Obituaries

Barbara Cray
Jul 20, 2001
Barbara Jane Cray, 78, of Haven Home of Kenesaw, died Sunday, May 20, 2001 at Haven Home. Rosary services will be Tuesday, May 29, 2001; 9:45 A.M. at St. Cecilia's Catholic Church with Mass of Christian Burial to follow at 10:00 A.M. with Father Larry Gyhra officiating. Burial will be Tuesday, May 29, 2001; 1:30 P.M. in Kearney Cemetery, Kearney,...

Catherine Rodgers
Jul 20, 2001
Catherine 'Kay' Rodgers, 80, died Friday, July 20, 2001 at St. Francis Hospital, Topeka, Kansas following a brief illness. Rosary service will be Tuesday, July 24, 2001; 7:30 P.M. at Butler-Volland Chapel. Mass of Christian Burial will be Wednesday, July 25, 2001; 10:00 A.M. at St. Cecilia's Catholic Church with Father Larry Gyhra officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery,...

Robert Rodgers
Jul 20, 2001
Robert D. 'Bob' Rodgers, 77, of The Kensington, 233 N. Hastings, died Sunday, August 4, 2002 at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital. Rosary service will be Thursday, August 8, 2002; 7:30 P.M. at Butler-Volland Chapel. Mass of Christian Burial will be Friday, August 9, 2002; 10:00 A.M. at St. Cecilia's Catholic Church, with Father Larry Gyhra officiating. Burial with military rites...

Milda Crabtree
Jul 19, 2001
Milda 'Millie' H. Crabtree, 81, formerly of 620 E. 12th and recently living at Blue Hill Care Center, Blue Hill, Nebraska, died Thursday, July 19, 2001 at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital. Services will be Monday, July 23, 2001; 11:00 A.M. at First St. Paul's Lutheran Church with Pastor Kathleen Kasper officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska. Milda...

Chuck Stickels
Jul 18, 2001
Longtime Hastings resident, Chuck Stickels, 69, of 1102 Country Club Dr., died Wednesday, July 18, 2001 at Blue Hill Care Center, Blue Hill, Nebraska. Memorial services will be Saturday, July 21, 2001; 4:00 P.M. at the French Memorial Chapel, Hastings College, Hastings, Nebraska with Father Larry Gyhra officiating. Private family interment. Chuck Stickels was born August 1, 1931 in Hastings,...

Paul O'Callaghan, Sr
Jul 17, 2001
Paul Joseph Peter O'Callaghan, Sr.,74, of 310 W. 7th, died May 17, 2001 at his home with family present after a long battle with heart disease. Memorial services will be Saturday, May 19, 2001; 10:00 A.M. at Butler-Volland Chapel. His body was donated to Medical Science. Private family interment at a later date. Paul Joseph Peter O'Callaghan was born March...

Fern Rosenau
Jul 16, 2001
Former Hastings resident, Fern Criss Rosenau, 92, of Papillion Manor, Papillion, Nebraska, died Monday, July 16, 2001 in Papillion, Nebraska. Interment was Friday, July 20, 2001; 11:00 A.M. Elmwood Cemetery, St. Paul, Nebraska with Pastor Ellen Campbell officiating. Memorial service will be Saturday, August 4, 2001; 11:00 A.M. at First Presbyterian Chapel, Hastings, Nebraska with Rev. Matt Nieman officiating. Fern...

Selma Diehm
Jul 14, 2001
Former Hastings resident, Selma Josephine Diehm, 102, of Blue Hill Care Center, Blue Hill, Nebraska, died Saturday, July 14, 2001 at Blue Hill Care Center. A memorial service will be held in Hastings, Nebraska at a date to be announced. Interment will be in the Sterling Cemetery, in Johnson County, Nebraska. Selma Josephine Diehm, daughter of Ferdinand and Anna (Flegler)...

Ruth Meyer
Jul 14, 2001
Former Hastings resident, Ruth L. Meyer, 83, of 619 East Jefferson St., Morton, Illinois, died Monday, May 14, 2001 at Apostolic Christian Restmor in Morton. Private family services will be Monday, May 21, 2001 at Butler-Volland Chapel with Dr. Carl W. Utley officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska. Ruth L. Meyer was born September 10, 1917 in...

Joan Stroh
Jul 14, 2001
Joan L. Stroh, 70, of 1280 South Juniata Avenue, Juniata, Nebraska, died Saturday, June 14, 2001, at Grandview Manor in Campbell, Nebraska. Services will be Tuesday, July 17, 2001, 10:00 A.M. at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Hastings, Nebraska, with Les and Bonnie Larsen, Ministers, officiating. Burial will be at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska. Joan L. Stroh was born March 11,...

Merle McLain
Jul 11, 2001
Merle H. McLain, 83, of Perkins Pavilion, died Friday, May 11, 2001 at Perkins Pavilion. Services will be Monday, May 14, 2001; 10:00 A.M. at Butler-Volland Chapel with Rev. Jeff Hale officiating. Burial will be in Inland Cemetery, Inland, Nebraska. Merle H. McLain was born December 6, 1917 in Clay County, Nebraska to Harve & Linnie (McGuire) Van Arsdale. She...

Emma Haba
Jul 11, 2001
Emma Marie Haba, 84, of Hastings, Nebraska, died Monday, June 11, 2001 at Blue Hill Care Center, Blue Hill, Nebraska. Services will be Saturday, June 16, 2001; 10:30 A.M. at Butler-Volland Chapel. Burial will be Saturday, June 16, 2001; 1:30 P.M. in Oak Creek Cemetery south of Pauline, Nebraska. Emma M. Haba was born June 19, 1916 on a farm...

James Konen, Sr
Jul 10, 2001
James P. Konen, Sr. 85, of 1203 E. Park #5 died Sunday, June 10, 2001 at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital. Rosary service will be Tuesday, June 12, 2001; 7:00 P.M. at Butler-Volland Chapel. Mass of Christian Burial will be Wednesday, June 13, 2001; 10:00 A.M. at St. Cecilia's Catholic Church with Father James Meysenburg officiating. Burial with military rites will...

Dorothy Schulz
Jul 10, 2001
Dorothy K. Schulz, 79, of 14700 S. Hwy 281, Doniphan, Nebraska, died Thursday, May 10, 2001 at Perkins Pavilion, Good Samaritan Village, Hastings, Nebraska. Mass of Christian Burial will be Tuesday, May 15, 2001; 10:00 A.M. at St. Ann's Catholic Church, Doniphan, Nebraska with Father James Meysenburg officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska. Dorothy K. Schulz was...

Orbra Swartz
Jul 9, 2001
Orbra O. Swartz, 90, of 827 Williams, died Monday, July 9, 2001 at his home. Services will be Friday, July 13, 2001; 10:30 A.M. at Butler-Volland Chapel with Rev. Dean Joy officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska. Orbra O. Swartz was born April 27, 1911 on the family farm near Lushton, Nebraska to Harvey J. & Bessie...

LeRoy Huston
Jul 9, 2001
LeRoy Mitchel Huston, 84, of 716 Circle B, Hastings, Nebraska, died Wednesday, May 9, 2001 at Nebraska Veterans Home, Grand Island, Nebraska. Services will be Saturday, May 12, 10:00 A.M. at Butler-Volland Chapel with Rev. Steve Hodgsen officiating. Burial with military rites will be in East Lawn Cemetery, Bladen, Nebraska. LeRoy Mitchel Huston was born November 19, 1916 in Brandon,...

Sebert Keim
Jul 9, 2001
Former Hastings resident, Sebert W. Keim, 91, of Nebraska Veterans Home, Grand Island, Nebraska, died Monday, July 9, 2001 at Nebraska Veterans Home. Services will be Thursday, July 12, 2001; 10:00 A.M. at Butler-Volland Chapel with Rev. Doug Griger officiating. Burial with military rites will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska. Sebert W. Keim was born August 4, 1909 in...

Kenneth Engelhardt
Jul 9, 2001
Kenneth L. Engelhardt, 76, of Giltner, Nebraska, died Wednesday, May 9, 2001 in Connell, Washington. Services will be Thursday, May 17, 2001; 10:30 A.M. at Butler-Volland Chapel with Rev. Nora Leeds officiating. Burial with military rites will be in Blue Hill Cemetery, Blue Hill, Nebraska. Kenneth L. Engelhardt was born May 17, 1924 in Deweese, Nebraska to Leon Christopher &...

Loraine Fox
Jul 7, 2001
Hastings resident, Loraine Fox, 82, died Monday, May 7, 2001 at Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Peters, Missouri. Rosary will be Friday, May 11, 2001; 7:30 P.M. at Butler-Volland Chapel. Mass of Christian Burial will be Saturday, May 12, 2001; 10:00 A.M. at St. Michael's Catholic Church with Father Michael Houlihan officiating. Burial will be Saturday, May 12, 2001; 3:00 P.M....

Aubrey Stevenson
Jul 6, 2001
Aubrey M. Stevenson, 82, of 811 Madden Rd, #1, died Sunday, May 6, 2001 at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital. Requiem Eucharist will be Tuesday, May 8, 2001; 2:00 P.M. at St. Mark's Episcopal Pro-Cathedral with the Very Rev. Richard Martindale officiating. Committal will be in All Souls Chapel, Saint Mark's Pro-Cathedral. Aubrey M. Stevenson was born May 9, 1918 to...