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Hastings Alumni Obituaries 2020

James L Parsons, a 2003 Hastings High graduate passed away on December 31, 2020. He worked at Stellar Industries and was the DJ at Wanda's, both in Hastings.
Jack A Hunt, a 1964 Hastings High graduate passed away on December 28, 2020. He was in the beef business for 45 years.
Mark D Whitaker, a 1975 Hastings High graduate passed away on December 3, 2020. He worked in management at Covert Manufacturing in Galion, Ohio and was a substitute teacher. He was also on the Board of Directors at Loudonville Public Library and Ohio State Library.
Berdina (Hoff) Dunham, a 1944 Hastings High graduate passed away on December 12, 2020. She was a homemaker and later had Berdina’s Treasure Trove. She was a member of K.P. Sisters, Eagles and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Duane L Stromer, a 1953 Hastings High graduate passed away on December 14, 2020. He served in the U.S. Army and was a lawyer. He was City Attorney for Hastings and then had a private practice in Colorado.
Richard W Wisner, a 1949 Hastings High graduate passed away on December 12, 2020. He served in the U.S. Navy on an aircraft carrier in the Korean War.
Dennis V Erickson, a 1955 Hastings High graduate passed away on December 18, 2020. He was a self-employed painter and carpenter for many years.
Lisa M Kepford, a 1982 Hastings High graduate passed away on December 20, 2020. She worked as a cashier and security guard.
Janet K (Utecht) Scheideman, a 1952 Hastings High graduate passed away on December 27 2020. She was employed by various restaurants in Sutton.
William B Dowse, a 1957 Hastings High graduate passed away on December 25, 2020. He served in the U.S Army and left as a second class radarman.
Kristine L (Knigge) Cook, a 1968 Hastings High graduate passed away on October 28, 2020. She was a nurse until her retirement.
Sandra L (Johnson) Shaw, a 1964 Hastings High graduate passed away on November 28, 2020. She was a homemaker and helped on the farm as well as a receptionist for Farm Bureau Insurance.
Richard ‘Dick’ Friend, a 1950 Hastings High graduate passed away on November 18, 2020. He served in the United States Air Force and owned Friend’s Motors with his brothers. He retired as President in 1997.
Gertrude Kuehn, a 1948 Hastings High graduate passed away on November 20, 2020. She was a bookkeeper and secretary at the Masonic Temple.
James F Horsham, a 1967 Hastings High graduate passed away on November 23, 2020. He served in the United States Navy and co-owned and operated a ServiceMaster franchise until retirement.
Norma J (Graham) Cropley, a 1956 Hastings High graduate passed away. She supported her husband in his business Total Power and worked as a tour guide MacGregor Ranch and the Visitor’s Center in Estes Park, CO
Karen K (Strayer) Huber, a 1964 Hastings High graduate passed away on November 18, 2020. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and a substitute teacher for many years.
Leslee L (Dirks) Wischmeier, a 1991Hastings High graduate passed away on November14, 2020. She began her teaching career at a one-room school at Calamus Dam and taught 4th grade at Watson in Hastings.
Kenneth R Laux, a 1963 Hastings High graduate passed away on November 14, 2020. He served in the United States Army and then worked for State Farm Insurance for 39 years.
Timothy W Hamburger, a 1973 Hastings High graduate passed away. He was employed for over 40 years at Carmichael Construction Company.
Colleen R (Barth) Rippen, a Hastings High graduate passed away on November 14, 2020. She worked at Central Radio Supply and JcPenney. She was the State President of the
Veterans of Wars Auxiliary and held many other offices.
Steven L Ockinga, a 1967 Hastings High graduate passed away on November 10, 2020. He served in the United States Air Force and Kansas-Nebraska Gas Company in Hastings and
Woodward-Governor in Fort Collins, Co before returning to Minden, Nebraska to retire.
Lyn C Throckmorton, a 1985 Hastings High graduate passed away on November 9, 2020. She worked as Marketing Director for Honeywell Corporation in St Paul for many years.
Tom Parker, a 1970 Hastings High graduate passed away on September 29, 2020. He lived in Chandler, AZ.
Melva (Krabel) Goldstein, a 1945 Hastings High graduate passed away on November 3, 2020. She was employed by Mary Lanning Hospital of Hastings and Good Samaritan Hospital of Kearney.
Jerald A Stromer, a 1961 Hastings High graduate passed away on October 24, 2020. He created Pioneer Agriculture and was a District 36 Nebraska State Senator. He also was the Executive Director of Nebraska Association of County Officials and then moved to Washington D.C. where he held many offices.
Kurth B Nelson Jr., a 1957 Hastings High graduate passed away on September 27, 2020. He served in the United States Air Force. He worked in Hastings, Nebraska, California and returned to Nebraska and retired in 2004.
Marian S (Hohnstein) Wilson, a 1964 Hastings High graduate passed away on October 22, 2020. She retired from BD in Holdrege and then worked for the Cambridge Hospital till 2018.
Vern Webb, a 1940 Hastings High graduate passed away on October 22, 2020. He was a medic for the Army National Guard and trained to be a pilot in the Army Air Corps. He retired as manager from Fairbury Pipe and Steel after 35 years.
Howard A Brewster, a 1953 Hastings High graduate passed away on October 19, 2020. Howard served in the United States Air Force and then the Air Force Reserves as a Medical Material Specialist. He then worked for the Nebraska Power District until retirement.
Douglas J Cotner, a 1961 Hastings High graduate passed away in May 2020.
Harold E Junker, a 1961 Hastings High graduate passed away on October 3, 2020. Harold served in the Army National Guard, farmed, was part of the Hastings Rural Fire Department and then worked for the Hastings Street Department.
Kenneth L Hinrichs, a 1958 Hastings High graduate passed away on October 6, 2020. He retired from Charter Communications in 2001.
Roberta K (Kerr) Kottwitz, a 1950 Hastings High graduate passed away on October 2, 2020. She had several jobs in the Hastings area over her life and these included the Woolworth’s Store, Food Center Warehouse Office, Crone Optical Office, Hastings State Hospital and Hastings Regional Center where she retired from.
Matthew P Witt, a 2005 Hastings High graduate passed away on September 24, 2020. He received a degree in Secondary Education and taught in Oklahoma City and Edmond, China and Minneapolis-St. Paul area.
Erma D (Wiley) Peters, a 1958 Hastings High graduate passed away on September 30, 2020. She worked as a cashier at Hastings College, retiring in 2016.
Morgan Jo (Krueger) Hansen, a 2014 Hastings High graduate, passed away on September 22, 2020. She worked as an electrician in the surrounding area.
Richard L Asmus, a 1967 Hastings High graduate passed away on September 17, 2020. He served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War and was a past member on the Hastings Board of Education.
Leona M (Rumsey) Rogers, a 1968 Hastings High graduate passed away on September 19, 2020. She worked at Good Samaritan Village and Caring Hands for many years before retiring.
George N Douglas, a 1952 Hastings High graduate passed away on September 18, 2020. He served in the United States Navy and worked as a mason until after retirement.
Wendell E Johnson, a 1960 Hastings High graduate passed away on September 21, 2020. He owned and operated Johnson Trenching and Well Service
Mariel K (Witt) Karabel, a 1951 Hastings High graduate passed away on September 5, 2020. She was an artist, avid letter writer and loved playing the piano.
Kathryn L (Koch) Anderson, a 1973 Hastings High graduate passed away on September 7, 2020. She made her career in banking at Hastings State Bank and South Central State Bank in Blue Hill.
Norma J (Hobrock) Babcock, a 1952 Hastings High graduate, passed away on September7, 2020. She taught in Lincoln, Hastings and Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Carter M Bruckman, a 1968 Hastings High graduate passed away on September 4, 2020. He worked in medical laboratories while in the United States Navy.
Georga J. (Harrell) Ochsner, a 1952 Hastings High graduate passed away on April 17, 2020. She was a nurse and a farm wife
Judy K (Leonhardt) Botts, a 1965 Hastings High graduate passed away on September 3, 2020. She was a 911 dispatcher for the Hastings Police Department and the City of Anderson, South Carolina Police Department.
Jean (Oates) Sorenson, a 1972 Hastings High graduate passed away on August 9, 2020. She taught high school math and worked for 20 years for the Southern California Gas Company.
Andy Anderson, a 1967 Hastings High graduate passed away on August 24, 2020. He served in the U. S. Army during the Vietnam War and received the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. He worked for the National Guard Training Center until 2011.
Irene (Waterman) Lindau, a 1943 Hastings High graduate passed away on August 24, 2020. Irene was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and a former member of Mary Lanning Hospital Auxiliary and Lochland Country Club
Terry J Herz, a 1973 Hastings High graduate passed away on August 15, 2020. He was a mechanic at Hastings Honda, a salesman at Linweld and a self-employed mechanic.
Rogene A (Davidson) Wright, a 1965 Hastings High graduate passed away on August 14, 2020. She worked for the Department of Health and Human Services until retirement in 2010.
Wayne Classen, a 1963 Hastings High graduate passed away on August 12, 2020. He served in the Army National Guard, was a farmer and worked at Metz Bakery for 25 years.
Brian F Yocum, a 1967 Hastings High graduate passed away on August 3, 2020. He retired from the Union Pacific Railroad and was an honorary member of the French Foreign Legion.
Cheryl L (Lamborn) Stutzman, a Hastings High graduate passed away on March 16, 2020. She worked for Runza restaurants and Eileen’s Colossal Cookies.
Beverly E (Engel) Routh, a 1960 Hastings High graduate passed away on August 9, 2020. She taught high school English and then middle school Mathematics.
Archie Ridge Jr. a 1956 Hastings High graduate passed away on July 30, 2020. He served in the U. S. Army and worked for K-N Energy. He received the Silver Beaver Award through the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
Florence E (Casteel) Rozendal, a 1968 Hastings High graduate passed away on April 28, 2020. She became a dental hygienist at Family Dental Care until she retired. After retirement, she was a hostess for Mid Nebraska Speedway and volunteered the Nebraska State Fair and for Mission of Mercy Dental Care.
Richard E Perdew, a 1974 Hastings High graduate passed away on July 19, 2020. He was a golf pro and worked at both the Kearney Country Club and the Oakland Country Club. He was also a logistics manager at Kully Pipe and Steel.
Richard L Sanford, a 1952 Hastings High graduate passed away on June 10, 2020. He served in the United States Army and was a brick mason. He started his own residential brick mason business in 1982.
Arvid L Barth , a 1952 Hastings High graduate passed away on July 6, 2020. He served in the United States Air Force and worked for J. M. McDonald Company and Mutual and United of Omaha.
Sharon (Lovell) Gergen, a 1958 Hastings High graduate passed away on July 9, 2020. She was an insurance agent in Nebraska and Missouri.
Lisetta M (Mohling) Kent, a 1953 Hastings High graduate passed away on July 11, 2020. She was a registered nurse and owned the Jack and Jill grocery store in Seward Nebraska.
Rogene A (Goldenstein) Ockinga, a 1956 Hastings High graduate passed away on July 15, 2020. She lived on a farm around Glenvil and was a lifelong member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church.
Donald D Hinrichs, a 1953 Hastings High graduate passed away on April 8, 2020. He served in the United States Navy and was a machine operator for a manufacturing company for 20 years.
Jeanne L (Blum) Duggins, a 1972 Hastings High graduate passed away on June 15, 2020. Jeanne was employed as a paraprofessional at Adam Central Public Schools and a legal secretary at Connely,Conway and Pauley in Hastings.
Bobby D Adams, a 1971 Hastings High graduate passed away. He worked at Phoenix Industries in Juniata for many years.
Alan G Goldstein, a 1954 Hastings High graduate passed away on June 9, 2020. He served in the U.S. Navy and was employed as a foreman at Case New Holland in Grand Island. He was a member of the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church west of Glenvil.
Scott T Sell, a 1987 Hastings High graduate passed away on June 3, 2020. Scott worked numerous jobs over the years, the latest being a truck driver for Tri-State Oil Reclaimers of Cheyenne, Wyoming. He also was a member of Grace United Methodist Church.
Randy J McCoy, a 1976 Hastings High graduate passed away on May 30, 2020. Randy was a route salesman for Metz Bakery for 29 years.
Chad E Hendrickson, a 1987 Hastings High graduate passed away on May 14, 2020. Chad served in the US Army and loved motorcycles.
Beverly J (LaPorte) Dedrick, a 1953 Hastings High graduate passed away on May 25, 2020. She worked as a nurses aide and later went into manufacturing at Thermo King where she retired in 2000.
Mary J Horton, a 1964 Hastings High graduate passed away on May 22, 2020. Mary was a medical transcriptionist at the regional center and Mary Lanning Healthcare for over 40 years.
Larry D Weiss, a 1970 Hastings High graduate passed away on April 30, 2020. He owned Pearl Vision Center, worked for CPI in Trumbull and then Garrett Tire and Tread until his retirement. Larry was the president of Adams County 4-H Council for many years
Bruce K Beitler, a Hastings High graduate passed away on May 3, 2020. He was a teacher at Hastings Middle School and Assistant Principal at Kearney Junior High. After retirement, he worked as an official greeter at Good Samaritan Hospital for 13 years.
John L McBride, a Hastings High graduate passed away on May 7, 2020. He served in the U.S. Army in Japan for two years. John also became an optometrist and built McBride Vision Clinic and retired in 2006.
Owen L Waechter, a 1952 Hastings High graduate passed away on May 13, 2020. Owen was the general manager of Pauley Lumber Company. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Hastings, Scottish Rites, Lion’s Club and was the Hastings Public School Board for more than 10 years.
Cindy L (Leonard) Chavria, a 1979 Hastings High graduate passed away on April 27 , 2020. She was born in Frankfurt Germany and moved to the United States in 1961. She loved all children.
Mary J Dominy, a 1946 Hastings High graduate passed away on March 12, 2020. She obtained her teaching credentials to severely, and emotionally disturbed children and taught in San Diego for 20 years.
John L Ready, a 1970 Hastings High graduate passed away on April 29, 2020. He served in the Nebraska National Guard and was an auto body technician.
Tena M (Meester) Kort, a 1940 Hastings High graduate passed away on April 23, 2020. She worked at the Naval Ammunition Depot making ammunition and at Barneson IGA and as a farmer's wife.
Geraldine F. (Stark) Shreck, a 1950 Hastings High graduate passed away on April16, 2020. Gerri worked in the food service and as a baker for Hastings College.
Ella Mae Baker, a 1947 Hastings High graduate passed away on April 17 , 2020. Ella worked at Woolworths, Bruce Jewelers and various doctor offices.
Judy N (Anderson) Brown, a 1958 Hastings High graduate passed away on April 18, 2020. Judy was a homemaker and a member of the First Presbyterian Church. She was a quilter and helped with meals for the youth.
Wesley D Dickensen, a 1951 Hastings High graduate passed away on April 12, 2020. Wes worked as a social worker at the Hastings Regional Center from 1961 to 1998 and was an active member of Grace United Methodist Church.
Joan M (Sheets) Kessler, a 1955 Hastings High graduate passed away on April 9, 2020. She worked for Dutton Lainson and was a member of the Sutton Federated Church, American Legion Auxiliary and Order of the Eastern Star.
Delores M Fate, a Hastings High graduate passed away on March 29, 2020. She taught music and english most of her life. She also taught piano.
Michelle M Mullens Townes, a 1985 Hastings High graduate passed away on March 23, 2020. She was a teacher at Northwest ISD for 24 years.
Elaine Warburton, a Hastings High graduate passed away on February 21, 2020. She had worked and retired from Mary Lanning Hospital. She was a member of First St. Paul’s Lutheran Church.
Shirley E. Porter, a 1971 Hastings High graduate passed away on February 19, 2020. She loved music, craft fairs and her grandchildren.
Katherine A Hamburger, a 1966 Hastings High graduate passed away on February 18, 2020. She worked as an accountant at AGP and retired from there.
Jeffery D Hoffart, a 1984 Hastings High graduate passed away on February 16, 2020. He was employed by Hornady Manufacturing as a Cases Machine Operator.
Kerwyn D Overy, a Hastings High graduate passed away on February 15, 2020. He was in the United State Navy and served on the USS Bismark Sea CVE-95 and was a car salesman.
Kathryn Anstine, a Hastings High graduate passed away on February 8, 2020. She was a elementary school reading teacher for 30 years.
Lesley Holtzen, a 1964 Hastings High graduate passed away. He loved music, sports and the Huskers.
Wilbur L Blunt, a 1965 Hastings High graduate passed away on February 6, 2020. He was the United States Army and worked at Crone Optical and City Optical in Hastings.
Shirley J Hickman, a 1951 Hastings High graduate passed away on January 31, 2020. She worked at Dutton Lainson Manufacturing Co. and a Christian bookstore and Winn Dixie.
Cory D Powell, a 1990 Hastings High graduate passed away on January 24, 2020. He worked for Powell Tower Maintenance as a tower climber and owned and operated Powell Heating and Air.
Herbert D. Theesen, a 1955 Hastings High graduate passed away on December 31, 2019. Herbert served in the Army Reserves and was a mechanic for 60 years.
Bridget F. Cleveland, a 1985 Hastings High graduate passed away on January 3, 2020. She was member of People First.
Marilyn (Lofing) Kelley, a 1956 Hastings High graduate passed away on January 3, 2020. She worked for Herberger’s department store for almost 20 years.
Barton D. Urbauer, a 1955 Hastings High graduate passed away on December 31, 2019. Barton graduated with his M.D. in 1962 from the University of Nebraska Medical School in Omaha and Joined the U.S. Army Medical Corps as a First Lieutenant medical Officer.
Cindy L. (Headley) Leach, a 1968 Hastings High graduate passed away on January 3, 2020. She worked as a health care aide at Good Samaritan Village and then working with special needs children at Hastings Regional Center.
Julia Foote Mleczko, a 1981 Hastings High graduate passed away on January 13, 2020. She attended Creighton University and the University of Nebraska at Omaha graduating in 1985.
Linda K. Niederhaus, a 1966 Hastings High graduate passed away on January 11, 2020. She taught 28 years for the Hastings Public Schools retiring in 2005.

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