors around the Elkhorn River and the local sloughs. He was...

Fern Ruth Pittz

Fern Ruth Pittz

Jul 5, 2016

Former Holstein resident, Fern Ruth Pittz, 88, passed away Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at St. Johns, Good Samaritan Society, Kearney. Services will be Saturday, July 9, 2016 at 10:30 am at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Holstein with Rev. Lon Landsmann officiating. Burial will be in the St. Paul Lutheran Churchyard Cemetery, Holstein. Visitation will be Friday, July 8, 2016...

Walter William Stoeger Jr.

Walter William Stoeger Jr.

Jul 5, 2016

Walter W. Stoeger, Jr., 71, died unexpectedly Tuesday, July 5 at his home in Boelus. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 Monday, July 11, 2016 at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Grand Island with Father Martin Egging and Father Tom Ryan officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Cairo. Family will be receiving friends from 5-7 p.m. Sunday,...

Nedra E. Blue

Nedra E. Blue

Jul 4, 2016

Nedra Elaine (Ramsey) Blue, 89, of Grand Island, formerly of Shelton, died Monday, July 4, 2016, in Grand Island from natural causes peacefully in her sleep. Services will be at 1:30 pm Friday, July 8 at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 2294 X Rd, Lowell, NE 68876 with Reverend Paul Duffy officiating. Interment at the Kenesaw Cemetery with a reception following...

Jack Scott Richards

Jack Scott Richards

Jun 29, 2016

Jack Scott Richards, 84 of Grand Island, died Wednesday, June 29, 2016 at CHI Health, St. Francis, Grand Island. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at Apfel Funeral Home with the Rev. Trudy Anderson officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Island with military honors by United Veterans Honor Guard and The United States...

James L. Rhodes

James L. Rhodes

Jun 27, 2016

Kenesaw resident, James L. Rhodes, 63, passed away, Monday, June 27, 2016 at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital, Hastings. Services will be Friday, July 1, 2016 at 10:30 am at the United Methodist Church in Kenesaw, NE with Rev; Dr. Lee Wigert officiating. Burial will be in the Kenesaw Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday, June 30, 2016 from 5 pm to...

Kenneth "'Kenny'" J. Perkins

Kenneth "'Kenny'" J. Perkins

Jun 27, 2016

Kenneth D. Kenny Perkins, 75 of Grand Island, died Monday, June 27, 2016, at CHI Health, St. Francis, Grand Island, NE. Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 1, 2016 at Apfel Funeral Home with the Rev. Russ Anderson officiating. There will be no visitation. Inurnment will be at a later date in Grand Island City Cemetery. Memorials are...

Theodore "Ted" Ronald Bader

Theodore "Ted" Ronald Bader

Jun 25, 2016

Theodore "Ted" R. Bader, 78 of rural St. Paul, was welcomed into eternal life on Saturday, June 25, 2016. The seventh child of ten born to Henry and Helen Bruns Bader, Theodore (Ted) Ronald Bader was born August 16, 1937 at the family farm north of St. Libory, NE. Ted became a child of God through the waters of holy...

Frances Marie Brenneman

Frances Marie Brenneman

Jun 25, 2016

Harvard resident, Frances Marie Brenneman, 97, passed away, Saturday, June 25, 2016 at the Harvard Rest Haven, Harvard. Services will be Saturday, July 2, 2016 at 10 AM at the Harvard Methodist Church, Harvard with Pastor Travis King officiating. Burial will be in the Harvard Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday, July 1, 2016 from 5 pm to 8 pm with...

Kenesaw William Bill Lee Ashmore Resident

Kenesaw William Bill Lee Ashmore Resident

Jun 24, 2016

Kenesaw resident, William Bill Lee Ashmore, 73, passed away Friday, June 24, 2016 at Premier Estates of Kenesaw. A memorial service will be held at Premier Estates, Kenesaw at 9:45 am, Tuesday, June 28th. Funeral service will be Tuesday, June 28th, 2016 at 10:30 am at the United Methodist Church in Kenesaw with Rev. Dr. Lee Wigert officiating. Burial will...

Daniel Joe Rainforth

Daniel Joe Rainforth

Jun 23, 2016

Daniel Joe Rainforth, 74, of Doniphan, died Thursday, June 23, 2016, surrounded by his family at Edgewood Vista, a memory care facility, in Grand Island. Services will be 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, June 29, 2016, at the Rosedale United Methodist Church. Pastor Kelly Karges will be officiating. A Private Inurnment will be held at the Rosedale Cemetery at a later date....

Carol Lee Kampschneider

Carol Lee Kampschneider

Jun 14, 2016

Carol Lee Kampschneider, 57 of Fremont, Nebraska died Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at CHI Health Lakeside in Omaha, Nebraska. Memorial Services will be 10:30 A.M. Saturday, June 18, 2016 at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. The Reverend Jim Garfield will be officiating. Inurnment will be in the Grand Island City Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the family to be...

Elinor Lykke Rademacher

Elinor Lykke Rademacher

Jun 13, 2016

Elinor Lykke Rademacher, 89 of Woodland Hills, California, died Monday, June 13, 2016 in Tarzana, California. Graveside services will be Saturday, June 25, 2016 at the Grand Island City Cemetery, Grand Island with the Rev. Bill Pavuk officiating. Visitation will be 10:00 a.m. until service time on Saturday at Apfel Funeral Home, Grand Island. Memorials are suggested to the family...

Frances M. Williams

Frances M. Williams

Jun 13, 2016

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Douglas L. Sloan

Douglas L. Sloan

Jun 12, 2016

Douglas L. Sloan, of Grand Island, Nebraska, passed away on Sunday, June 12, 2016 at St. Francis Medical Center. Services will be Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 10:30am at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island, Nebraska. The Rev. Jim Garfield will officiate. Burial will follow at the Grand Island Cemetery with military honors provided by the United Veterans Honor Guard...

Glenn Lee "Lee" Mae Jurgens

Glenn Lee "Lee" Mae Jurgens

Jun 10, 2016

Glenn Lee (Lee) Jurgens died at home, surrounded by her family, on June 10, 2016, after a short illness. She was born March 17, 1928 in Hildreth, Nebraska, first and only daughter of Herman and Olive (Johnson) Ortgiesen. She was married for nearly 70 years to Virgil Jurgens. Together they settled in Hastings after WW2 to raise their family of...

Pauline G. Plantz

Pauline G. Plantz

Jun 10, 2016

Pauline G. Plantz,95, died peacefully on June 10, 2016 in Seminole, Florida. Graveside service will be Saturday, June 18, 2016 at 2 pm at the Juniata Cemetery, Juniata with Pastor Joel Remmers officiating. There will be no visitation. Condolences may be sent to the family from www.apfelfuneralhome.com. Apfel Funeral Home, Hastings is in charge of the arrangements. Pauline was born...

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