Jerry J. Post

Hastings resident Jerry J. Post, 76, passed away Tuesday, March 25, 2025, at Grand Island Good Samaritan Society, Grand Island, NE.

Memorial Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, April 11, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings. Burial with military rites by Hastings Military Honor Guard will be at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. with the family present Thursday, April 10, and one hour before the service at the funeral home. Memorials may be given to the family for a memorial to be established at a later date. The service will be live-streamed on Livingston Butler Volland Funeral Home’s website. To view the service, go to Jerry’s obituary and click the play button shown towards the bottom of the page.

Mr. Post was a lifelong resident of Hastings, NE. He graduated from Hastings High School. In 1967, he joined the U.S. Air Force and after basic training he was assigned to a NATO base in the Netherlands, namely Soesterberg A.F.B. While there he learned to speak the Dutch language. He married Albarta Post, and Angelique Post was born out of this union. The couple left the Netherlands in 1973 and returned to Hastings. The couple had a son, Brian W. Post, and a few years later that marriage was dissolved. Mr. Post remarried Pat Godding; Pat passed away in 2006.

Mr. Post married Kathi S. Hughes-Post in 2008 and they lived at 712 Valley Chase at the time of his death. Mr. Post was a past member of the Knights of Pythias, Hastings V.F.W., and served many years as chairperson and member of the Salvation Army Advisory Board. Mr. Post served five years in the U.S. Air Force and 30+ years on the Hastings Police Department; retiring on November 11, 2003. After retiring from the Police Department, he worked for NAPA in Hastings for 15 years delivering auto parts.

Jerry was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Robert Post.

SURVIVORS:
Wife: 
    Kathi Post – Hastings, NE
Children: 
    Angelique Post-DeWinkel – Netherlands
    Brian Post – Netherlands
Grandchild: 
    Kirsten DeWinkel
Step-Children, Spouses & families: 
    Mark & Wendy Godding – Harvard, NE
        Kelsey & Dylan Cochrane
            Connor Cochrane
        Amanda Godding
            Denver Godding
    Melissa (Godding) DeMoor – Lincoln, NE 
        Kayla DeMoor
            Kamari DeMoor
    Michelle (Godding) Ernst – Lincoln, NE
        Gabriella Ernst
        Stephanie (Ernst) Perez
    Mary (Godding) Carnahan – Hastings, NE
        Ariel Carnahan
        Jalen Carnahan
            Cailee Carnahan
            Watson Kopecky
        Addison Carnahan
Step-Children, Spouses & families: 
    Jennifer & Steve Engel – Hastings, NE
        Maggie Engel
        Nolen Engel
    Ryan & Tricia Hughes – Juniata, NE
        Isabella Hughes
        Madelyn Hughes
    Katherine & Luke Kessler – Lincoln, NE 
        Rowen Kessler
        Brooks Kessler
        Crew Kessler
    Emily Sly & Tony Sly – Lincoln, NE
        Hudson Sly
        Nola Sly
        Veda Sly
And a host of very dear cousins and friends