Obituaries

Oct 20, 2011

Hastings resident, Melvin L. Baker, 73, passed away Thursday, October 20, 2011 at his home. Services will be Monday, October 24, 2011; 10:00 A.M. at Faith Lutheran Church, Hastings with Pastor Paul T. Dunbar officiating. Burial with military rites will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska. Visitation will be Sunday, October 23, 2011; 1:00 P.M. - 9:00...

Oct 6, 2011

Hastings resident, Esther A. Lau, 94, passed away Thursday, October 6, 2011 at Perkins Pavilion Good Samaritan Society-Hastings Village, Hastings, Nebraska. Services will be Sunday, October 9, 2011; 4:30 P.M. at Zion Lutheran Church, Hastings with Pastor Paul Warneke officiating. Burial will be in Concordia Cemetery, Rural Juniata, Nebraska. Visitation will be Saturday, October 8, 2011; 1:00 P.M. -...

Sep 26, 2011

Hastings resident, Margaret Nellist, 98, passed away Monday, September 26, 2011 at Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare, Hastings, Nebraska. Memorial service will be Friday, October 14, 2011; 3:00 P.M. at the Village Green, 900 East B Street, Hastings with Pastor Charles Johnson officiating. Private family interment will be at Easton, California in November. Memorials may be given to the Children's...

Sep 26, 2011

Florence R. Reiners, 93, died Monday, September 26, 2011 at Perkins Pavilion Good Samaritan Society-Hastings Village, Hastings, Nebraska. Services will be Friday, September 30, 2011; 10:30 A.M. at Christ Lutheran Church, rural Juniata, with Pastor Greg Volzke officiating. Burial will be in Concordia Cemetery, rural Juniata. Visitation will be Thursday, September 29, 2011; 5:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M. with...

Sep 25, 2011

Hastings resident, Eugene (Gene) Henry Mertens, 84, died with family at his side Sunday, September 25, 2011 at Grand Island Veterans Home, Grand Island, Nebraska. Rosary will be Tuesday, September 27, 2011; 6:30 P.M. at Butler Volland Chapel. Mass of Christian Burial will be Wednesday, September 28, 2011; 10:00 A.M. at St. Cecilia's Catholic Church with Father Joseph M....

Sep 25, 2011

Burr Oak, Kansas resident, Sharon D. Cosand, 72, passed away Sunday, September 25, 2011 at Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare, Hastings, Nebraska. There will be no services. Private family interment will be held at a later date. There will be no viewing or visitation. Memorials may be given to Burr Oak Cemetery, c/o Gary Cosand, PO Box 67, Burr Oak,...

Sep 24, 2011

Doniphan resident, Alvin "Junior" D. Panker, 82, passed away Saturday, September 24, 2011 at Golden Living Center - Grand Island Lakeview, Grand Island, Nebraska. Alvin's wishes were to have no services or visitation. Memorials may be given to Shriners Hospitals for Children, Special Olympics, or Mid-Nebraska Individual Services Foundation, Grand Island Chapter, c/o Katy Panker, PO Box 198, Doniphan,...

Sep 24, 2011

Hastings resident, Lawrence "Larry" D. Kent, 72, passed away Saturday, September 24, 2011 at Perkins Pavilion Good Samaritan Society-Hastings Village, Hastings, Nebraska. Memorial services will be Wednesday, September 28, 2011; 2:00 P.M. at Butler Volland Chapel, Hastings with Paul Julian officiating. Burial with military rites will be Wednesday, September 28, 2011; 4:30 P.M. in Glenvil Cemetery, Glenvil, Nebraska. There...

Sep 8, 2011

Hastings resident, Janice M. Rogers, 76, passed away Thursday, September 8, 2011 at Perkins Pavilion Good Samaritan Society-Hastings Village, Hastings, Nebraska. Services will be Tuesday, September 13, 2011; 10:30 A.M. at Butler Volland Chapel, Hastings with Pastor Tony Dawson officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska. There will be no public viewing or visitation. Memorials may be...

Sep 8, 2011

Our loving husband and father, Eugene F. (Spike) Williams, 86, passed away, September 8, 2011.

Born in Fairfield, Nebraska, May 25, 1925 to the parents, William and Ida (Ransom) Williams who proceed him in death. He married Leona Rae Brown of Fairfield, Nebraska, June 6, 1946.

Eugene was employed, US Dept. of Agriculture surveyor for...

Sep 5, 2011

Hastings resident, Ruth Margaret Kessler, 101, passed away Monday, September 5, 2011 at Perkins Pavilion Good Samaritan Society-Hastings Village, Hastings, Nebraska. Memorial service will be Saturday, September 10, 2011; 1:30 P.M. at First Presbyterian Church, Hastings with Rev. Dr. William Nottage-Tacey officiating. Private family burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska. There will be no visitation. Book signing...

Aug 28, 2011

Barbetta "Barbee" Heartwell, 80, of Salzburg, Austria, passed away at St. Sebastian Assisted Living in Salzburg on Sunday, August 28, 2011. Graveside services will be Thursday, October 13, 2011; 10:30 A.M. in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings with Rev. Dr. William Nottage-Tacey officiating. There will be no viewing or visitation. Ms. Heartwell was born to Chauncey Barrows Heartwell and Betty Mattison...

Aug 28, 2011

Hastings resident, Lester C. Hemberger, 87, passed away Sunday, August 28, 2011 at Village Green Good Samaritan Society-Hastings Village, Hastings, Nebraska. Rosary will be Friday, September 2, 2011; 7:00 P.M. at Butler Volland Chapel. Mass of Christian Burial will be Saturday, September 3, 2011; 10:00 A.M. at St. Cecilia's Catholic Church, Hastings with Father Andrew J. Heaslip officiating. Burial...

Aug 28, 2011

Former Hastings resident, David Hodge Aabel, 72, passed away Sunday, August 28, 2011 in Clatonia, Nebraska. Burial Office will be Thursday, September 1, 2011; 11:00 A.M. at Saint Mark's Episcopal Pro-Cathedral, Hastings, Nebraska with The Rev. Catherine F. Scott officiating. Burial with military rites will be in the Minden Cemetery, Minden, Nebraska. Visitation will be Wednesday, August 31, 2011;...

Aug 27, 2011

Hastings resident, Jared Ryan DeMuth, 19, passed away Saturday, August 27, 2011 due to an automobile accident, at Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare, Hastings, Nebraska. Services will be Thursday, September 1, 2011; 10:30 A.M. at Butler Volland Chapel, Hastings with Rev. Steven Peeler officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska. Visitation will be Wednesday, August 31, 2011; 6:00...

Aug 26, 2011

Longtime Hastings resident, Jeanette "Jan" H. Moorhead, 65, passed away Friday, August 26, 2011 at Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare, Hastings, Nebraska. The remains were cremated. As per Jeanette's wishes, there will be no visitation. Memorials are suggested for the infant room at Good Samaritan Children's Ark in Hastings. Jeanette was born August 18, 1946, to Vincent & Nelda (McRoberts)...

Aug 25, 2011

Hastings resident, Emilie E. Fieber, 93, passed away Thursday, August 25, 2011 at Perkins Pavilion Good Samaritan Society-Hastings Village, Hastings, Nebraska. Burial services were held Monday, August 29, 2011 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Memorials may be given to Mary Lanning Hospice. Emilie was born March 25, 1918 in Blue Hill, Nebraska to Gus & Hulda (Kirsch) Drahim. Emilie married Roy...

Aug 22, 2011

Hastings resident, Bonita R. Kiiker, 76, passed away on Monday, August 22, 2011 at her home. Services will be at a later date. There will be no visitation or viewing as Bonita chose cremation. Memorials may be given to the Adams County Veterans Monument at Parkview Cemetery. Bonita was born April 1, 1935 in Hastings, Nebraska to Jacob &...

Aug 17, 2011

Hastings resident, Laura "June" Woodard, died Friday, August 12, 2011 at Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare, Hastings, Nebraska. Services will be Wednesday, August 17, 2011; 2:00 P.M. at the North Shore Assembly of God Church, Hastings, Nebraska with Pastor Chris Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Memorial may be given to North Shore Assembly of God...

Aug 10, 2011

Hastings resident, Robert "Bobby" L. Gottsch, 57, passed away Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at his home. Services will be Monday, August 15, 2011; 2:00 P.M. at North Shore Assembly of God, Hastings with Pastor Randy Madison officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska. Visitation will be Sunday, August 14, 2011; 1:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M....