Obituaries

Marie Klein
Dec 27, 2003
Marie A. Klein, 84, of Haven Home of Kenesaw, Nebraska, died Saturday, December 27, 2003 at Haven Home. Rosary will be Tuesday, December 30, 2003; 7:30 P.M. at Butler-Volland Chapel. Mass of Christian Burial will be Wednesday, December 31, 2003; 10:30 A.M. at St. Michael's Catholic Church with Father Steven Major officiating. Burial will be Wednesday, December 31, 2003; 1:30...

LaVerne Sawicki
Dec 24, 2003
Former Hastings resident, LaVerne D. Sawicki, 77, of 2440 NW 2nd Ave., Lincoln, Nebraska, died Wednesday, December 24, 2003 at Tabitha Care Center, Lincoln, Nebraska. Rosary will be Sunday, December 28, 2003; 7:00 P. M. at Butler-Volland Chapel, Hastings, Nebraska. Services will be Monday, December 29, 2003; 10:30 A. M. at Butler-Volland Chapel. Burial with military rites will be in...

Naomi Junker
Dec 20, 2003
Naomi Junker, 69, of 5945 W. Lochland Rd., Juniata, Nebraska, died Tuesday, December 16, 2003 at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital. Services will be Saturday, December 20, 2003; 10:30 A.M. at Christ Lutheran Church, with Rev. Greg Volzke officiating. Burial will be in Concordia Cemetery, both in rural Juniata, Nebraska. Naomi Junker was born March 22, 1934 in Red Cloud, Nebraska...

Vivian Toben
Dec 20, 2003
Long time Doniphan resident, Vivian Toben, 62, died Saturday, December 20, 2003 at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital, Hastings, Nebraska Services will be Tuesday, December 23, 2003; 10:30 A.M. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Doniphan, Nebraska with Pastor Rodney Armon officiating. Burial will be in Cedarview Cemetery, Doniphan, Nebraska. Vivian Toben was born May 22, 1941 in Grand Island, Nebraska to...

Harla Watson
Dec 17, 2003
Harla Watson, 64, of 414 S. Maple, died Wednesday, December 17, 2003 at Bryan LGH Medical Center East, Lincoln, Nebraska Services will be Saturday, December 20, 2003; 2:30 P.M. at Butler-Volland Chapel with Rev. Earl Higgins officiating.. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska. Harla Watson was born August 28, 1939 in Hastings, Nebraska to Harlan & LuluBelle (Douglas)...

Paul Kimle
Dec 12, 2003
Paul F. Kimle, 82, of 1814 West 'D' St., Hastings, Nebraska, died Monday, December 8, 2003 at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital. Services will be Friday, December 12, 2003; 10:00 A.M. at Butler-Volland Chapel with Rev. Vonda Crowe officiating. Burial will be in Presbyterian Cemetery, Campbell, Nebraska. Paul F. Kimle was born April 24, 1921 in Campbell, Nebraska to Fred &...

Esther Tupper
Dec 10, 2003
Esther May Tupper, 107, of The Homestead, died Wednesday, December 10, 2003 at The Homestead. Memorial services will be Monday, December 15, 2003; 2:00 P.M. at First Presbyterian Church with Dr. James Cooke officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens, prior to memorial service on Monday, December 15, 2003; 12:30 P.M., both in Hastings, Nebraska. Esther May Tupper was...

Elsa Kroger
Dec 10, 2003
Former Hastings resident, Elsa L. Kroger, 88, of Wolf Memorial Good Samaritan Center, Albion, Nebraska, died Saturday, December 6, 2003 at Wolf Memorial Good Samaritan Center, Albion, Nebraska. Services will be Wednesday, December 10, 2003; 10:30 A.M. at Zion Lutheran Church with Rev. Dan Heuer and Rev. Robert Harms officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens, both in Hastings,...

Jay Petersen
Dec 9, 2003
Former Hastings resident, Jay S. Petersen, 60, died, Tuesday, December 9, 2003 at Harvard Rest Haven, Harvard, Nebraska, following a long illness. Memorial Mass will be Monday, December 15, 2003; 10:30 A.M. at St. Cecilia's Catholic Church, Hastings, Nebraska, with Father Larry Gyhra officiating. Private family interment will be at a later date. No viewing as Mr. Petersen was cremated....

Charleen Goldenstein
Dec 8, 2003
Charleen R. Goldenstein, 70, of Perkins Pavilion, died Monday, December 8, 2003 at Perkins Pavilion. Memorial services will be Friday, December 12, 2003; 2:00 P.M. at the Second Presbyterian Church with Dr. W. T Israel officiating. Private family interment at a later date. Charleen R. Goldenstein was born June 26, 1933 in Hastings, Nebraska to Charles & Naomi R. (Collier)...

Mabel Blaschke
Dec 7, 2003
Mabel L. Blaschke, 96, of Perkins Pavilion, died Sunday, December 7, 2003 at Perkins Pavilion. Services will be Thursday, December 11, 2003; 1:00 P.M. at First Presbyterian Church with Dr. James Cooke officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens, both in Hastings, Nebraska. Mabel L. Blaschke was born June 5, 1907 in Lancaster County, near Hickman, Nebraska to Adrian...

Jacob Thiel
Nov 30, 2003
Jacob 'Jake' Thiel, 74, of 1135 Hewett, Hastings, Nebraska, died Sunday, November 30, 2003 at BryanLGH Medical Center East, Lincoln, Nebraska. Services will be Thursday, December 4, 2003; 10:00 A.M. at First St. Paul's Lutheran Church with Pastor Frank Kerkemeyer officiating. Burial with military rites will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Hastings, Nebraska. Jacob 'Jake' Thiel was born May 14,...

Christopher Powers
Nov 30, 2003
Loving husband and father, Christopher Powers, 44, of 508 Madden Rd, died Sunday, November 30, 2003 at his home after being diagnosed with cancer in June of this year. Rosary service will be Thursday, December 4, 2003; 7:30 P.M. at Butler-Volland Chapel. Mass of Christian Burial will be Friday, December 5, 2003; 10:00 A.M. at St. Michael's Catholic Church with...

Violet Chatterson
Nov 27, 2003
Former Hastings resident, Violet Lucille Chatterson, 90, of Ravenna Good Samaritan Nursing Home Ravenna, Nebraska, died Thursday, November 27, 2003 at Ravenna Good Samaritan Nursing Home. Services will be Saturday, November 29, 2003; 10:00 A.M. at Butler-Volland Chapel with Pastor Dean Hanson officiating. Burial will be in Inland Cemetery, Inland, Nebraska. Violet L. Chatterson was born February 15, 1913 in...

Alvene Borwege
Nov 24, 2003
Alvene Borwege, 96, of Village Green, Good Samaritan Village, Hastings, Nebraska, died Monday, November 24, 2003 at her home. Services will be Wednesday, November 26, 2003; 2:00 P.M. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Blue Hill, Nebraska with Rev. Neal Anthony officiating. Burial will be in Blue Hill Cemetery, Blue Hill, Nebraska. Alvene Borwege was born April 21, 1907 at the...

Roy Kennedy, Jr
Nov 24, 2003
Roy H. Kennedy, Jr., 65, of 173 Main Street, Trumbull, Nebraska, died Thursday, November 20, 2003 at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital. Services will be Monday, November 24, 2003; 10:00 A.M. at Faith Lutheran Church in Hastings with the Rev. Carl H. Rehwaldt officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska. Roy H. Kennedy, Jr. was born June 23, 1938...

Virginia Freeman
Nov 23, 2003
Virginia Ruth Freeman, 90, of Hastings, passed away on Sunday, November 23, 2003 at Perkins Pavilion at Good Samaritan Village. Memorial services will be held Friday, November 28, 2003; 10:00 A.M. at the Lakeside Community Church of the Nazarene with Rev. David L. Speicher officiating. Interment will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska. Virginia was born February 19, 1913 in...

Mike Elliott
Nov 21, 2003
Mike T. Elliott, 64, of 2715 Boyce St., died, Wednesday, November 19, 2003 at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital due to cancer. Services will be Friday, November 21, 2003; 2:00 P.M. at Butler-Volland Chapel with Rev. Harold D. Stromer officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska. Mike T. Elliott was born May 30, 1939 in Hastings, Nebraska to Hugh...

Ruth Idt
Nov 17, 2003
Former Hastings resident, Ruth C. Idt, 94, died Monday, November 17, 2003 at her home in Yankton, South Dakota with family at her side. Services will be Friday, November 21, 2003; 2:00 P.M. at Peace Lutheran Church, Hastings, Nebraska with Rev. Donald E. Boeschen officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska. Ruth C. Idt was born on August...

Vera Ulmer
Nov 17, 2003
Former Hastings resident, Vera R. Ulmer, 85, of Beverly Healthcare Lakeview, Grand Island, Nebraska, died Monday, November 17, 2003 at Beverly Healthcare. Services will be Saturday, November 22, 2003; 10:00 A.M. at Butler-Volland Chapel with Rev. Ralph Ford officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska. Vera R. Ulmer was born October 16, 1918 in Reynolds, Nebraska to Tom...