Obit: Apfelbeck, Dale Bernard (1935 - 2019)

Transcriber: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Apfelbeck, Brantner, Hackel, Hoffman

----Source: The Tribune-Phonograph (Abbotsford, WI) 1/28/2019

Apfelbeck, Dale Bernard (7 NOV 1935 - 25 JAN 2019)

Dale B. Apfelbeck, age 83, of Lublin, passed away on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, at the Marshfield Medical Center in Marshfield.

A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019, at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Lublin. Rev. Kurt Apfelbeck will preside and burial will follow at St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Colby. Visitation will be held at the church on Saturday from 9:30 a.m. until the time of service.

Dale Bernard Apfelbeck was born on Nov. 7, 1935, on the family dairy farm in rural Colby, the son of Bernard and Bernadine (Hoffman) Apfelbeck. He received his elementary education at the Riverside Country School and St. Mary’s Catholic School in Colby, and graduated from Colby High School in 1953.

Dale served our country in the U.S. Army from April 1958 until 1960, and was recalled for the Berlin Crisis from 1961 to 1962. He was united in marriage to Imogene M. Hackel on May 13, 1961, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Colby. Dale worked as a cheese maker and later was a self-employed auto mechanic in Lublin.

He had many interests, but especially loved to read, raise his garden, and loved to fix and tinker with things. Dale was a very quiet, but generous man, who was always willing to help out his family, friends and neighbors. Dale was a member of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Lublin.

He is survived by his wife, Imogene “Jean” of Lublin; six children, Jeff (Angie) of Medford, Steve of Lublin, Doug of Withee, Fr. Kurt of La Crosse, Keith of Oostburg and Dena (Gary) Brantner of Wheeler; four granddaughters, Andrea and Erika Brantner, and Avery and Anya Apfelbeck; nieces and nephews; and other relatives and friends.

Dale was preceded in death by his parents; his infant sons, Kevin and Brian; two brothers, Joseph and William; and one sister, Gertrude.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.cuddiefh.com.

Thorp Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.