Andrew "Andy" Appelhans

February 21st, 1947 - January 31st, 2012

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Genuine, kind, sincere, hard working, friendly, truly one of the nicest people I've had the pleasure to be friends with. To Ellen, I love you dearly and am so sorry for your loss. You are one of the toughest, most courageous women I know, just remember to let people take care of you during the times when you're going to need it. To Nikki and Andrea, I can appreciate the feelings you must be experiencing. Your dad was a great father who loved you both so much. I hope you find comfort in the many cherished memories you shared together, including the very recent. I'm sure he does! My love to you all...Kelley

Kelley Crawford

Ellen and Family, God Knows Best
Our Father knows what best for us, so why should we complain, we always want sunshine but He knows there must be rain. God never hurts us needlessly, He never waste our pain, for every lost he sends to us is followed by rich gain. So whenever we are troubled and when every things goes wrong, it is just God working in us to make our spirit strong.
Thanks to Ellen and Andy for being such good supporting friends. They were always there for me and gladly helping in my times of need. Love, Maggie

Maggie MaBone

At the age of 14 Andy and I were friends in school and my Mother and his Dad was seeing each other without us knowing it. When the time came for them to introduce us, we were already best friends and then soon after that we became brothers. We had plenty of time to be boys together as Mother and dad had bought a bar and we were on our own most of the time. We spent many a night in our sleeping bags with the Florida mosquitoes, snakes, alligators, and ate sushi from the fish we caught. Andy`s job was to clean up the bar in the morning while I was in school and he went in the afternoon. Soon Andy figured out that draft beer could not be accounted for so he would go to school feeling good. The only time he was away from his family was when he served his county. When he came home from Germany I was racing and he started soon afterwards I was the track wrecker and he stayed on the track. It stands today that his wife (Ellen) had a better track record than I and we laughed about that many a time. Everybody knows his track record and how much he loved racing. His father stated to work at PEMCO and soon had Andy a job also but before long he also got me a job and later we got my son Steve a job so we had 3 generations all together and had a family reunion every day at work. When that job shut down a little later Andy went to work for ICG and not too much later I was back working with him in the same building again until it shut down. Then he retired and shortly after that I retired also. We were always best friends and always brothers, the only time stepbrothers was mentioned was when we had to explain the 3 weeks difference in our ages and we pulled that trick many a time in the years. He will be missed very much because the phone calls and coffee has come to an end way to early.
Johnnie White

Johnnie White

To The Appelhans Family,
I’m very sorry for the death that you’ve experienced in your family recently. There are some scriptures found in gods word, that have encouraged me in the past when it comes to losing one of our loved ones. John 11:25 says... "He that exercises faith in me, even though he dies, will come to life."
I also agree with the bible when it says at Acts 24:15... That “there will be a resurrection, of both the righteous and unrighteous“! Revelation 21:4 states “ Death will be no more.” “The former things have passed away.” What a wonderful time to live when these scriptures will be fulfilled!
My thoughts and prayers are with you at this difficult time.. please know that I’m thinking of you and your family during this hardship.
Thank you for your time,
Sincerely,
Caleb Aniol

Andrew "Andy" Appelhans

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