Stanley McMahon

Hastings resident, Stanley Jahn McMahon, 86, passed away Friday, January 8, 2016 at Perkins Pavilion Good Samaritan Society-Hastings Village, Hastings, Nebraska.

Services will be Wednesday, January 13, 2016; 10:30 A.M. at Good Samaritan Chapel, Hastings with Pastor CL Wimer officiating. Burial with military rites by Blue Hill Legion Post #176 will be in Hanover Presbyterian Cemetery at 1:30 P.M. Visitation will be Tuesday, January 12, 2016; 9:00 A.M. - 7:00 P.M. with family present 5:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M., at the funeral home, and one hour prior to service at the church. Memorials may be given to the family for a memorial to be established at a later date.

Stanley Jahn McMahon, the son of Floyd & Hazel (Jahn) McMahon, was born on a farm east of Bladen, Nebraska, on March 29, 1929. He attended grade school at Prairie Gem and graduated from Bladen High School in 1946. He attended the University of Nebraska - Lincoln for one year. He married Janice (Schnuerle) on December 23, 1951 at Pauline Methodist Church in Pauline, Nebraska. He served in the U.S. Army from 1952-1954 during the Korean conflict. He returned and they resided and farmed south of Pauline until 1989 when they moved to Hastings.

He raised and showed Registered Polled Herefords and spent so much time watching the cows with their calves. The operation became known as MCM Polled Herefords. He took great pride in being part of watching his sons and grandchildren show Polled Herefords and receiving many awards. He was a member of the Nebraska Polled Hereford Association, a former board member of the Nebraska Polled Hereford Association, a lifetime member of the American Hereford Association, and received the Polled Hereford Outstanding Breeder award in 2003. He also served on the Adams County Ag Society, Fair and Rodeo Committees, Extension Board, and on the Nebraska Cattleman's Classic Board.

Stan attended Hanover Presbyterian Church where he served as an elder and a trustee. He was a former member of the Blue Hill School board and the American Legion Post #176. Stan received the Adams County Ag Appreciation's Aggie Award in 2005.

He dearly loved his family and was there for them and was an important part in the accomplishments of their lives.

Stanley was preceded in death by his parents and brothers-in-law.

Those left to cherish his memory are:
Wife:
Janice McMahon - Hastings, NE

Children & Spouses :
Craig & Kathy McMahon - Blue Hill, NE
Brian & Jill McMahon - Ayr, NE

Grandchildren & Spouses:
Darbie McMahona�"West Des Moines, IA
Randi & Colby Fox - Nelson, NE
Daniel (Fiance, Nicole) McMahon - Hastings, NE
Grady McMahon - Ayr, NE
Mattie & Tyler Humphrey - Dixon, IL
Harrison McMahon - Deweese, NE

Sister:
Jean Neal - Topeka, KS

Sister-in-law:
Phyllis Langin - Imperial, NE