Donna Oberg

Donna Jean Oberg, 94, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away Sunday, February 8, 2026, at Mary Lanning Healthcare in Hastings, Nebraska. She was surrounded by her loving family in her final days, just as she had surrounded others with love and care throughout her life.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, February 13, at First St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Hastings with Pastor Joel Remmers officiating. Burial will be at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings, NE. Visitation will be 1-7 p.m. Thursday, February 12, at Livingston Butler Volland Funeral Home, with the family present from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. and 1 hour before the service at the church. Memorials may be given to First St. Paul’s Lutheran Church or the American Diabetes Association. The service will be live-streamed on Livingston Butler Volland Funeral Home’s website. To view the service, go to Donna’s obituary and click the play button shown toward the bottom of the page. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.lbvfh.com. Livingston Butler Volland Funeral Home & Cremation Center is serving the family.

Donna Jean, a longtime resident of Hastings, was born on October 21, 1931, in Minden, Nebraska. The only child of Oval and Pauline (Schnase) Choquette, she was raised on her parent’s farm and graduated from Campbell High School in 1948 and Hastings College in 1952.

While at HC, Donna was a member of Sigma Tau Sigma Sorority and also a Homecoming attendant. She majored in elementary education and taught in the Lincoln (NE) Public Schools from 1952 to 1954.

On June 25, 1954, she married Richard “Dick” Oberg; she then taught in Hastings Public Schools for one year before becoming a substitute teacher for the better part of five decades. The couple was married for 54 years before Dick’s death in 2008. To this union five daughters were born.

As an active member for First St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Donna Jean taught Sunday School and was a member of WELCA. She also was an active in HT PEO, YMCA – where she swam and walked into her 80’s, and many bridge groups. Golf, family ski trips to Colorado, walks through Libs Park with family, and baking cookies, brownies, and cinnamon rolls were some of her favorite pastimes.

Faith and family were the most important parts of her life. She was raised with strong values, a sharp sense of humor, and appreciated life’s simple joys like playing cards with her family and friends. She loved attending her children’s and grandchildren’s school and summer activities. Her life was defined by warmth, generosity, and kindness. Those who knew her will carry many cherished memories of her friendship and love.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband.

Surviving relatives include daughters, Jeanne Oberg and Janet Muller, of Fremont, NE; Judy (Bob) Brown of Hoonah, AK; Joan (Al) Tapia of Parker, CO; and Joyce (Brad) Hoskins of Wayne, NE; and grandchildren Julie (Nick) Muller, Jim Muller, Katelyn Tapia, Katie (Sam) Hoskins, Ben (Ashlyn) Hoskins, and Molly (Cole) Arnett.