Obituaries

Jan 21, 2021

Hastings resident Joseph Brian Ferguson, 63, passed away Thursday, January 21, 2021, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE. Memorial Services will be 2 p.m. Monday, February 1, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings, with Pastor Joel Remmers officiating. The service will be live-streamed on Livingston Butler Volland Funeral Home’s Facebook page. The direct link for that page is www.facebook.com/lbvfh...

Jan 20, 2021

Hastings resident Donna Louise (Frese) Hogan, 66, loving wife, stepmother, and grandma, passed away Wednesday, January 20, 2021, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE. Services will be Monday, January 25, 2021; 2 p.m. at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings, with Rev. Micah Gaunt officiating. Burial will be at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings. Visitation will be 1-5 p.m. Sunday and...

Jan 18, 2021

Hastings resident Rochelle Ann Rhoades, 80, passed away Monday, January 18, 2021, at Prairie Winds, Doniphan, NE. Private services with burial at Parkview Cemetery will be held. Memorials may be given to Start Over Rover in memory of Rochelle. Rochelle was born on December 7, 1940, at Bertrand, NE to Floyd & Mildred (Roepke) Myers. The family moved to...

Jan 17, 2021

Hastings resident Caroline M. Dyer, 89, passed away Sunday, January 17, 2021, at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, January 23, at First United Methodist Church in Hastings with Pastor Dale E. Dyer and Pastor Greg Lindenberger officiating. Burial will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, January 23, at Franklin Cemetery in Franklin, NE. Visitation will be...

Jan 17, 2021

THIS SERVICE HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 2021; 1:30 P.M. AT GRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.

Hastings resident Jerome I. “Jerry” Carlson, 80, went to his heavenly home on Sunday, January 17, 2021, at Perkins Pavilion Good Samaritan Society-Hastings Village, Hastings, NE. Celebration of Life will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday, January 30, at Grace...

Jan 17, 2021

Hastings resident Robert Allen “Bob” Straatmann, 55, passed away Sunday, January 17, 2021, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, January 25, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings with Pastor Greg Lindenberger officiating. Burial will be at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings. Visitation will be 2-5 p.m. Sunday with family present and one hour prior...

Jan 17, 2021

Hastings resident Ronald J. Karnes passed away Sunday, January 17, 2021, at his home. Services will be 2 p.m. Friday, January 22, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings with Pastor Joel Remmers officiating. Burial will be at Parkview Cemetery, Hastings. The service will be live-streamed on Livingston Butler Volland Funeral Home’s Facebook page. The direct link for that page...

Jan 17, 2021

Hastings resident Dolores R. Pavelka, 92, passed away Sunday, January 17, 2021, at Azria Health, Blue Hill, NE. Graveside Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, January 23, at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings with Father Jeremy Hazuka officiating. Visitation will be 10-11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Memorials may be given to the family for a memorial to...

Jan 16, 2021

Hastings resident Shirley M. Koehler, 89, passed away Saturday, January 16, 2021, at her home. Private services will be held at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Omaha at a later date. Memorials may be given to Mary Lanning Hospice. Shirley was born December 3, 1931, to Ben & Genevieve (Stromer) Heeren on a farm near Glenvil. She graduated from Hastings...

Jan 15, 2021

Hastings resident Gene W. Albers, 93, passed away Friday, January 15, 2021, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE. There will be no services. Private family burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, NE. Memorials may be given to the family for a memorial to be established at a later date. Gene was born September 4, 1927, in Hastings, NE...

Jan 15, 2021

Our little angel, Rylee Jo Timmerman, passed away Friday January 15th, 2021 at only 2 months old. The Funeral Service will be Thursday, January 21st, 2021 at 10:00 AM at Livingston Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings with Pastor Joel Remmers officiating. There will be a visitation on Wednesday, January 20th from 4-7 PM at the funeral home. Burial will...

Jan 14, 2021

Hastings resident Gerald E. “Jerry” Arnold Sr., 93, passed away Thursday, January 14, 2021, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE, he succumbed to kidney failure and pneumonia. Memorial Services will be 2 p.m. Friday, January 22, at Trumbull Community Center in Trumbull with Chaplain Zach Brueningsen officiating. There will be a private burial at Greenwood Cemetery in Trumbull. There...

Jan 14, 2021

Former Hastings resident Dr. James Patrick “Jim” Widhelm, 71, passed away Thursday, January 14, 2021, in Ardmore, OK surrounded by his family. Rosary will be 7 p.m. Thursday, January 21, at Butler Volland Chapel. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, January 22, at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Hastings with Father Jeremy Hazuka and Father Thomas...

Jan 13, 2021

Thomas Jeffrey Lonowski made his way to heaven before he entered the world on January 13, 2021. Thomas filled our hearts with more love than we have ever known. Though our time was short, we will always remember the moments we were able to hold our sweet baby boy. Private family services will be held at the Blue Hill...

Jan 11, 2021

Prosser resident James L. “Jim” Uden, 70, passed away Monday, January 11, 2021, at Premier Estates, Kenesaw, NE. Memorial Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, January 16, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings, with Chaplain John Mueller officiating. Book signing will be 1-4 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. There will be no visitation or burial. Memorials may be...

Jan 9, 2021

Blanco, Texas resident Samantha J. Ardiana, 81, passed away Saturday, January 9, 2021, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE. Memorial services will be 10 a.m. Friday, January 15, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings with Pastor Kathy Uldrich officiating. Graveside service will be held in Live Oak, TX at a later date. There will be no viewing or visitation....

Jan 8, 2021

Hastings resident Diane Meisenbach, 88, passed away Friday, January 8, 2021, at Perkins Pavilion Good Samaritan Society-Hastings Village, Hastings, NE. Rosary will be 10 a.m. and Memorial Mass will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, January 12, at St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Hastings, with Father Christopher Kubat officiating. Burial will be at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings. There will be no...

Jan 5, 2021

Former Hastings resident Marvin R. Scribner, 60, passed away Tuesday, January 5, 2021, at CHI Health St. Elizabeth, Lincoln, NE. Memorial service will be 2 p.m. Friday, January 15, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings with Chaplain John Mueller officiating. The family is requesting Husker attire be worn to service. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Hastings....

Dec 30, 2020

On December 30th, 2020 Mr. Wendell Dean "Babe" Ruth passed away with his wife and daughter by his side at Providence Place, finally earning his well-deserved eternal rest.

Wendell Dean, named after his father and an esteemed uncle, was born in Canton, Ohio on October 12th, 1942 to Wendell Alvin Ruth and Maxine Pool Ruth.  Shortly after...

Dec 29, 2020

Hastings resident Norbert Leo “Nobby” Hemberger, 87, passed away Tuesday, December 29, 2020, at Providence Place, Hastings, NE. Rosary will be 10 a.m. with Mass of Christian Burial to follow on Saturday, January 2, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Roseland with Father Nathan Hall and Father Thomas Brouillette officiating. Burial with military rites by Holstein American Legion will...