Obituaries

Feb 16, 2020

Fairfield resident Judy L. Martin, 77, passed away Sunday, February 16, 2020, at her home. Services are 11 a.m. Saturday, February 22, at Fairfield Presbyterian Church in Fairfield with Pastors Joyce & Ivan Dean officiating. Burial will be at Fairfield Cemetery in Fairfield. Visitation is one hour prior to service at the church. Memorials may be given to the...

Feb 14, 2020

Hastings resident Anna Marie Meyer, 90, passed away Friday, February 14, 2020, at The Kensington, Hastings, NE. Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday, February 22, at First St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Hastings with Pastor Andrea Paulson officiating. Burial will be at Parkview Cemetery. Visitation is 1-8 p.m. Friday with family present 5-7 p.m. at the funeral home, and one...

Feb 13, 2020

Hastings resident Norman C. Krebs, 88, passed away Thursday, February 13, 2020, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE. There will be no services at this time. Memorials may be given to the family for a memorial to be established at a later date c/o Joann Krebs, 622 Lane H, Hastings, NE 68901. Norman was born September 29, 1931, in...

Jan 31, 2020

Celebration of Life Service for Wilbur L. “Bill” Blunt will be held on Thursday, February 6, 2020, at 10:30 a.m. at the Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings, Nebraska with Pastor Paul Ferrarone officiating.  Inurnment will be held in the Parkview Cemetery at Hastings, with military rites conducted by the Hastings Military Honor Guard in conjunction with the United States...

Jan 29, 2020

Hastings resident Marcia Klein, 52, passed away Wednesday, January 29, 2020, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE surrounded by her family after a battle with cancer. Memorial service with Elks rites is 3 p.m. Sunday, February 9, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings with Chaplain John Mueller officiating. Private family burial will be held at a later date. Visitation...

Jan 28, 2020

Hastings resident Walter D. Heyen, 84, passed away Tuesday, January 28, 2020, at CHI Health Good Samaritan Hospital, Kearney, NE. Memorial service with military rites by Hastings Military Honor Guard is 11 a.m. Saturday, February 1, at First St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Hastings with Pastor Joel Remmers officiating. Private family burial will be held at a later date....

Jan 27, 2020

Hastings resident Elaine Lamski, 75, passed away peacefully at her home Monday, January 27, 2020. Memorial service is 11 a.m. Friday, February 7, at First United Methodist Church in Hastings with Pastor Greg Lindenberger and Pastor Joel Remmers officiating. Private family burial will be held at a later date. Book signing will be 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Thursday...

Jan 26, 2020

Hastings resident Shirley Jean Hickman, 86, passed away Sunday, January 26, 2020, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE. Services are 10:30 a.m. Friday, January 31, at Juniata United Methodist Church in Juniata with Pastor Kathy Uldrich officiating. Burial will be at Juniata Cemetery in Juniata. Visitation is one hour prior to service at the church. Memorials may be given...

Jan 25, 2020

Irene E. Utecht, 92, passed away Saturday, January 25, 2020, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE. Service is 10:30 a.m. Friday, January 31, at Zion Lutheran Church in Hastings with Pastor Paul Warneke officiating. Burial is in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings. Visitation will be Thursday, January 30, from 5-7 p.m. with family present at the funeral home and one hour...

Jan 25, 2020

Hastings resident Scott R. Opbroek, 63, passed away Saturday, January 25, 2020, at his home. Rosary is 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 28, at Butler Volland Chapel with Father James Meysenburg officiating. Mass of Christian Burial is 10 a.m. Wednesday, January 29, at St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Hastings with Father Christopher Kubat and Father James Meysenburg officiating.  Private family...

Jan 24, 2020

Ord resident Cory D. “Fuz” Powell, 47, passed away Friday, January 24, 2020, at Howard County Medical Center in St. Paul, NE with his family by his side. Services are 2 p.m . Friday, January 31, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings with Pastor Andrea Paulson officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery in Hastings. Visitation will...

Jan 23, 2020

Hastings resident Tanner J. Bramman, 25, passed away Thursday, January 23, 2020, as a result of a semi collision accident. Services are 10 a.m. Thursday, January 30, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings with Pastor Rob Thornton and Pastor Howard Goldsmith officiating. Burial with military rites by the Nebraska National Guard will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery in...

Jan 19, 2020

Hastings resident Jerome O. “Jerry” Snitker, 81, passed away Sunday, January 19, 2020, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE. Celebration of Life is 1 p.m. Saturday, January 25, at Grace United Methodist Church in Hastings with Pastor Tamara Holtz officiating. Private family burial will be prior to service at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings. Visitation is 1-8 p.m. Friday with...

Jan 17, 2020

Hastings resident Ronald D. Kraft, 75, passed away Friday, January 17, 2020, at Perkins Pavilion, Good Samaritan Society-Hastings Village, Hastings, NE. Memorial Service is 1 p.m. Thursday, January 23, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings with Pastor Joel Remmers officiating. Military rites by Hastings Military Honor Guard. Memorials may be given to the family. There will be no viewing...

Jan 16, 2020

Hastings resident Anna M. Bott, 95, passed away Thursday, January 16, 2020, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE. Rosary is 9:45 a.m. and Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 21, at St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Hastings with Father Christopher Kubat and Father Thomas Brouillette officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery...

Jan 13, 2020

Julia A. Foote Mleczko, daughter of Kathleen Moran Foote and Donovan B. Foote died of complications of cancer on January 13, 2020 in Grand Island. She was born August 22, 1963 in New Orleans, LA. Her early years were spent in New Orleans, Augusta, GA and Indianapolis, IN. The family moved back to Hastings in 1968. She attended Hastings...

Jan 13, 2020

Ayr resident Robert Stephen “Steve” Heil, 71, passed away Monday, January 13, 2020, at Providence Place Memory Care, Hastings, NE. Services with military rites by A.L. Shirley Post #176 are 2:30 p.m. Friday, January 17, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Blue Hill with Pastor Leah Krotz officiating. Book signing is 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Thursday at Livingston...

Jan 13, 2020

Hastings resident Norman George Giesler, 72, passed away Monday, January 13, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE. Services are 1 p.m. Monday, January 20, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings with Pastor Joel Remmers and Rev. Greg Allen-Pickett officiating. Burial with military rites by Hastings Military Honor Guard is at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings. Visitation is 1-5 p.m. Saturday...

Jan 11, 2020

Jan 11, 2020

Hastings resident Linda Kae Niederhaus, 72, passed away Saturday, January 11, 2020, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE after a short battle with colon cancer. Memorial Service is 1:30 p.m. Saturday, January 18, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings with Alton Jackson officiating. Private family burial will be at a later date. Memorials may be given to St. Judes....