All Obituaries

Hastings resident Aileen Woodard, 92, passed away Tuesday, October 13, 2020, at the Blue Hill Care Center in Blue Hill, Nebraska. A Memorial Service will be held for her and her daughter Wanda Abrams, who passed away on April 27, 2020. At 10:00 AM, Tuesday, October 20, 2020, at North Shore Assembly of God Church with Pastor Chris Johnson officiating. Burial will be at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings, Nebraska. In honoring her wish to be cremated there is no viewing or visitation. DeWitt...

Hastings resident Per Lysthauge, 90, died peacefully at his home. A Celebration of Life will be held at 11:00 am, Tuesday, October 13, 2020, at First St. Paul’s Lutheran Church with Pastor Joel Remmers officiating.  In honoring his wish to be cremated there is no viewing or visitation. DeWitt Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Hastings, Nebraska is handling arrangements. Memorials may be directed to First St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Hastings, Nebraska. Per was born...

Kenneth “Ken” L. Hinrichs, 81, passed away Tuesday, October 6, 2020, at Good Samaritan Village Perkins Pavilion in Hastings, Nebraska. A family graveside service will be held at a later date. In honoring his wish to be cremated there is no viewing or visitation. DeWitt Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Hastings, Nebraska is handling arrangements. Memorials may be directed to his family for a later designation. Ken was born May 14, 1939, in Doniphan, Nebraska, the son of...

Hastings resident Erma “Dee” Delores Peters, 80, passed away, Wednesday, September 30, 2020, at Methodist Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. A memorial open house will be held at a later date. In honoring her wish for cremation there is no viewing. DeWitt Funeral Home and Cremation Services is handling arrangements. Dee was born September 8, 1940, in Clarinda, Iowa, the daughter of Oran and Cleasta (Allen) Wiley. She graduated from Hastings High School with the class of 1958. Dee...

Mariel K. Karabel, 86, passed away Saturday, September 5, 2020, at Eastmont Towers in Lincoln, Nebraska. As Mariel approached Heaven’s gate, she found her daughter Lisa there who had only been waiting a short time for her, so together they walked hand in hand through Heaven’s Gate. Private family services will be held at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings, Nebraska. In honoring her wish to be cremated there is no viewing or visitation. DeWitt Funeral Home and Cremation Service in...

Hastings resident Judy K. Bott, 73, passed away Thursday, September 3, 2020, at Mary Lanning HealthCare in Hastings, Nebraska. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. In honoring her wish to be cremated there is no viewing or visitation. DeWitt Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Hastings, Nebraska is handling arrangements. Memorials may be directed to her family for a later designation. Judy was born December 22, 1946, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the daughter of Russell F. and...

Hastings resident Nancy Lee King-Wilson, 92, passed away Tuesday, August 25, 2020, at Mary Lanning HealthCare in Hastings, Nebraska. Private burial will take place in Greene County Memorial Park in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. There is no viewing or visitation scheduled. DeWitt Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Hastings, Nebraska is handling arrangements.

Harvard resident Jimmy W. Piel, 66, passed away Sunday, August 23, 2020, at Harvard Rest Haven. Private burial will take place at Harvard Cemetery in Harvard, Nebraska. In honoring his wish to be cremated there is no viewing or visitation. DeWitt Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Hastings, Nebraska is handling arrangements.

Rural Glenvil resident Wayne Classen, 84, passed away Wednesday, August 12, 2020, at CHI Health St. Francis in Grand Island, Nebraska. Private family burial will be at a later date. In honoring his wish to be cremated there is no viewing or visitation. DeWitt Funeral Home and Cremation Service is handling arrangements. Memorials may be given to St. Paul’s Cemetery, west of Glenvil, NE. Wayne graduated from Hastings High School with the class of 1953. He married Betty Schumm on...

Hastings resident Brian F. Yocum, 71, passed away Monday, August 3, 2020. Memorial services to be held at a later date. In honoring his wish to be cremated there is no viewing or visitation. DeWitt Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Hastings, Nebraska is handling arrangements. Brian was born January 10, 1949, in St. Joseph, Missouri, the son of Gerald and Alberta (Patrick) Yocum. He graduated from Hastings High school with the class of 1967. Brian received degrees from Hastings College...