Obituaries

Dr. Victor Young
Mar 1, 2002
Dr. Victor J. Young, Physicist, Professor Emeritus of CUNY and Queensboro College, a Sperry-Rand research engineer and former Vice-president of Hazeltine, died March 1, 2002 at Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport, NY. He was 88 years old and a resident of Greenport Village and Hastings, Nebraska. Born in Albion, Michigan on April 11, 1913 to Dean C. Young and...

Ella Hahlweg
Feb 25, 2002
Ella Hahlweg, 91, of RR#1, Hastings, Nebraska, died Monday, February 25, 2002 at Perkins Pavilion. Services will be Thursday, February 28, 2002;11:00 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church with Rev. Donald E. Boeschen officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska. Ella Hahlweg was born January 15, 1911 in Adams County, Nebraska to August & Hulda (Einspahr) Hahlweg. She attended...

Elva Aufenkamp
Feb 24, 2002
Elva M. Aufdenkamp, 95, of Perkins Pavilion, died Sunday, February 24, 2002 at Perkins Pavilion. Services will be Thursday, February 28, 2002; 1:30 P.M at Zion Lutheran Church (Wanda) with Rev. Harold King officiating. Burial will be in Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery (Wanda). Elva M. Aufdenkamp was born July 24, 1906 in Reemsville, Kansas to Clarence E. & Eda (Witzel)...

Robert Johnson
Feb 23, 2002
Robert D. Johnson, 55, of 444 Sunset Dr. died Tuesday, February 19, 2002 at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital. Services will be Saturday, February 23, 2002; 10:30 A.M. at Christ Lutheran Church, rural Juniata, Nebraska with Rev. Greg Volzke officiating. Burial will be in Concordia Cemetery, rural Juniata, Nebraska. Robert D. Johnson was born November 20, 1946 in Hastings, Nebraska to...

Donald Runcie Sr
Feb 20, 2002
Donald Lee Runcie Sr., 75, of 2410 West 5th Street died Wednesday, February 20, 2002 at his home after a long illness. Services will be Saturday, February 23, 2002; 2:00 P.M. at Grace United Methodist Church with Rev. Jim Miller & Rev. Dean Joy officiating. Private family interment at a later date. Donald Lee Runcie Sr. was born March 20,...

Velma Korgan
Feb 19, 2002
Former Hastings resident, Velma A. Korgan, 91, of Harvard Rest Haven, died Tuesday, February 19, 2002 at Harvard Rest Haven, Harvard, Nebraska. Graveside services will be Thursday, February 21; 11:00 A.M. at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Hastings, Nebraska. Velma A. Korgan was born November 1, 1910 in Eustis, Nebraska to Charles R. & Nellie (Stark) Wyatt. She graduated from Hastings High...

Helena Onken
Feb 15, 2002
Helena 'Lena' Onken, 96, of Perkins Pavilion, died Friday, February 15, 2002 at Perkins Pavilion. Services will be Tuesday, February 19, 2002; 2:00 P.M. at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Glenvil, Nebraska with interim ministers Bonnie & Les Larsen officiating. Burial will be in Glenvil Cemetery, Glenvil, Nebraska. Helena 'Lena' Onken was born May 29, 1905 in Glenvil, Nebraska to Klaus &...

Leora Scribner
Feb 15, 2002
Leora J. Scribner, 74, of Good Samaritan Village, Hastings, Nebraska, died Friday, February 15, 2002 at Perkins Pavilion, Good Samaritan Village. Services will be Tuesday, February 19, 2002; 10:30 A.M. at Butler-Volland Chapel, with Rev. Art Schakat officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Hastings, Nebraska. Leora J. Scribner was born September 25, 1927 in Stockham, Nebraska, to George...

Elroy Swanstrom
Feb 15, 2002
Former area resident, Elroy D. Swanstrom, 64, of Arvada, Colorado, died Friday, February 15, 2002 in Lutheran Hospital, Wheatridge, Colorado. Services will be Thursday, February 21, 2002; 10:00 A.M. at All Saints Chapel with Rev. Neil Vik officiating. Burial will be in Nora Cemetery, Nora, Nebraska. Elroy D. Swanstrom was born February 15, 1938 in Oak, Nebraska to Arthur &...

Melvin Plum
Feb 11, 2002
Melvin L. Plum, 85, of Hastings, Nebraska, died Thursday, February 7, 2002 at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital, Hastings, Nebraska. Services will be Monday, February 11, 2002; 2:00 P.M. at First Baptist Church, Hastings, Nebraska with Pastor Mark Farris and Dick Bauer officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska. Melvin L. Plum was born December 27, 1916 in Hastings,...

Thelma Sanders
Feb 8, 2002
Thelma E. Sanders, 83, of 402 South Delaware, Hastings, Nebraska died Friday, February 8, 2002 at her home. Services will be Tuesday, February 12, 2002; 10:00 A.M. at Butler-Volland Chapel, Hastings, Nebraska with Father Larry Gyhra officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska. Thelma E. Sanders was born June 6, 1918 in Johnstown, Nebraska to Fred & Rose...

William Hall
Feb 5, 2002
William E. Hall, 79, of Perkins Pavilion, died Tuesday, February 5, 2002 at Perkins Pavilion. Services will be Saturday, February 9, 2002; 10:00 A.M. at Butler-Volland Chapel with Envoy Nolan Crago officiating. Burial will be in Red Cloud Cemetery, Red Cloud, Nebraska. William E. Hall was born November 20, 1922, in Smith Center, Kansas to Winifred & Nellie (Rorabaugh) Hall....

Edith Means
Feb 3, 2002
Edith V. Means, 85, of 607 Lane F., died Sunday, February 3, 2002 at Perkins Pavilion. Services will be Thursday, February 7, 2002; 2:00 P.M. at Butler-Volland Chapel with Rev. Neil Vik officiating. Burial will be in Roseland Cemetery, Roseland, Nebraska. Edith V. Means was born April 1, 1916 in Roseland, Nebraska to Peter & Mary (Kranau) Wermeskerch. She attended...

Norval Placke
Feb 3, 2002
Norval D. Placke, 69, of Denver, Colorado, died Sunday, February 3, 2002 at St. Luke's Presbyterian Hospital, Denver, Colorado. Services will be Friday, February 8, 2002; 10:30 A.M. at Butler-Volland Chapel, with Pastor Kathleen Kasper officiating. Burial will be in the Kenesaw Cemetery, Kenesaw, Nebraska. Norval D. Placke was born November 3, 1932 in Adams County, Nebraska, to Henry C....

Margrette McCune
Jan 29, 2002
Margrette Jenny McCune, 96, of Perkins Pavilion, died Tuesday, January 29, 2002 at Perkins Pavilion. Graveside services and burial will be Friday, February 1, 2002; 2:00 P.M. at Glenvil Cemetery, Glenvil, Nebraska with Pastor Neil Vik officiating. Margrette Jenny McCune was born December 3, 1905 in Clay County, Nebraska to John Jacob & Meta Antkea (Post) Gembler. She was baptized...

Alfred Buss
Jan 28, 2002
Former Hastings resident, Alfred W. Buss, 92, of Louisville, Nebraska, died Monday, January 28, 2002 at Louisville Care Center. Services will be Friday, February 1, 2002; 1:30 P.M. at Peace Lutheran Church with Rev. Donald E. Boeschen officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska. Alfred Buss was born July 14, 1909 in Ayr, Nebraska to John H....

Willard Anderson
Jan 25, 2002
Willard Charles Anderson, 95, of Perkins Pavilion died Tuesday, January 22, 2002 at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital. Services will be Friday, January 25, 2002; 10:30 A.M. at Butler-Volland Chapel with Dr. Sam Rathod officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska. Willard C. Anderson was born February 21, 1906 in Oakland, Nebraska to Charles & Nellie (Nelson) Anderson....

Alice Payne
Jan 25, 2002
Former Hastings resident, Alice Margaret (Grace) Payne, 73, of Lincoln, Nebraska, died Friday, January 25, 2002 at Tabitha Health Care, Lincoln, Nebraska. Rosary service will be Tuesday, January 29, 2002; 7:30 P.M. at Butler-Volland Chapel. Mass of Christian Burial will be Wednesday, January 30, 2002; 10:30 A.M. at St. Michael's Catholic Church, Hastings, Nebraska with Father Michael Houlihan, Father David...

Ed Brinegar
Jan 23, 2002
Former Hastings resident Ed W. Brinegar, 85, of Haven Home of Kenesaw, died Wednesday, January 23, 2002 at Haven Home. Graveside services will be Friday, January 25, 2002; 2:00 P.M. at Juniata Cemetery, Juniata, Nebraska with Pastor Dale Phillips officiating. Ed W. Brinegar was born January 16, 1917 in Belvidere, Nebraska to Alfred I. & Nellie (Willmore) Brinegar. He graduated...

Lois Buss
Jan 23, 2002
Lois B. Buss, 73, of 4290 S. Adams Central Ave., Hastings, Nebraska, died Wednesday, January 23, 2002 at Perkins Pavilion, Hastings, Nebraska. Services will be Friday, January 25, 2002; 2:00 P.M. at Zion Lutheran Church with Rev. Richard A. Kothe officiating. Burial will be in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Blue Hill, Nebraska. Lois B. Buss was born January 18, 1929 on...