William “Bill” Spellman
William Eugene Spellman, (Bill), age 92, of Shelton, died on Thursday, October 9, 2025, at Kinship Point Northridge in Kearney with family by his side. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. today, Thursday, October 16, at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Shelton with Reverend Stanley Ejike Madubuike celebrating. Burial with military honors will follow in the Shelton Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church and the Shelton Volunteer Fire Department. Apfel Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements; online condolences may be left at www.apfelfuneralhome.com.
Bill was born May 24, 1933, in Brady. He was the second son of six boys born to Marvon and Ann Spellman.
He graduated from Shelton in 1951 and worked on the Union Pacific Railroad until he enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in November of 1951. He served for three years. When he was discharged, he married Viola Sheen, on April 14, 1956.
He attended Milford technical schoolformechanics. Bill and Vi then moved to Lexington where he worked as a mechanic and they started raising four children, Steve, Terri, Sue and Jeff.
Bill had a dream of opening his own business, so the family moved back to Shelton, where he opened up a Derby Service station with his brother Jim. The brothers operated Spellman’s Service for many years, doing mechanical work, rural fuel delivery and sellingfertilizer. Latertheir youngest brother, Bob, joined the business, adding in a body andpaintshop. Afterretiring from the station, he worked as a mechanic in Gibbon for Rayburn’s.
He was a volunteer fireman for many years and served several terms on the Shelton VillageBoard. Billwasa member of the Shelton American Legion.
He is survived by his children, son, Steve (Jan), of Kearney, daughter, Terri Webben, of Grand Island, and son, Jeff (Kris), of Shelton; grandchildren, Arielle Tripe (Trevor), of Kearney, Don Webben, (Mattie), of Kearney, Trevor Spellman ( Lisa), of Kearney, Danielle Lausterer (Nick), of Wahoo, Derek Walker (Alicia), of Kenesaw, Devon Webben (Cece), of Omaha, Tucker Spellman (Kaylyn), of Republican City, and Jack Spellman (Shania), of Aurora; twenty great-grandchildren; brother, Gary Spellman (Joyce), of Minden; sisters-in-law, Sylvia Spellman, of Kearney, and Penny Spellman, of Shelton; brother-in-law, Harold Sheen (Joyce), of Kearney; and many, many, nieces and nephews.
Bill was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Viola; brothers, Marvon, Jim, Fred, and Bob; daughter, Sue; sonin- law, Jeff Webben; and greatnephew, Jacob Spellman.