Obituaries
Ricki Sanford
Feb 18, 2015
Harvard resident, Ricki L. Sanford, 59, passed away Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at Memorial Hospital, Aurora, Nebraska. Service will be Wednesday, February 25, 2015; 3:00 P.M. at Harvard United Church of Christ with Pastor Dave Johnson officiating. The family requests casual wear for those attending the service. Private family burial will be held at a later date in Blue...
Oriel Kinley
Feb 17, 2015
Hastings resident, Oriel Viola Kinley, 99, passed away Tuesday, February 17, 2015, in Hastings, Nebraska. Private family committal will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Hastings. Memorial service will be Saturday, February 28, 2015; 2:30 P.M. at First Presbyterian Church, Hastings with Rev. Berke Landrum officiating. No viewing or visitation. Memorials may be given to First Presbyterian Church, Hastings...
Dale Vanderpool
Feb 14, 2015
Hastings resident, Dale E. Vanderpool, 80, passed away Saturday, February 14, 2015 at Perkins Pavilion Good Samaritan Society-Hastings Village, Hastings, Nebraska. There will be no services as Dale's wishes were to donate his body to the Anatomical Board of Nebraska. Memorials may be given to First St. Paul's Church, c/o Julie Vanderpool, 1225 N. Elm Avenue, Hastings, Nebraska 68901....
Richard Lundquist
Feb 14, 2015
Hastings resident, Richard L. Lundquist, 61, passed away Saturday, February 14, 2015 at University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska. Services will be Thursday, February 19, 2015; 2:00 P.M. at Faith Lutheran Church, Hastings with Pastor Paul Dunbar officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings. Visitation will be one hour prior to service at the church. Memorials may...
Samuel Batty
Feb 13, 2015
Hastings resident, Samuel Batty, 82, passed away Friday, February 13, 2015, surrounded by his family at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings.
Services will be Wednesday, February 18, 2015; 10:30 A.M. at First United Methodist Church with Pastor Greg Lindenberger officiating. Military rites will follow the church service, at the church by Hastings Veterans Organizations. Private burial will be...
George Woolsey
Feb 12, 2015
George Albert Woolsey went to Heaven on February 12, 2015 at Good Samarian Village - Grand Island Campus.
A Celebration of Life will be held at Livingston Butler Volland Funeral Home in Hastings Thursday, February 19, 2015; 10:30 A.M. with Pastor Rod Armon officiating. Burial with military rights will be the 19th in Inland Cemetery. Visitation will...
Dennis Bumgardner
Feb 10, 2015
Hastings resident, Dennis R. Bumgardner, 72, passed away Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, Nebraska.
Rosary will be Friday, February 13, 2015; 7:00 P.M. at Butler Volland Chapel. Mass of Christian Burial will be Saturday, February 14, 2015; 10:00 A.M. at St. Cecilia Catholic Church with Fr. Joseph M. Walsh officiating. Burial will be...
Shirley Murphy
Feb 10, 2015
Hastings resident, Shirley Jean Murphy, 88, died Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at her home.
Rosary will be Thursday, February 12, 2015; 7:00 P.M. at Butler Volland Chapel. Mass of Christian Burial will be Friday, February 13, 2015; 10:30 A.M. at St. Michael's Catholic Church with Father Houlihan officiating. Burial will be at Parkview Cemetery, Hastings. Visitation will...

Clarence Olson
Feb 8, 2015
Hastings resident, Clarence "Curly" Olson, 89, passed away Sunday, February 8, 2015 at Mary Lanning Health Care, Hastings, Nebraska.
Services with military rites by Hastings Veterans Organization will be Thursday, February 12, 2015; 10:30 A.M. at Butler Volland Funeral Home, Hastings, Nebraska with Pastor Greg Lindenberger officiating. Burial will be in Utica Cemetery, Utica, Nebraska, 2:00 P.M....
Patricia Helton
Feb 7, 2015
Hastings resident, Patricia Ann Helton, 88, passed away Saturday, February 7, 2015 at home with her family by her side.
Rosary will be Tuesday, February 10, 2015; 7:00 P.M. at Butler Volland Chapel. Mass of Christian Burial will be Wednesday, February 11, 2015; 10:00 A.M. at St. Cecilia's Catholic Church, Hastings with Father Walsh officiating. Burial will...

Barbara Goldenstein
Feb 7, 2015
Juniata resident, Barbara J. Goldenstein, 74, passed away Saturday, February 7, 2015 at her home.
Services will be Wednesday, February 11, 2015; 10:30 A.M. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, west of Glenvil, with Pastor Renee Johnson officiating. Burial will be in St. Paul's Lutheran Churchyard Cemetery, west of Glenvil. Memorials may be given to St. Paul's Lutheran...

Kenneth Hansen
Feb 7, 2015
Ayr resident, Kenneth LaVerne Hansen, 81, passed away Saturday February 7, 2015 at Perkins Pavilion Good Samaritan Society - Hastings Village, Hastings, Nebraska.
Services will be Tuesday February 10, 2015; 10:30 A.M. at Butler Volland Chapel with Rev. Randy Madison officiating. Burial with military rites by Hastings Veterans Organizations will be in Blue Valley Cemetery, Ayr, Nebraska....
Sandra Conroy
Feb 3, 2015
Former Shelton resident, Sandra Rae Conroy, 71, passed away Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, Nebraska.
Services will be Friday, February 6, 2015; 10:30 A.M. at First United Methodist Church, Hastings with Pastor Greg Lindenberger officiating. Burial will be Friday, February 6, 2015; 1:30 P.M. in Shelton Cemetery, Shelton. Memorials may be given to...
Barbara Smith
Feb 2, 2015
Hastings resident, Barbara A. Smith, 75, passed away Monday, February 2, 2015 at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, Nebraska.
Memorial Services will be Saturday, February 7, 2015; 11:00 A.M. at Second Presbyterian Church, 400 South St. Joseph Avenue, Hastings with The Rev. Dr. David B. McCarthy officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings. Memorials may be given...
Delores Sanford
Feb 1, 2015
Hastings resident, Delores Carlene Sanford, 84, passed away Sunday, February 1, 2015 at Harvard Rest Haven, Harvard, Nebraska. Services will be Wednesday, February 4, 2015; 2:30 P.M. at Butler Volland Chapel, Hastings with Rev. Dr. Lee R. Wigert officiating. Burial will be in Blue Valley Cemetery, Ayr. Visitation will be Tuesday, February 3, 2015; 5:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M....
Vincent Ostdiek
Jan 30, 2015
Hastings resident Vincent W. Ostdiek, 86, passed away Friday, January 30, 2015 at Perkins Pavilion Good Samaritan Society - Hastings Village, Hastings. Rosary will be Monday, February 2, 2015; 7:30 P.M. at Butler Volland Chapel. Mass of Christian Burial will be Tuesday, 10:30 A.M. at St. Michael's Catholic Church with Father Michael Houlihan officiating. Burial with military rites by...
James Jackson, Sr
Jan 28, 2015
Hastings resident, James "Jim" F. Jackson, Sr., 84, passed away Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, Nebraska. Visitation will be Sunday, February 1, 2015; 1:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. at the funeral home, and one hour prior to rosary at St. Cecilia's Catholic Church. Rosary will be Sunday, February 1, 2015; 7:00 P.M. and Mass of...
Mary Bermond
Jan 26, 2015
Former Hastings resident, Mary M. Bermond, 86, passed away Monday, January 26, 2015 at her residence in Lincoln, Nebraska. Graveside Services will be Friday, January 30, 2015; 1:00 P.M. in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings. Mary was born August 29, 1928 in Hastings, Nebraska to Henry & Bessie (Pottorf) Andrews. She graduated from Hastings High School in 1946. Mary married Laurence...
Dr. Leonard Spiker, Jr
Jan 26, 2015
Former Hastings resident, Dr. Leonard E. "Skip" Spiker, Jr. died at his home in Eagle, Idaho on January 26, 2015. A graveside service will be held at a later date. His ashes were returned to Hastings, Nebraska and he will be interred next to his parents at Parkview Cemetery. Dr. Leonard E. "Skip" Spiker, Jr., the son of Leonard...

Dr. Byron Brown
Jan 25, 2015
Former area resident, Dr. Byron Lester Brown, 97, passed away January 25, 2015, in Little Rock, Arkansas. A private memorial service was held in Little Rock on Saturday, January 31, and burial will be February 7, 2015, at 10:00 A.M. in Parkview Cemetery in Hastings, Nebraska, with Pastor Greg Lindenberger officiating. Those attending are asked to come to the...