Shattuck – The funeral for Frances Appel, 80, will be 11 AM today at United Methodist Church with the Revs. Larry Henderson and Lin Sylvester officiating. Burial will follow in Shattuck Memorial Cemetery under direction of Good Samaritan Funeral Service of Shattuck.
She was born December 8, 1917, near Shattuck to Dale and Edith Hamilton Black and died Monday, March 2, 1998, at Newman Memorial Hospital.
She graduated from Shattuck high school in 1935 and worked as a bookkeeper at the Shattuck Community Creamery. On September 8, 1943, she married John L. Appel at Gage and they made their home west of Shattuck. Later they moved to the Bishop community where they operated a dairy until 1965. In 1966 she started work for Newman Memorial Hospital as a PBX operator, retiring in 1982. They moved to Shattuck in 1974.
She was a member of the United Methodist Church, the Handy Home Club and the Busy Bee Extension Club.
She is survived by her husband, John, of the home; two sons, Harland Appel of Shreveport, Louisiana, Waylen Apple of Shattuck; and four grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a sister.