Date of Birth: July 22, 1922
Date of Death: April 1, 2016
APPELL – Adolf, known to everyone who knew him as “Luke,” was born on July 22, 1922 in the Grayson district of Saskatchewan, a son to Wenzel and Rosalia (nee Ruhr) Appell. He received his education at Hauer, Gelowitz and Grayson High School and helped his par =ents on the family farm.
Luke left Grayson and moved to Ontario and worked at a fitting factory for two years, then returned to Grayson. Luke and his sister, Evelyn, and her husband, Steve, purchased Ruhr’s Garage, which they operated for two years.
On June 17, 1947, Luke was united in marriage to Alvina Gelowitz at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Grayson. They were blessed with six children. The couple resided in Grayson until October, then moved to a farm west of Grayson and started farming and later a trucking service hauling livestock and grain.
In 1971, Luke started a scrap iron business as well as continuing to farm. On Nov. 11, 2005 the couple moved to Melville, but Luke would drive to the farm everyday and continued to farm and buy iron until failing health forced him to retire.
Luke was a member of the Knights of Columbus and was treasurer for 18 years with that group, Grayson Senior Club, Sask. Wheat Pool and the United Grain Growers, as well a director of the Credit Union for 15 years. His interests were antiques, playing ball and hockey in his younger years, and spending time with his family. His faith was very important to him.
Luke became a resident at Morris Lodge on March 4, 2015 and on Jan. 18, 2016 became a resident at the Canora Gateway Lodge where he entered his eternal rest on Friday, April 1, 2016 at the age of 93 years.
Predeceased by his parents, Wenzel and Rose Appell; sons, Kenneth and Herbert; brothers, John, Adam, Sebastian, Wenzel, George, Joe and Chris; sisters, Margaret, Katie, Annie, Helen, Evelyn and Rose.
Adolf leaves to cherish his memory: his beloved wife, Alvina; his children, Benedict (Fay) Appell and their children, Stacy (Corvyn) Neufeld and their childern, Grayson and Madison; Penny (Paul) Johnson and their children, Taylor and Nolan and Lindsay Appell with (Tsegaye Mesfine) and their son, Biruk; Anita (Doug) Hutton and their children, Rhonda (John) Rein and their sons, Nicholas and Dylan; Darren Hutton and Cheryl (Aaron) Coates and their daughter, Kingsley; Genevieve (Stuart) White; Anna Marie (Len) Gadica; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.
Arrangements by Bailey’s Funeral and Cremation Care,
