All Obituaries

Hastings and Johnson Lake Nebraska resident, Wayne B. Weber II, 76, passed away Tuesday, January 11, 2022, at his home. Celebration of Life will be held February 20th at First Congregational Church of Christ, 2810 W 7th in Hastings at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to Nebraska Game and Parks, Start Over Rover or First Congregational Church of Christ. DeWitt Funeral Home and Cremation Service is handling arrangements. Wayne was born May 1, 1945, in Lincoln,...

Gloria Northern, 77, passed away Friday, December 17, 2021, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Graveside service is 1:00 pm, Friday, January 14, 2021, at Sunset Memorial Gardens with Fr. Christopher Kubat officiating. DeWitt Funeral Home and Cremation Service is handling arrangements. Memorials may be directed to the St. Cecilia Catholic Church. Gloria was born December 11, 1944, in Hastings, Nebraska, the daughter of Jess and Helen (Pittman) Northern. She worked and retired from Lincoln Telephone and...

Lane/Luke Vap, age 32, left this life at 1:53 pm on January 14, 2022, at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital in Hastings, Nebraska. May he find the peace that eluded him in life. Donations in his memory may be made to the National Suicide Prevention Hotline. 

Ayr resident Duane E. Fritz, 80, passed away Friday, January 7, 2022, at Bryan West Medical Center in Lincoln, Nebraska. Funeral service is 11:00 AM, Thursday, January 13, 2022, at All Saints Chapel in Good Samaritan Society Hastings, Nebraska. Visitation will be from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Wednesday, January 12, 2022, at DeWitt Funeral Home in Hastings, Nebraska. Memorials may be directed to his family for a later designation. Condolences can be left at www.dewittfuneral.com Duane was...

William (Bill) Phillip Snider Sr. Born September 2, 1961 - Died January 2, 2022 William passed away at his home on January 2, 2022. William was born in Malden, Massachusetts to Theresa (Gaudet) and Joseph Snider Jr. William had a passion for cooking and made that his career. He was the cook at many restaurants in and around Hastings.  William loved the outdoors and spent his time out of the kitchen fishing and riding his motorcycle anywhere and anytime he could.  William loved...

Hastings resident Robert “Bob” E. Bottolfson, 62, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Friday, December 24, 2021, at Bryan Medical Center West in Lincoln, Nebraska. Memorial service is 11:00 am, Monday, January 3, 2022, at First St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Hastings with Pastor Joel Remmers officiating. There will be a luncheon following the service. Bob’s wishes were to be cremated. DeWitt Funeral Home and Cremation Service is handling arrangements. Memorials...

Hastings residents Mary Jane (Blum) Moyer, 88, and Darrell Eugene Moyer, 92, passed away at Mary Lanning Health Care in Hastings. Mary passed away on Wednesday, December 22, 2021, and Darrell passed away on Saturday, December 25, 2021. Private family services are planned with burial to take place at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings. DeWitt Funeral Home and Cremation Service is handling arrangements. Memorials may be directed to their family for a later designation. Condolences to...

Carol Kruse, age 74, of Hastings, NE, passed away Sunday, January 2, 2022. She is survived by her daughter, Diane (Michael) Biere; son, Michael (Tham) Jennings; grandchildren, William and Winnie Jennings; brother, Dale (Brenda) Kruse; dear friend, Kathy James; nephews and nieces. Preceding her in death was her father, Conrad Kruse; mother, Lillian Kruse; two brothers, Eugene and Lyle Kruse. Carol was born on November 15, 1947, and grew up in Lincoln, NE, where she graduated from Lincoln...

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Hastings resident Tyre Sorgen, 22, passed away Friday, December 10, 2021, at his home. Funeral service is 2:00 pm, Friday, December 17, 2021, at All Saints Chapel in Good Samaritan Society, Hastings, Nebraska with Rev. Andrew Springer officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Hastings, Nebraska. DeWitt Funeral Home and Cremation service is handling arrangements. Memorials may be directed to his family. Tyre was a snake whisper, having many snakes. He enjoyed football,...