Obituaries

Jul 15, 2018

Hastings resident Billy L. “Bill” Niles, 77, passed away Sunday, July 15, 2018, at Perkins Pavilion Good Samaritan Society-Hastings Village, Hastings, NE. Memorial Services are 2 p.m. Thursday, July 19, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings with Father Don Buhrman officiating. Burial with military rites by Hastings Military Honor Guard will be in Parkview Cemetery in Hastings. Memorials may...

Jul 13, 2018

Hastings resident, Donald R. Whitcomb, 74, passed away suddenly Friday, July 13, 2018 at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, Nebraska. Services will be Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 10:30 A.M. at First Presbyterian Church, Hastings with Rev. Greg Allen-Pickett officiating. Burial with military rites by Hastings Military Honor Guard will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska. Visitation will be Tuesday,...

Jul 13, 2018

Donald J. Janda of Lincoln formerly of St. Edward, NE, 93, passed away Friday, July 13, 2018 at Legacy Estates, Lincoln, NE. Services are 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 18, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Lawrence, NE with Father Thomas Schultes officiating. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery, Lawrence, NE with military rites by American Legion Post...

Jul 12, 2018

Hastings resident Mark Russell Zimmerman, 62, passed away Thursday, July 12, 2018. Services are 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 17, at Peace Lutheran Church in Hastings with Rev. Marcus J. Mackay officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery. A luncheon will follow the burial at Peace Lutheran Church. Memorials may be given to the family for a memorial to be...

Jul 11, 2018

Hastings resident John I. Van Skiver, 74, passed away Wednesday, July 11, 2018, at Blue Hill Care Center, Blue Hill, NE. Memorial Services are 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 19, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings with Pastor Jerry Heydenberk officiating. Private family burial will be held at a later date. Memorials may be given to John I. Van Skiver Memorial...

Jul 10, 2018

Hastings resident Dorothy “Dottie” Carey, 79, passed away Tuesday, July 10, 2018 in Kenesaw, NE. There will be a private family committal held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that a memorial be given in Dorothy’s memory to Mary Lanning Hospice c/o Livingston Butler Volland Funeral Home, 1225 N. Elm Avenue, Hastings, Nebraska 68901....

Jul 10, 2018

Hastings resident Gerald J. Parr, 92, passed away Tuesday, July 10, 2018, at Perkins Pavilion Good Samaritan Society-Hastings Village, Hastings, NE. Rosary is 7 p.m. Friday, July 13, at Butler Volland Chapel. Mass of Christian Burial is 10 a.m. Saturday, July 14, at St. Cecilia’s Catholic Church in Hastings with Father Joseph M. Walsh officiating. Burial with military rites...

Jul 8, 2018

Hastings resident M. Elaine Ackerman, 83, passed away Sunday, July 8, 2018, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE. Services are 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 11, at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Hastings with Pastor Dale Phillips officiating. Burial will be held at a later date in Juniata Cemetery in Juniata. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be...

Jul 8, 2018

Trumbull resident Gilbert Eugene “Gib” McWhirter, 80, passed away Sunday, July 8, 2018, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE. Celebration of Life is 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 12, at Grace United Methodist Church in Hastings with Pastor Kent Rogers and Pastor Joel Remmers officiating. Burial will be 2 p.m. Thursday, July 12, in Greenwood Cemetery in Trumbull. Memorials may...

Jun 29, 2018

Julie Ann Billings was born on March 9, 1947 to James R. Billings and Dorothy Ann Frasier Billings in St. Louis, MO, and passed away on June 29, 2018 at the Buffett Cancer Center in Omaha, Nebraska.  She was preceded in death by her parents, and Gilbert Rausher, as well as granddaughter Cheyenna Ames, her grandparents, many cousins, a...

Jun 28, 2018

Former Hastings resident Cecil Brown, 86, passed away Thursday, June 28, 2018 in Miles City, MT. Services are 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 3, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings with Pastor Greg Lindenberger officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery in Hastings. Memorials may be given to Hospice and Heart and Homes of Miles City, MT. Visitation will be...

Jun 26, 2018

Holstein resident John J. Hemberger, 67, passed away Tuesday, June 26, 2018, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE. Rosary is 10 a.m. and Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 30, at Assumption Catholic Church in Assumption with Reverend Scott M. Courtney officiating.  Burial will be in Assumption Cemetery in Assumption. Memorials may be given...

Jun 23, 2018

Hastings resident, Vic Springer, 78, passed away Saturday, June 23, 2018, at his home. Celebration of Life Services are 11 a.m. Friday, June 29, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings with Reverend Jim Miller of Lincoln officiating. Burial with military rites by Hastings Military Honor Guard will be in Parkview Cemetery. Memorials may be given to the family for...

Jun 23, 2018

Hastings resident James W. “JW” Sidlo, 79, passed away Saturday, June 23, 2018, at Bryan Medical Center-West Campus in Lincoln, NE after complications from a fall. Rosary is 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 27, at Butler Volland Chapel. Mass of Christian Burial is 10 a.m. Thursday, June 28, at St. Cecilia’s Catholic Church in Hastings with Father Joseph M. Walsh...

Jun 22, 2018

Hastings resident Michael Allen Swayze, 54, passed away Friday, June 22, 2018, at Mary Lanning Heathcare, Hastings.

Graveside service is 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 26, at Juniata Cemetery, Juniata, Nebraska with Chaplain John Mueller officiating. A luncheon will follow at Butler Volland Funeral Home. Memorials may be given to the family for a memorial to be established...

Jun 16, 2018

Hastings resident Larry Lee Meyer, 78, passed away on Saturday, June 16, 2018, at his home. Memorial services will be Thursday, June 21, at 11:00 a.m. at Faith Lutheran Church, Hastings, with Pastor Paul Dunbar officiating. Private family burial will be held in Parkview Cemetery at a later date. Book signing will be Tuesday, June 19, and Wednesday, June...

Jun 12, 2018

Hastings resident George L. Anderson, 85, passed away Tuesday, June 12, 2018, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE. Memorial Services are 2:30 p.m. Friday, June 15, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings with Chaplain John Mueller officiating. Burial with military rites by Hastings Military Honor Guard will be in Parkview Cemetery in Hastings. Memorials may be given to Hastings...

Jun 10, 2018

Hastings resident Thelma L. Marr, 90, passed away Sunday, June 10, 2018, with family by her side at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE after a stay at College View. Rosary is 9:30 a.m. and Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 13, at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Hastings with Father Jeremy Hazuka officiating. Burial...

Jun 10, 2018

Lawrence resident James F. “Jim” Jarosik, 70, passed away Sunday, June 10, 2018, in Grand Island, NE. Rosary is 7 p.m. Thursday, June 14, and Mass of Christian Burial is 10 a.m. Friday, June 15, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Lawrence. Burial is in Sacred Heart Cemetery in Lawrence with Father Thomas Schultes officiating. Memorials may be given...

Jun 9, 2018

Hastings resident Beverly Jean Taylor, 75, passed away Saturday, June 9, 2018, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings. Memorial Services are 10 a.m. Friday, June 15, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings with Pastor Matt Sass officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery. The family requests attendants wear casual attire to the memorial service. Memorials may be given...