Obituaries

Jan 8, 2022

Hastings resident Donna Jean Metzer, 86, passed away Saturday, January 8, 2022, at Azria Care Center, Blue Hill, NE. Memorial Services will be held at a later date. Burial will be at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings. There will be no viewing or visitation. Memorials may be given to the Nebraska Children's Home. Donna was born March 14, 1935, to...

Jan 8, 2022

Hastings resident Virgil Eugene Eitzmann, 76, passed away Saturday, January 8, 2022, at his home. Services will be 1 p.m. Friday, January 14, at First St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Hastings with Pastor Joel Remmers officiating. Burial will be at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings. Visitation will be 1-7 p.m. with family present 5-7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home...

Jan 7, 2022

Hastings resident Nancy D. Schreiner, 76, passed away Friday, January 7, 2022, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE. Rosary will be 9:30 a.m. and Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 10 a.m. Thursday, January 13, at St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Hastings with Father Douglas Daro officiating. Burial will be at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings. Book signing will...

Jan 6, 2022

Former Hastings resident Vivian Marie Parr, 87, passed away Thursday, January 6, 2022, at Central Nebraska Veterans Home, Kearney, NE. Rosary will be 7 p.m. Tuesday, January 11, at Butler Volland Chapel. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, January 12, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Roseland with Father Nathan Hall officiating. Burial will be at...

Jan 6, 2022

Glenvil resident Robert L. Rippen, 94, passed away Thursday, January 6, 2022, at Harvard Rest Haven, Harvard, NE. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, January 12, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings with Pastor Brian Weinkauf officiating. Burial with military rites by Hastings Military Honor Guard will be at St. Paul’s Lutheran Churchyard Cemetery, west of Glenvil. Visitation will be...

Jan 4, 2022

Hastings resident Helen Joyce Valentine, 91, passed away peacefully Tuesday, January 4, 2022, at her home. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 8, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, west of Glenvil with Pastor Steve Byrne officiating. Burial will be at St. Paul’s Lutheran Churchyard Cemetery west of Glenvil. Visitation will be 1-8 p.m. with family present 5-8 p.m....

Jan 3, 2022

Hastings resident James C. “Jim” Norcross, 85, passed away Monday, January 3, 2022, at Azria Health, Blue Hill. Private family services will be held at a later date. Burial will be at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings. There will be no viewing or visitation. Memorials may be given to Lifehouse Church. Jim was born September 27, 1936, in Benton, IL...

Jan 2, 2022

Mary was at Lakeside Hospital in Omaha, NE on January 2, 2022, when she stated “Maybe the Lord is calling me." Mary was born on a farm near Shickley, NE to Gottlob and Edith (Overturf) Rauscher. The family moved to a farm south of Sutton in 1946 and Mary graduated from Sutton High School in 1948. After graduation, Mary...

Jan 2, 2022

Hastings resident Phyllis Mae Marian, 93, passed away Sunday, January 2, 2022, at The Kensington, Hastings, NE. Services will be 11 a.m. Friday, January 7, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings with Pastor Jay Towell officiating. Burial will be at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings. Visitation will be 10:30-11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials may be given to...

Jan 1, 2022

Dec 30, 2021

Ayr resident Carolyn K. Rehtus, 81, passed away Thursday, December 30, 2021, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE. Memorial Services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, January 4, at Zion Lutheran Church in Hastings with Pastor Tyler Hauptmeier officiating. Burial will be at Blue Valley Cemetery in Ayr. Visitation will be 1-7 p.m. with family present 5-7 p.m. Monday at...

Dec 28, 2021

Hastings resident Jay Eugene Wilder, 64, passed away Tuesday, December 28, 2021, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE with his wife by his side. Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday, December 30, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings with Pastor Paul Dunbar officiating. Burial will be at Blue Valley Cemetery in Ayr. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Wednesday and...

Dec 26, 2021

Hastings resident Delwyn C. “Del” Hemje, 68, passed away Sunday, December 26, 2021, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE. Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday, December 30, at First St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Hastings with Pastor Joel Remmers officiating. Burial will be at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings. Visitation will be 1-7 p.m. Wednesday with family present 5:30-7 p.m....

Dec 25, 2021

Hastings resident Kathy L. Kuhlmann, 70, passed away Saturday, December 25, 2021, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE with family by her side. Memorial Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, December 31, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings with Pastor Joel Remmers officiating. Burial will be held at a later date. Visitation will be 1-8 p.m. Thursday with family...

Dec 24, 2021

Hastings resident Norma J. Classen, 83, passed away Friday, December 24, 2021, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, in Hastings, NE with family by her side. Memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, January 13, at First St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Hastings with Pastor Joel Remmers officiating. Burial will be 11 a.m. Friday, January 14, at Fort McPherson National...

Dec 22, 2021

Hastings resident Theo A. “Pat” King passed away on Wednesday, December 22 at her home in the Kensington. Theo was watched over and lovingly cared for by the devoted staff at the Kensington, Tabitha Hospice, and her daughter Sally and son-in-law Carl Yanagawa. Theo was born in Beatrice, NE to Charles and Amelia (Rutt) Sypherd on September 17, 1930,...

Dec 22, 2021

Donald L. Stilley, 86, of Hastings, passed peacefully in the company of family on Wednesday, December 22, 2021, at The Heritage at College View Assisted Living, Hastings, NE. A private family burial will follow at a later time. There will be no viewing or visitation. Memorials may be given to the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation for leukemia research. Don...

Dec 18, 2021

Former Hastings resident Johny Lee Meers, 51, left us to be with the Lord on Saturday, December 18, 2021, at Bryan Medical Center West, Lincoln, NE. Memorial Service will take place sometime in Fall 2022 in Lincoln, NE. Memorials may be given to the family. Johny was born October 19, 1970, in Bangkok, Thailand. He became an American citizen...

Dec 16, 2021

Roseland resident Orville C. Johnson “OJ”, 84, passed away Thursday, December 16, 2021, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE. Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, December 23, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings with Pastor Joel Remmers officiating. The family requests masks to be worn by everyone attending the service. Burial will be at Kenesaw Cemetery in Kenesaw. There...

Dec 15, 2021

Hastings resident Donald G. “Donnie” Svoboda, 62, passed away Wednesday, December 15, 2021, at his home. Rosary will be 9:30 a.m. with Mass of Christian Burial to follow at 10 a.m. Saturday, December 18, at St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Hastings with Father Christopher Kubat officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Hastings. Visitation will be...