Ryan Woolsey

Ryan D. Woolsey, 45, passed away on June 24, 2026, in Hastings, Nebraska from a completely unexpected case of metastasized cancer.
There will be a celebration of life to be announced at a later date. DeWitt Funeral Home and Cremation Services is assisting his family with arrangements.
Memorials may be directed to his family for a later designation.
Ryan was born on January 23, 1981, to Cheryl L. Woolsey in Hastings. He grew up in Hastings and Widefield, Colorado, where he attended elementary school before returning to Hastings to finish school in 1992. He was employed by B & R Stores from 1998 to 2004 before moving to Lincoln, Nebraska from 2005-2007. Upon returning to Hastings, he worked at the Garden Cafe and Convention Center Catering from 2007 until they closed in 2012. Subsequently, he worked at Bimbo Bakeries and Lochland Country Club.
Ryan is survived by his step-father, Michael Duane Hartman; brothers, Eric (Becca) Woolsey of Hastings and Jacob Hartman (Kayla Burianek) of Fairbury, Nebraska; step-brothers, Michael Dale Hartman, Matthew (Misty) Hartman, all of Lincoln, and Martin (Deanna) Hartman of Papillion; grandparents, Dick and Charlene (Cash) Woolsey of Pueblo West, Colorado and Colleen Hartman of Hastings; maternal aunt, Sandra (Dyrk) Martinez of Falcon, Colorado; cousins, Alyssa (Seth) Burgess and Kayla Martinez of Colorado; paternal step-aunts and uncles, Mark (Melissa) Hartman of Kearney, Nebraska, Susan (Kirk) Anderson of Grand Island, and Duane Hartman, Jr. of Kearney; paternal step-cousins, Chance (Tami) Hartman of Austin, Texas, Gavin (Marisa) Hartman of Austin, Colten Hartman of Illinois, Camille Hartman of Kearney, and Luke Hartman of Atlanta, Georgia; along with a nearly incalculable host of great aunts and uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, friends, and hundreds of others who cared about him and for him.
Ryan was preceded in death by his mother; step-grandfather, Duane Hartman, Sr.; great-uncles, Gary “Skip” Woolsey and Charles E. Cash Jr.; great-aunts, Patricia Johnson and Betty Jo Sumpter; great-grandparents, Dean and Doris Woolsey and Charles and Eloris Cash; and great-great-grandfather, Peter Franklin Dunbar.