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Visitation:
4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 2, 2019
at Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home in Bourbonnais
Second visitation: 10 a.m.
to 11 a.m. Thursday, October 3 at St. Paul’s
Lutheran Church in Kankakee
Service:
11 a.m. Thursday at the church
Funeral home:
Clancy-Gernon Funeral Homes, 295 Main St. NW, Bourbonnais
Obituary
Gary A. Apel, age 72, of Bourbonnais,
passed away Saturday, September 28, 2019 at Miller
Healthcare Center in Kankakee.
He was born May 31, 1947 in Lincoln, the son of
Harold and Rosemary LaForge Apel. He married Mary
Dattilo on March 26, 1988 at St. Paul’s Lutheran
Church in Kankakee.
Gary was a retired agronomist from National Starch
Company in Indianapolis, IN. He was also co-owner of
Apel-Blake Homes.
Gary earned his BS from Illinois State University
and his MS from the University of Illinois. He was a
member of the National Herford Association, the
National Chianina Association, and the Kankakee
Builders Association. Gary enjoyed showing cattle
and was interested in anything relating to farming
and agriculture.
Surviving are his wife, Mary Apel of Bourbonnais;
two step-sons, Eric Blake of Bradley and Chad Blake
of Bourbonnais; two grandchildren, Meghan Blake and
Elliott Blake; one sister and brother-in-law, Gail
and David Sasse of Beason; two brothers and two
sisters-in-law, Gene and Kathy Apel of Springfield
and Garret and Jill Apel of Beason; and several
nieces. He is preceded in death by his parents.
Visitation will be held 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. on
Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at Clancy-Gernon Funeral
Home in Bourbonnais. Visitation will also be held
from 10:00 a.m. until the 11:00 a.m. funeral service
on Thursday, October 3, 2019 at St. Paul’s Lutheran
Church in Kankakee. Rev. Karl Koeppen will officiate
the service. |
Interment will follow at All Saints Cemetery
in Bourbonnais.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of Kankakee Valley or St.
Paul’s Lutheran School.
Please sign his guestbook at
www.clancygernon.com
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