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Lucille L. Wiese

Lucille L. Wiese

Oct 22, 2015

Lucille L. Wiese, 95, of Grand Island died Thursday, October 22, 2015, at Bickford Cottage in Grand Island. Graveside services will be at 11:00 AM Tuesday at the Grand Island Cemetery. The Rev. Bill Pavuk will officiate. Family and friends will gather at the Apfel Funeral Home at 10:00 AM Tuesday to travel in procession to the cemetery. There will...

Renee Deanne Kent

Renee Deanne Kent

Oct 22, 2015

Former Hastings resident, Renee Deanne Kent, 61 passed away Thursday, October 22, 2015 at her home in Omaha, NE. Services will be 10:30 am Thursday, October 29, 2015 at First St. Pauls Lutheran Church with Pastor Joel Remmers officiating, visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday, October 28,...

Rex Vernon Logan

Rex Vernon Logan

Oct 22, 2015

Rex V. Logan, 91 of Grand Island, died Thursday, October 22, 2015 at CHI St. Francis Health, Grand Island. Graveside services will be 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Island with military rites by the United Veterans Honor Guard and United States Army Honor Team. Memorials are suggested to the United Congregational Church, Grand...

Darle G. Martin

Darle G. Martin

Oct 21, 2015

Hastings resident, Darle G. Martin, 89, passed away Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at Perkins Pavilion, Good Samaritan Society. Celebration of Life will be Sunday, October 25, 2015 at 1 pm at the DAV Club in Hastings, NE. Apfel Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Condolences may be sent to the family from www.apfelfuneralhome.com. Darle was born October 11,...

Jack C Harsh

Jack C Harsh

Oct 21, 2015

Former Hastings resident, Jack C. Harsh, passed away Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at Gold Crest Retirement Center in Adams, NE. Services will be Saturday, October 24, 2015 at 11 am at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel, Hastings, with Pastor Paul Knott officiating. Visitation with the family will be one hour prior to service time. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial...

Gale E. Torske

Gale E. Torske

Oct 18, 2015

Kenesaw resident, Gale E. Torske, 82, passed away Sunday, October 18, 2015 at Premier Estates of Kenesaw. A memorial service will be Wednesday October 21, 2015 at 11:00am at St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Kenesaw, NE with Reverend Paul Duffy officiating. Burial will be at a later. There will be no visitation or book signing at Gales request his body...

Esther C. Luhn

Esther C. Luhn

Oct 15, 2015

Esther C. Luhn, 94, of Wood River died Thursday, October 15, 2015, at the Good Samaritan Society in Wood River. Memorial services will be Tuesday at 11:00 AM at the First Presbyterian Church of Wood River. Pastor Brad Jepsen will officiate. Cremation has taken place, according to her wishes. Family will greet friends from 5 to 7 PM Monday at...

Mary Elaine Wilson

Mary Elaine Wilson

Oct 14, 2015

Mary Elaine Wilson, 89 of Grand Island, entered into eternal rest Wednesday October 14, 2015 at the Good Samaritan Society in Wood River. Memorial Services will be 10:30 A.M. on Saturday, November 28, 2015 at Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home Chapel in Lincoln, Nebraska. Pastor Darryl Holzinger will be officiating. Inurnment will be at Lincoln Memorial Park. Private Family Services are...

Esther Marie Brandon

Esther Marie Brandon

Oct 13, 2015

Esther Marie Brandon, 85 of Doniphan, died Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at CHI Health, St. Francis in Grand Island. Services will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, October 16, 2015 at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island, with the John Markworth officiating. Burial will be in Cedarview Cemetery, Doniphan, NE. Visitation hours will be one hour prior to service time on Friday...

Gwen Lubeck

Gwen Lubeck

Oct 12, 2015

Gwen (Christiansen) Lubeck Our beloved Mom and Grandma, 89, passed away peacefully in her Mesa, Arizona apartment on Monday, October 12, 2015. Gwen was born January 22, 1926 in Enders, Nebraska, to Julius and Ruth Christiansen. The family later moved to Kimball, Nebraska, where she graduated from high school. Gwen graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1947. Gwen married...

Lucille E Stratman

Lucille E Stratman

Oct 12, 2015

Lucille E. Stratman, 99 of Grand Island, died Monday, October 12, 2015 at CHI Health, St. Francis, Grand Island. Services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, October 15, 2015 at Apfel Funeral Home with the Rev. Trudy Kenyon-Anderson officiating. A private burial of ashes will be at a later date at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Island. Visitation hours will be...

Betty Ane May Jakob

Betty Ane May Jakob

Oct 10, 2015

Betty Jakob, of St. Paul, formerly of Grand Island, peacefully entered the kingdom of heaven on Saturday, October 10, 2015 at Wedgewood Care Center, Grand Island. Services will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at Trinity Lutheran Church with the Rev. Jack Gillam officiating. Burial will be in Grand Island Cemetery, Grand Island. Visitation hours will be 4-7 p.m....

Lee "'Butch'" Allen Bruhn

Lee "'Butch'" Allen Bruhn

Oct 9, 2015

Lee Butch Bruhn died Friday, October 9, 2015 at CHI St. Francis in Grand Island. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 am on Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at St. Marys Catholic Church in Wood River with Father Jorge Canela officiating. Burial will be at St. Marys Catholic Cemetery near Wood River. Visitation will be on Tuesday evening from...

Robert "Bob" E. Engel

Robert "Bob" E. Engel

Oct 9, 2015

May 21, 1927 October 9, 2015

Sharon "Syd" A. Powell

Sharon "Syd" A. Powell

Oct 5, 2015

Hastings resident, Sharon (Syd) A. Powell, 75, passed away Monday, October 5th, 2015 at her home, with her husband of 61 years by her side. Graveside service will be Friday, October 9, 2015 at 3 pm at Parkview Cemetery, Hasting with Chaplin John Mueller officiating. Book signing will be from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm with family present at the...

Paul Henry Schleiger

Paul Henry Schleiger

Oct 5, 2015

Paul H. Schleiger, 98 of North Platte, Nebraska formerly of Grand Island died Monday, October 05, 2015 at Linden Court in North Platte, Nebraska. Services will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, October 12, 2015 at Trinity Lutheran Church with the Rev. Jack Gillam officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Island. Visitation will be 10:00 a.m. until service...

Wanda Ileene Farrand

Wanda Ileene Farrand

Oct 1, 2015

Harvard resident, Wanda Ileene (Davidson) Farrand, 84, passed away Thursday, October 1, 2015 at Mary Lanning Memorial Health Care, Hastings. Services will be Monday, October 5, 2015 at 2 pm at the Harvard First United Methodist Church with Rev. Travis King officiating. Burial will be in the Harvard Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to service time. Condolences may...

Eileen E. Willy

Eileen E. Willy

Sep 30, 2015

Hastings resident, Eileen Elizabeth Willy, 76, passed away September 30, 2015 at Perkins Pavilion, Good Samaritan Society. Mass of Christian burial will be Thursday, November 5, 2015 at 10 am at St. Michaels Catholic Church, Hastings with Father Michael Houlihan, officiating. Rosary will be before the church service at 9:30 am at St. Michaels Catholic Church with Father Michael Catholic...

Lawrence "Larry" J Malleck

Lawrence "Larry" J Malleck

Sep 30, 2015

Lawrence "Larry" J. Malleck, 81, of Grand Island, died Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at the Grand Island Veterans Home. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 A.M. Saturday, October 3, 2015 at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Grand Island. Father Todd Philipsen will be officiating. Interment will be at Westlawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 5-7 P.M. Friday at...

Thomas Joseph Millette

Thomas Joseph Millette

Sep 29, 2015

Thomas Joseph Millette, 94 of Wood River, died Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at Good Samaritan Society, Wood River. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, October 3, 2015 at Wood River Presbyterian Church, Wood River with Pastor Brad Jepsen officiating. Burial will be in Wood River Cemetery. Visitation hours will be 5-7 p.m. Friday, October 2, 2015 at Apfel Funeral Home...

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