Juniata resident Merna M. Hanson, 89, passed away Wednesday, November 27, 2024, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE.

 

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, December 5, at Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hastings with Pastor Paul Hirsch officiating. The burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Hastings. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. with the family present Wednesday, December 4, at the funeral home, and one hour before the service at the church. Memorials may be given to Threads of Grace or the donor’s choice. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.lbvfh.com. Livingston Butler Volland Funeral Home & Cremation Center is serving the family. See the full obituary on the website.

 

Merna was born June 13, 1935, in Blue Hill, NE to Carl and Margaret (Kort) Oltman. She graduated from Hastings High School. Merna married Floyd Oscar Hanson on September 9, 1951; he preceded her in death on April 15, 2021.

 

Merna was preceded in death by her parents; son and daughter-in-law, Lynn & Rhonda Hanson; son-in-law, Larry Weiss; granddaughter-in-law, Morgan Hanson; brothers, Bill Oltman and Doran Oltman; and sister, MaryAnn Trupp.

 

SURVIVORS:

Daughters & Spouses: Mary & Jim Williams – Juniata, NE

Marcia Weiss – Trumbull, NE

Beverly & Richard Randazzo – Lincoln, NE

 

Grandchildren, Great-Grandchildren, Nieces, Nephews, and many other family members