Obituaries

Jun 4, 2025

Wauneta Rae Nitzel, 89, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, June 4, 2025.

Services will be at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 7, at Grace Life Church in Hastings with Pastor Garrett Watkins officiating. A private burial will be held at the Shelton Cemetery in Shelton. Visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. with the family present Friday, June 6,...

May 30, 2025

Hastings resident Harry A. “Al” Martin, 87, passed away Friday, May 30, 2025, at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Grand Island, NE.Memorial Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 14, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings with Pastor Joel Remmers officiating. Private burial with military rites by Hastings Military Honor Guard will be at St. Paul’s Lutheran Churchyard Cemetery,...

May 29, 2025

Hastings resident Cynthia J. “Cyndi” Kyle, 56, passed away surrounded by family Thursday, May 29, 2025, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE.Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 3, at New Hope Baptist Church in Hastings with Pastor Eddie Goff officiating. Burial will be at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings. Visitation will be 1-7 p.m. with the family present 5-7...

May 25, 2025

Hastings resident Wayne August Katzberg, 92, passed away Sunday, May 25, 2025, at College View Assisted Living, Hastings, NE.Graveside Service will be at 11 a.m., Friday, July 18, with military honors by the Hastings Military Honor Guard at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings. Memorials may be given to College View Memory Care Unit. Wayne was born September 13, 1932, to August and...

May 24, 2025

Hastings resident Mary Antonia (Petti) Marshall, 100, passed away Saturday, May 24, 2025, at Mary Lanning Healthcare in Hastings, NE. Private family services were held at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Hastings with Father Jeremy Hazuka. Burial is at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings. Memorials may be given to St. Michael’s Catholic Church. Mary was born February 17, 1925, in Bayonne, NJ to...

May 21, 2025

May 20, 2025

Hastings resident JoyAnn (Egenes) Marsh, 78, passed away Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at her home.Memorial Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 24, at First St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Hastings with Pastor Chad Power officiating. Burial will be held at a later date at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings. A book signing will be 9 a.m. – 4 p.m....

May 18, 2025

Holstein resident Delores Joynt, 89, passed away Sunday, May 18, 2025, at The Pines at Blue Hill, NE.Funeral Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 22, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings with Father Corey Harrison. A burial will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 27, at Fort McPherson National Cemetery in Maxwell. The visitation will be one...

May 17, 2025

Hastings resident Terry Lynn Just, 62, passed away Saturday, May 17, 2025, at his home.Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, May 30, at Berean Bible Church in Hastings with Pastor Tevin Eddy officiating. There will be no viewing, visitation or burial. Memorials may be given to the family for a memorial to be established at a later date....

May 16, 2025

Hastings resident Kathleen D. “Kathy” Stutesman, 81, passed away Friday, May 16, 2025, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE.Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, May 30, at Peace Lutheran Church in Hastings with Rev. Micah R. Gaunt officiating. A private family burial will be at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings. Visitation will be 1-7 p.m. with the family present 5-7...

May 15, 2025

Former Hastings resident Curtis D. Fry, 65, passed away Thursday, May 15, 2025, at the Veterans Hospital, Grand Island, NE.Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 20, at Lakeside Community Church of the Nazarene in Hastings with Pastor Krystal Kennard officiating. Burial with military rites by Hastings Military Honor Guard will be at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings. Visitation will...

May 14, 2025

Hastings resident Ronald Elmer Kort, 83, passed away Wednesday, May 14, 2025, at Premier Estates, Kenesaw, NE.Graveside Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 29, at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings with Pastor Brian Weinkauf officiating. There will be no viewing or visitation. Memorials may be given to Redeemer Lutheran Church. Ronald was born on August 5, 1941, in Hastings, NE...

May 13, 2025

Former area resident Kathleen G. Nejezchleb, 65, passed away Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at Methodist Hospital, Omaha, NE.Rosary will be at 1:30 p.m. and Mass of Christian Burial will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, at Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church in Deweese with Father Adam Sparling officiating. Burial will be at St. Martin’s (Loucky) Cemetery in Deweese....

May 13, 2025

Hastings resident Dorothy A. Blau, 84, passed away Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at Harvard Rest Haven, Harvard, NE.Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 17, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings with Rev. Lance Clay officiating. Burial will be at Fairfield Cemetery in Fairfield. Visitation will be one hour before the service at the funeral home. Memorials may be...

May 12, 2025

Hastings resident Lewis D. “Dale” Pospisil Jr., 86, passed away Monday, May 12, 2025, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE.Services will be at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, May 22, at Faith Lutheran Church in Hastings with Pastor Paul Dunbar officiating. Burial will be at 1:30 p.m., May 22 at Kenesaw Cemetery in Kenesaw. Visitation will be 1-7 p.m. with the family...

May 11, 2025

Hastings resident Bonnie J. LeFevre, 77, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 11, 2025, at CHI Health – St. Francis, Grand Island, NE. A celebration of Bonnie’s life will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 16, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings with Pastor Joel Remmers officiating. Burial will be held at a later date. Visitation will be 1-7 p.m. with...

May 9, 2025

Hastings resident Larry William Wood, 84, passed away Friday, May 9, 2025, at his home.There will be no services or visitation as Larry wished to be cremated. Memorials may be given to the family for a memorial to be established at a later date. He was born on January 7, 1941, in Mount Sterling, Ohio, to Charles and Virginia (Richardson) Wood.Larry...

May 8, 2025

Hastings resident Maxine E. Sandoe, 90, passed away Thursday, May 8, 2025, at Perkins Pavilion Good Samaritan Society- Hastings Village, Hastings, NE.Private family graveside service will be at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings with Pastor Dale Phillips officiating. There will be no viewing or visitation. Memorials may be given to the family for a memorial to be established at a later...

May 6, 2025

Holstein resident Bernard S. Faber, 95, passed away Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at his home.Rosary will be at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 11, and Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Monday, May 12, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Roseland with Father Corey Harrison officiating. Burial with military rites by Hastings Military Honor Guard will be at...

May 3, 2025

Hastings resident Patricia Ann Cash-Johnson, 75, passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at Good Samaritan Society – Grand Island Village, Grand Island, NE.Patricia has chosen cremation. There will be no viewing, visitation or service. Burial is to be determined at a later date. Memorials may be given to the family for a memorial to be established at a...