Loren Winkelbauer

Longtime Hastings businessman, Loren M. Winkelbauer died Friday, October 20, 2017, at the age of 67 years.

Memorial Services will be Thursday, October 26, 2017; 10:30 A.M. at All Saints Chapel - Good Samaritan Village, Hastings with Pastor Renee Johnson officiating. Burial with military rites by Hastings Veterans Organizations will be in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, rural Hastings. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the family for a memorial to be established at a later date. Book signing will be Wednesday, October 25, 2017; 1:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. at the funeral home, and one hour prior to service at the chapel.

Loren was born September 7, 1950, to Donald and Lorraine (Graf) Winkelbauer in Randolph, Nebraska. He graduated from Randolph High School in 1968 and then from Denver Technical College in Denver. He served in the Army Security Agency with the 101st Airborne 265th Radio Research Division. He served two tours of duty in Vietnam. Loren received his Master of Photography degree in 1979 from the Professional Photographers of America in Las Vegas, Nevada.

On October 10, 2004, Loren married Michelle (Burr) Nabower. Together they owned and operated Winkelbauer Photography in Hastings.

Loren enjoyed riding motorcycles. He and Michelle took many long bike trips in the summers. He was a member of the Belden American Legion. He was past president of the Professional Photographers of Nebraska, as well as being a member of the Professional Photographers of America. He was a former Ambassador for the Hastings Chamber of Commerce and was currently president of the Church Council at Immanuel Lutheran Church of rural Hastings.

Loren was preceded in death by his parents and his sister and brother-in-law Linda (Winkelbauer) and Larry Alderson.

SURVIVORS:
Wife:
Michelle Winkelbauer - Hastings, NE
Children & Spouses:
Christopher Nabower - Hastings, NE
Caleb & Aleisha Nabower - Omaha, NE
Ellie & Mike Tomlin - Hastings, NE