Elizabeth "Beth" Mary (Kleier) Stark

Hastings Nebraska resident Elizabeth “Beth” Mary (Kleier) Stark, 85, passed away on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, at Westfield Quality Care Nursing Home, Aurora, NE.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday, October 7, at Zion Lutheran Church in Hastings with Pastor Ben Siebert officiating. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery in Trumbull. Visitation will be 3-7 p.m. with the family present 5-7 p.m. Sunday, October 6, at the funeral home, and one hour before the service at the church. Memorials may be given to the Zion Lutheran Church or Orphan Grain Train. The service will be live-streamed on Livingston Butler Volland Funeral Home’s website. To view the service, go to Elizabeth’s obituary and click the play button shown towards the bottom of the page. 

Beth was born on May 3, 1939, to Otto & Grenevere (Lewis) Kleier of Hastings Nebraska. She graduated from Hastings High School in 1957. Beth married Robert Stark on May 5, 1963.

Elizabeth was preceded in death by her parents. 

SURVIVORS:
Husband of 61 years: 
    Robert Stark – Hastings, NE
Sons: 
    Charles Stark – Mechanicsburg, PA
    Allan Stark – Parker, CO
Grandchildren: 
    Tyler & Madeline Stark – Hickory, NC
    Emily Stark - Los Almos, NM
    Robert Zhang and Jessica Zhang – Lawrence, KS