Hastings resident, Lucille Emma Fergus, 88, passed away Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at Perkins Pavilion Good Samaritan Society-Hastings Village, Hastings, Nebraska.

Services will be Saturday, October 29, 2011; 10:00 A.M. at Butler Volland Chapel, Hastings with Father Andrew Heaslip officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska. There will be no visitation or viewing. There will be a book signing Friday, October 28, 2011; 9:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. and one hour prior to service at the funeral home. Memorials may be given to the family.

Lucille was born April 17, 1923 in Webster County southeast of Blue Hill, Nebraska to Frank & Clara (Huppert) Arterburn. She graduated from Cowles High School in 1941. Lucille married Ralph Fergus on November 7, 1943 in Belleville, Kansas; he preceded her in death in 1987. She worked at Sunnyside, Midland Lodge, and in the housekeeping department for Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital and was a member of T.O.P.S.

Lucille was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Ralph Fergus; son, Stephen Fergus; infant daughter; two grandchildren, Michelle Fergus and Nicholas Fergus; two sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Schutte and Clara Marie Smidt; and brothers, Lawrence Arterburn, Howard Arterburn, and Gilbert Arterburn.

Survivors include:
Sons: David Fergus – Lawrence, NE
    Jerald Fergus – Hastings, NE
    Richard Fergus – Hastings, NE
    Bryan Fergus – Hastings, NE
Daughters: Mrs. Susan (Stan) Blincow – Hastings, NE
    Katherine Fergus – Hastings, NE
Sisters & Brothers: Mrs. Mary Ann Toepher – Blue Hill, NE
    Mrs. Norma Forst – Grand Island, NE
    Fredrick Arterburn - GA
Grandchildren: 6
Great-Grandchildren: 4
Great-Great-Grandson: 1