Joe R. Theis

Hastings resident, Joe R. Theis, 54 passed away Sunday, November 28, 2010 at his home. Services will be Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at 11 AM at the All Saints Chapel, Good Samaritan Society, Hastings-Village, with Father Joseph Walsh officiating. Burial will be at a later date. Book signing will be Tuesday, November 30, 2010 from 12 noon to 9 PM at the Brand-Wilson Funeral Home, Hastings, NE. Condolences may be sent to the family from www.brandwilson.com. Memorials may be given to the family. Joe was born January 10, 1956 to Donald and Jeanne (Kost) Theis in Hastings, NE. He graduated from the St. Cecilias Catholic School in 1974. He married Pamela L. Adams on May 28, 1977; she passed away February 4, 2010. He worked for Burlington Northern Railroad during his early life then he sold insurance for American General Life Insurance and later the Theis Financial in Hastings, NE. He was the president for the local chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation. Joe enjoyed hunting and golf and was a member of the Southern Hills Country Club in Hastings, NE. He is survived by one son, Adam Theis of Hastings, NE, and two daughters, Alisa Theis of Lincoln, NE and Niki Theis of Hastings, NE, two grandchildren, Summer Theis of Lincoln, NE and Raegan Theis of Hastings, NE, his mother, Jeanne Theis of Lincoln, NE, three brothers, Steven Theis, Michael Theis, and Todd Theis, all of Hastings, NE and two sisters, Becky Vidal of St. Louis, MO and Caroline Adams of Gibbon, NE. He was preceded in death by his wife Pamela and father.