Obituaries

Mar 21, 2022

Hastings resident Robert J. “Joe” Soares, 75, passed away Monday, March 21, 2022, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE. Memorial Services with military rites will be 1 p.m. Friday, March 25, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings with Pastor Chris Johnson officiating. There will be no burial at this time. A book signing will be 1-4 p.m. Thursday, March...

Mar 20, 2022

Hastings resident Betty Ola St. John, 92, passed away Sunday, March 20, 2022, at Perkins Pavilion Good Samaritan Society-Hastings Village, Hastings, NE. Memorial Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 16, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings. Burial will be held at the Randall Cemetery in Randall, KS. Book signing will be 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Friday, April...

Mar 20, 2022

Ayr resident Angela Joy “Angie” Scheideler, 54, passed away Sunday, March 20, 2022, at her home. Private family burial will be held at Blue Valley Cemetery in Ayr, NE. Visitation will be 1-7 p.m. with family present 5-7 p.m. Friday, March 25, at the funeral home. Memorials may be given to the American Cancer Society. Angie was born August...

Mar 19, 2022

Hastings resident Robert P. “Bob” Fast, 89, passed away Saturday, March 19, 2022, at Southlake Village, Lincoln, NE. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, March 25, at First St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Hastings with Chad Power officiating. Private family burial with military rites by Hastings Military Honor Guard will be at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings. Visitation will...

Mar 17, 2022

Hastings resident John E. “Jack” Borrell, 82, passed away Thursday, March 17, 2022, at his home. Services will be 10 a.m. Monday, March 21, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings with Pastor Dale Phillips officiating. Burial will be at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings. Visitation will be 1-5 p.m. with family present 3-5 p.m. Sunday, March 20, and one hour...

Mar 14, 2022

Hastings, Nebraska resident Vernon D. Cook, passed away Monday, March 14, 2022, at home in Hastings. Services will be Friday at Butler Volland Chapel at 10:30 a.m. with Chaplain John Mueller officiating. Burial with military rites by Hastings Military Honor Guard will be at Juniata Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Friday with family present...

Mar 14, 2022

Hastings resident Sherlyn L. Podewitz, 72, passed away Monday, March 14, 2022, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE. Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, March 19, at First St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Hastings with Pastor Joel Remmers officiating. Burial will be at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings. Visitation will be 3-7 p.m. with family present 5-7 p.m. Friday, March...

Mar 13, 2022

Juniata resident Sue Ella Bearden Riddick, 77, passed away Sunday, March 13, 2022, at her home. A private Celebration of Life will be held on April 23 at her home. Burial will be held at a later date. There will be no viewing or visitation. Memorials may be given to the family c/o Christy Ramirez, 1202 North Adams Avenue,...

Mar 11, 2022

Hastings resident Debra A. Bruntz, 60, passed away Friday, March 11, 2022, at her home. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 17, at Faith Lutheran Church in Hastings with Pastor Josh Davis officiating. Celebration of Life will be at 6 p.m. Friday, March 25, at the Elks Club in Hastings. Burial will be held at a...

Mar 9, 2022

Margaret “Maggie” Irene (Straub) McCready, 67, of Hastings, Nebraska, passed away March 9, 2022 at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE. She is survived by her husband of 47 years, Donald McCready; her three children, Luke McCready, of San Francisco, CA, Nick (Nancy) McCready and their daughter Elouise, of Lawrence, KS, and Erin McCready, of Austin, TX. She also is...

Mar 8, 2022

Hastings resident Marcia I. Maurer, 87, passed away Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at Perkins Pavilion Good Samaritan Society-Hastings Village, Hastings, NE.

Services will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, March 14, at Faith Lutheran Church in Hastings, with Pastor Paul Dunbar officiating. Private family burial will be at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings. Visitation will be 1-7 p.m. with family...

Mar 5, 2022

Hastings resident Rachel C. Lay 102, passed away Saturday, March 5, 2022, at Edgewood Vista Assisted Living, Hastings, NE.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 14, at First Presbyterian Church in Hastings with Pastor Damen Jensen-Heitmann officiating. Burial will be at Hanover Presbyterian Cemetery. Visitation will be 1-5 p.m. with family present 3-5 p.m. Sunday, March...

Mar 5, 2022

Hastings, resident William “Bill” Glenn Henkel, 67, passed away Saturday, March 5, 2022, at Bryan Medical Center East in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Celebration of life will be Friday, March 11, at 11:00 a.m., at Faith Lutheran Church in Hastings with Pastor Paul Dunbar and Pastor Josh Davis officiating. Burial will be at 2:00 p.m. at Parkview Cemetery in...

Mar 3, 2022

Hastings resident Dennis E. Turner, 84, passed away Thursday, March 3, 2022, at Prairie Winds, Doniphan, NE.

Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday, March 10, at First United Methodist Church in Hastings with Rev. Lance Clay officiating. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery in Trumbull. Visitation will be 1-7 p.m. Wednesday with family present 5-7 p.m. at...

Mar 1, 2022

Roseland resident Charles William “Whitey” Bourg, 100, passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at The Homestead, Hastings, NE. Rosary will be 10 a.m. and Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 11, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Roseland with Father Nathan Hall and Father Thomas Brouillette officiating. Burial will be at Roseland Cemetery in Roseland....

Mar 1, 2022

Hastings resident Billy Wayne Rapp, 78, passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at Edgewood Vista Assisted Living, Hastings, NE. Services will be 2 p.m. Monday, March 7, at Evangelical Free Church in Hastings with Pastor Scott DeWitt officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Hastings. Visitation will be 1-6 p.m. with family present 4-6 p.m. Sunday,...

Mar 1, 2022

Hastings resident Josephine E. Wood, 100, passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at Perkins Pavilion Good Samaritan Society-Hastings Village, Hastings, NE. Rosary will be 6 p.m. Sunday, March 6, at Butler Volland Chapel. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Monday, March 7, at St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Hastings with Father Thomas Brouillette officiating. Burial will be...

Feb 28, 2022

Hastings resident Dale E. Bierman, 89, passed away Monday, February 28, 2022, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE. Memorial Services will be 11 a.m. Friday, March 4, at Faith Lutheran Church in Hastings with Pastors Paul Dunbar and Josh Davis officiating. Burial will be 2 p.m. Friday with military rites by Hastings Military Honor Guard at Parkview Cemetery in...

Feb 27, 2022

Hastings resident Randall C. “Randy” Coslor, 73, passed away Sunday, February 27, 2022, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE. Celebration of Life will be 10 a.m. Friday, March 4, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings with Chaplain John Mueller officiating. Burial with military honors with Pastor Spenser Johnson officiating will be at 2 p.m. Friday, March 4, at West...

Feb 26, 2022

Doniphan resident Randy Lee Dack, 60, passed away Saturday, February 26, 2022, at CHI Health Nebraska Heart Institute, Lincoln, NE. Memorial Services will be 2 p.m. Friday, March 4, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings with Pastor Larry Harvey officiating. Burial will be held at a later date. Visitation will be 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Friday at the...