Obituaries

Ruth Kessler
Sep 5, 2011
Hastings resident, Ruth Margaret Kessler, 101, passed away Monday, September 5, 2011 at Perkins Pavilion Good Samaritan Society-Hastings Village, Hastings, Nebraska. Memorial service will be Saturday, September 10, 2011; 1:30 P.M. at First Presbyterian Church, Hastings with Rev. Dr. William Nottage-Tacey officiating. Private family burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska. There will be no visitation. Book signing...

Barbetta Heartwell
Aug 28, 2011
Barbetta "Barbee" Heartwell, 80, of Salzburg, Austria, passed away at St. Sebastian Assisted Living in Salzburg on Sunday, August 28, 2011. Graveside services will be Thursday, October 13, 2011; 10:30 A.M. in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings with Rev. Dr. William Nottage-Tacey officiating. There will be no viewing or visitation. Ms. Heartwell was born to Chauncey Barrows Heartwell and Betty Mattison...

Lester Hemberger
Aug 28, 2011
Hastings resident, Lester C. Hemberger, 87, passed away Sunday, August 28, 2011 at Village Green Good Samaritan Society-Hastings Village, Hastings, Nebraska. Rosary will be Friday, September 2, 2011; 7:00 P.M. at Butler Volland Chapel. Mass of Christian Burial will be Saturday, September 3, 2011; 10:00 A.M. at St. Cecilia's Catholic Church, Hastings with Father Andrew J. Heaslip officiating. Burial...

David Aabel
Aug 28, 2011
Former Hastings resident, David Hodge Aabel, 72, passed away Sunday, August 28, 2011 in Clatonia, Nebraska. Burial Office will be Thursday, September 1, 2011; 11:00 A.M. at Saint Mark's Episcopal Pro-Cathedral, Hastings, Nebraska with The Rev. Catherine F. Scott officiating. Burial with military rites will be in the Minden Cemetery, Minden, Nebraska. Visitation will be Wednesday, August 31, 2011;...

Jared DeMuth
Aug 27, 2011
Hastings resident, Jared Ryan DeMuth, 19, passed away Saturday, August 27, 2011 due to an automobile accident, at Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare, Hastings, Nebraska. Services will be Thursday, September 1, 2011; 10:30 A.M. at Butler Volland Chapel, Hastings with Rev. Steven Peeler officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska. Visitation will be Wednesday, August 31, 2011; 6:00...

Jeanette Moorhead
Aug 26, 2011
Longtime Hastings resident, Jeanette "Jan" H. Moorhead, 65, passed away Friday, August 26, 2011 at Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare, Hastings, Nebraska. The remains were cremated. As per Jeanette's wishes, there will be no visitation. Memorials are suggested for the infant room at Good Samaritan Children's Ark in Hastings. Jeanette was born August 18, 1946, to Vincent & Nelda (McRoberts)...

Emilie Fieber
Aug 25, 2011
Hastings resident, Emilie E. Fieber, 93, passed away Thursday, August 25, 2011 at Perkins Pavilion Good Samaritan Society-Hastings Village, Hastings, Nebraska. Burial services were held Monday, August 29, 2011 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Memorials may be given to Mary Lanning Hospice. Emilie was born March 25, 1918 in Blue Hill, Nebraska to Gus & Hulda (Kirsch) Drahim. Emilie married Roy...

Bonita Kiiker
Aug 22, 2011
Hastings resident, Bonita R. Kiiker, 76, passed away on Monday, August 22, 2011 at her home. Services will be at a later date. There will be no visitation or viewing as Bonita chose cremation. Memorials may be given to the Adams County Veterans Monument at Parkview Cemetery. Bonita was born April 1, 1935 in Hastings, Nebraska to Jacob &...

Laura Woodard
Aug 17, 2011
Hastings resident, Laura "June" Woodard, died Friday, August 12, 2011 at Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare, Hastings, Nebraska. Services will be Wednesday, August 17, 2011; 2:00 P.M. at the North Shore Assembly of God Church, Hastings, Nebraska with Pastor Chris Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Memorial may be given to North Shore Assembly of God...

Robert Gottsch
Aug 10, 2011
Hastings resident, Robert "Bobby" L. Gottsch, 57, passed away Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at his home. Services will be Monday, August 15, 2011; 2:00 P.M. at North Shore Assembly of God, Hastings with Pastor Randy Madison officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska. Visitation will be Sunday, August 14, 2011; 1:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M....

Ruth Roback
Aug 9, 2011
Inland resident, Ruth Stookey (Benway) Roback, 94, passed away Tuesday, August 9, 2011 at Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare, Hastings, Nebraska. Services will be Saturday, August 13, 2011; 10:00 A.M. at First Congregational United Church of Christ, Hastings with Pastor Barry Rempp officiating. Burial will be Saturday, August 13, 2011; 1:00 P.M. in Inland Cemetery, Inland, Nebraska. Visitation will be...

Leonard Roth
Aug 8, 2011
Hastings resident, Leonard F. Roth, 89, passed away Monday, August 8, 2011 at Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare, Hastings, Nebraska. Services will be Thursday, August 11, 2011; 10:00 A.M. at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Hastings with Rev. Steven Peeler officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska. Visitation will be one hour prior to service...

Dorothy Daum
Aug 8, 2011
Dorothy E. Daum of Paradise, CA passed on August 8, 2011 at her home in Magalia, CA at the age of 93. A graveside service will be directed by Livingston-Butler Volland Funeral Home on Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 1:00 P.M. at Parkview Cemetery. She was born on July 29,1918 in Harvard, NE to George and Viola Hohnstein. Dorothy...

Sgt. Robinson
Aug 7, 2011
Former area resident, Sgt. Joshua James Robinson, 29 died Sunday, August 7, 2011 in Sangin District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Services will be Tuesday August 16, 2011; 2:00 P.M. at St. Cecilia's Catholic Church, Hastings, Nebraska with Father Joseph M. Walsh officiating. Burial with military rites will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska. Visitation will be Monday August 15, 2011;...

Dale Dixon
Aug 5, 2011
Hastings resident, Dale Owen Dixon, 70, passed away Friday, August 5, 2011 at his home. Memorial services will be Thursday, August 11, 2011; 2:00 P.M. at Butler Volland Chapel, Hastings with Pastor Dale Phillips officiating. There will be no viewing or visitation. In lieu of flowers memorials may be given to the family. Dale was born November 24, 1940...

Allen Adams
Jul 26, 2011
Hastings resident, Allen O. Adams, 82, passed away Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at Good Samaritan Home in Wood River, Nebraska. Services will be Monday, August 1, 2011; 10:30 A.M. at First St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Hastings with Vicar Jeff Bergeron officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska. Visitation will be Friday, July 29, 2011; 5:00 P.M. -...

Sarah Timmerman
Jul 25, 2011
Fairfield resident, Sarah Mae (Shields) Timmerman, 76, passed away Monday, July 25, 2011 at her home. Private family interment will be at Blue Valley Cemetery, Ayr, Nebraska. There will be no viewing or visitation. Memorials may be given to the family. Sarah was born October 3, 1934 to Kenneth & Katherine (Estelle) Shields. She was born in Gravity, Iowa...

Charles Sell
Jul 24, 2011
Hastings resident, Charles "Butch" L. Sell, 74, passed away Sunday, July 24, 2011 at Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare, Hastings, Nebraska. Services will be Wednesday, July 27, 2011; 10:30 A.M. at Grace United Methodist Church, Hastings with Rev. Dr. Lee R. Wigert officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska. Visitation will be Tuesday, July 26, 2011; 7:00 P.M....

Elizabeth Edwards
Jul 22, 2011
Juniata resident, Elizabeth Ann Edwards, 62, passed away Friday, July 22, 2011 at Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare, Hastings, Nebraska. Prayer service will be Wednesday, July 27, 2011; 7:00 P.M. at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Grand Island. Mass of Christian Burial will be Thursday, July 28, 2011; 10:30 A.M. at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Grand Island with Father Harold Kurtenbach...

Nancy Johnson
Jul 20, 2011
Hastings resident, Nancy L. Johnson, 79, passed away Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at Perkins Pavilion Good Samaritan Society-Hastings Village, Hastings, Nebraska. Graveside services will be Friday, July 22, 2011; 10:30 A.M. at Minden Cemetery, Minden with Pastor Don Hunzeker officiating. Memorials may be given to the family to be given to Perkins Pavilion Good Samaritan Society-Hastings Village. Nancy was...