Emmett Venable, Jr

Hastings resident, Emmett Timothy Venable, Jr., 57, passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, Nebraska.

Services will be Tuesday, July 5, 2016; 11:00 A.M. at Butler Volland Chapel, Hastings with Monique Scarlett officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given in remembrance of Emmett T. Venable, Jr. to the American Heart Association. Visitation will be Tuesday, July 5, 2016; 10:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. at the funeral home.

Emmett was born March 25, 1959 in Pulaski, Virginia to Emmett T. and Dorothy D. Venable. After graduating from Pulaski County High School, he played football at the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia and graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology.

He worked at John Morrell in Sioux City, Iowa, at Triumph Food in St. Joseph, Missouri, and then secured a position as a United States Department of Agriculture inspector in Grand Island, Nebraska. Emmett enjoyed hunting, motorcycling, and spending time with his fiancée, Enoemy (Penny) Ruiz of Hastings, Nebraska.

Emmett was preceded in death by his father and grandparents.

Left to carry on his legacy and memories are his mother, Dorothy D. Venable, and a daughter, Meghan Venable-Thomas, a graduate student at Harvard University in Boston, MA. Emmett is survived by three sisters and one brother: Phyllis Venable of Smyrna, Georgia, Daphne Finley of Pulaski, Virginia, Keith Johnson (Carol) of Christiansburg, Virginia, and Michelle Venable-Ridley (Carlos) of Sioux City, Iowa. Emmett has a beloved aunt, Hazel Hubbard of Jamaica, New York, a host of nieces and nephews, cousins, and friends.