Joe E. Hastings, 74, died January 28, 2008, at Canon City, Colorado. Joe was born on July 24, 1933 at Red Cloud, Nebraska, the son of Frederick L. Hastings and Nancy Benton Hastings. On October 23, 1955 he married Wilma M. Klusener at Dubuque, Kansas. She preceded in death on December 24, 1992. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was a retired Hoisington city employee, retiring in 1990. He was a former resident of Hoisington and Jewell and a resident of Canon City, Colorado for the past 10 years. He was a member of V.F.W. Post 7428, Hoisington, Kansas. Survivors include a son, Douglas Hastings and wife, Joyce of Canon City, Colorado; and a sister, Violet Thompson of Lawrence, Kansas. He was preceded in death by a brother, Emery Hastings; and a sister Rosenia Padgett. Funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 2, 2008 at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, Hoisington, Kansas, with Pastor Amy Austin, PMA officiating. Interment will be at the Dubuque Lutheran Cemetery, Russell County, Kansas with military graveside rites conducted by V.F.W. Post 7428 and American Legion Post 286. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Friday, February 1, 2008, and Saturday, February 2, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to service time at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, Hoisington, Kansas. Memorials are suggested to Dubuque Lutheran Cemetery in care of the funeral home.