Obituaries

Apr 28, 2021

Hastings resident Joelene Kay L’Heureux, 82, passed away Wednesday, April 28, 2021, at her home. Private family memorial service and burial will be held at a later date. Memorials may be given to the First St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. Book signing will be 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Joelene was born January 20, 1939...

Apr 27, 2021

Ayr resident Billy D. Stromer, 66, passed away Tuesday, April 27, 2021, at his home. Graveside service is 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 30, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Churchyard Cemetery, west of Glenvil, with Pastor Jonathan Jehorek officiating. Visitation will be 1-7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials may be given to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, west of Glenvil....

Apr 26, 2021

Hastings resident Nadeen Marie Debban, 82, passed away Monday, April 26, 2021, at Perkins Pavilion Good Samaritan Society-Hastings Village, Hastings, NE. Services are 10 a.m. Monday, May 3, at Peace Lutheran Church in Hastings with Rev. Micah Gaunt officiating. Burial will be at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings. Visitation will be 1-5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, and one...

Apr 22, 2021

Hastings resident James E. “Jim” “Gus” Gustafson, 91, passed away Thursday, April 22, 2021, at his home. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 27, at First St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Hastings with Pastor Joel Remmers officiating. Burial with military rites by Hastings Military Honor Guard will be at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m....

Apr 20, 2021

Hastings resident Brian D. Hester, 61, passed away Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at his home surrounded by his family. He had fought a long battle with cancer. Rosary will be 9:30 a.m. with Memorial Mass to follow at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 24, at St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Hastings with Father Christopher Kubat officiating. Burial will be at...

Apr 17, 2021

Hastings resident Dorothy R. (Loncar) VanBuskirk, 95, passed from this life on Saturday, April 17, 2021, at her home, The Kensington, Hastings, NE. Private family memorial service will be held at First Presbyterian Church Chapel in Hastings, with Rev. Greg Allen-Pickett officiating. Private family inurnment will be at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings at a later date. Book signing will...

Apr 16, 2021

Former Hastings resident James P. “Jim” Nemetz, 78, passed away Friday, April 16, 2021, at his home in Omaha, NE. Rosary will be 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 25, at St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Hastings. Memorial Mass will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 26, at St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Hastings with Father Christopher Kubat officiating. Burial will be...

Apr 15, 2021

Juniata resident Floyd Oscar Hanson, 90, passed away Thursday, April 15, 2021, at Edgewood Vista, Hastings, NE. Services will be 2 p.m. Monday, April 19, 2021, at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Hastings with Rev. Brian Weinkauf officiating. Burial with military rites by Hastings Military Honor Guard will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Hastings. Visitation will be 1-5...

Apr 12, 2021

Hastings resident Carl S. Woods, 72, passed away Monday, April 12, 2021, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE. Services will be 10 a.m. Friday, April 16, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings with Pastor Chad Brodrick and Pastor Robert Porter officiating. Burial will be 9 a.m. Monday, April 19, at Omaha National Cemetery in Omaha. Visitation will be 1-7...

Apr 12, 2021

Hastings resident, loving father, husband (to Joan Titus Swan, deceased), and friend, Norris Volk Swan, 100 years old, passed away at home Monday, April 12, 2021, surrounded by family. Norris was the owner of Swan’s Furniture in Hastings and numerous other towns in Nebraska, Iowa, and Kansas. After selling the stores in 1972, he went on to support local...

Apr 10, 2021

Anthony S. Karcher Sr. of Guide Rock, NE and formerly of Williamstown, NJ died suddenly on April 10, 2021. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. There will be no viewing or visitation. Memorials may be given to the family for a memorial to be established at a later date. Tony was best known for...

Apr 9, 2021

Donald Ray Mars, age 76, of Hastings, passed away on Friday, April 9 at his home surrounded by his family. There will be a Celebration of Life service at 11 AM on Saturday, April 17 at the Evangelical Free Church. Pastor Scott DeWitt and Pastor Matt Sass will officiate. Interment with Military Rites will follow service at Parkview Cemetery...

Apr 6, 2021

Prosser resident Danola Maryce (Dow) Katzberg, 85, passed away Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 10, at Christ Lutheran Church, rural Juniata with Pastor Greg Volzke officiating. Burial will be at Concordia Cemetery, rural Juniata. Visitation will be 1-7 p.m. Friday with family present 5-7 p.m. at the...

Apr 4, 2021

Trumbull resident Shirley M. Ginn, 64, passed away Sunday, April 4, 2021, at her home. Graveside Service will be 2 p.m. Saturday, April 10, at Greenwood Cemetery in Trumbull. Visitation will be 1-8 p.m. Friday with family present 5-8 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the family for a memorial to...

Apr 1, 2021

On April 1, 2021, Roma Jean (Holst) Moul passed away at The Heritage at College View in Hastings, Nebraska. Roma was born on April 12, 1933 in Clay County, Nebraska to Marie Fredricka (Ahrens) Holst and Ernst Henry Holst.  Upon Ernst’s death in 1937, Roma’s mother moved the young family to Clay Center. Roma attended the Clay Center Public...

Mar 26, 2021

Hastings resident Julie L. Moffre, 55, passed away Friday, March 26, 2021, at Perkins Pavilion Good Samaritan Society – Hastings Village, Hastings, NE.

Memorial Service will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 31, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings, with Pastor Tom Murray officiating. Burial will be at a later date. Memorials may be given to the family....

Mar 23, 2021

Hastings resident Terry Lynn Larson, 79, passed away Tuesday, March 23, 2021, at his home surrounded by his family. Memorial Services will be 11 a.m. Friday, March 26, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings with Rev. Stefanie Hayes officiating. Burial with military rites by Hastings Military Honor Guard will be at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings. Visitation will be one...

Mar 22, 2021

Former Hastings resident Dennis Alan Ladach, 64, passed away Monday, March 22, 2021, at Tennova Healthcare, Clarksville, TN. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 7, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings with Father Christopher Kubat officiating. Burial with military rites will be 1 p.m. Friday, April 9, 2021, at Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, NE. Visitation will be...

Mar 21, 2021

Former Hastings resident Rodney Robert “Rod” Epp, 90, passed away Sunday, March 21, 2021, at his daughter’s home in Chadron, NE. Memorial services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, July 17, at St. Mark’s Episcopal Pro-Cathedral Church in Hastings with The Very Reverend Katie Hargis officiating. Inurnment with military rites by Hastings Military Honor Guard will be at St. Mark’s...

Mar 20, 2021

Juniata resident Larry Francis Schulz, 79, passed away Saturday, March 20, 2021, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE. Memorial Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 27, at Juniata United Methodist Church in Juniata, with Pastor Kathy Uldrich officiating. There will be no burial at this time. Memorials may be given to the family. The service will be live-streamed...