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DOROTHY APEL

ASHDOWN, Ark.—Dorothy Francis Patterson Apel, 92, of Ashdown died Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, at a local nursing home. Mrs. Apel was born Feb. 5, 1926, in Ashdown. She was a former claims agent with Social Security, former Army Colonel secretary, Washington, D.C., formerly employed with A&P Trucking, Ashdown, a homemaker and a church secretary with Ruskin Heights Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carl Apel. Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Jan and Mark Sewell; two sons and daughters-in-law, Tom and Jeannie Apel and Jim and Lori Apel; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a number of other relatives. Services will be 4 p.m. Saturday at Madden Funeral Home. Burial will be in Ashdown Cemetery. Visitation will be 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

Published August 16, 2018

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