Samuel Whiteman, Jr

Former Hastings resident, Samuel "Sam" Dickey Whiteman, Jr., aged 88, died peacefully on November 21, 2016 at his home in Naples, Florida.

A Memorial Service and Requiem Eucharist will be Monday, December 19, 2016; 11:00 A.M. at St. Mark's Episcopal Pro-Cathedral, Hastings, Nebraska with The Very Rev. Catherine F. Scott officiating. Burial will be in St. Mark's Episcopal Pro-Cathedral Columbarium, Hastings. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to St. Mark's Episcopal Foundation. There will be no viewing or visitation.

Sam was born to Samuel Dickey Whiteman and Margaret Rambo Wallace Whiteman in Ashtabula, Ohio on December 19, 1927 and grew up in South Dakota and Nebraska. After graduating from Kemper Military School, Sam enlisted in the Navy and served aboard the USS Samuel N. Moore. Sam attended Hastings College, Tulsa University and graduated from the University of Nebraska with a bachelor's degree in business. After working for Gulf Oil and Ginther Oil, Sam joined Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Co. in 1962. After 31 years, he retired as senior vice-president of distribution from KN Energy.

Active in the energy industry, the YMCA and Episcopal Church, Sam served as: Chair, Midwest Gas Association; President, Blue Flame Gas Association; Board of Directors, Great River Natural Gas Company; President, Hastings, Nebraska Economic Development Corporation; President, Lochland Country Club, Hastings, Nebraska; President, YMCA, Scottsbluff, Nebraska; Board of Directors, YMCA, Hastings, Nebraska; Board of Directors, Hastings, Nebraska Chamber of Commerce; Senior Cathedral Warden, St. Mark's Episcopal Pro-Cathedral, Hastings, Nebraska; President, St. Mark's Foundation, Hastings, Nebraska.

Sam was preceded in death by his sister, Sara (Sally) Jane Whiteman Sonneland and brother, Joseph David Whiteman.

SURVIVORS:
Wife:
Beverly Dunn Whiteman
Children:
David Dickey Whiteman
Melinda Whiteman Marshall
John Wallace Whiteman
Angela Lewis McAllister
Michelle Lewis Rogers
Grandchildren:
Morgan
Graham
Devon
Sam
Trevor
Haley
Kaitlyn
Taylor
Ana