Lillian May Akins

Former Hastings resident, Lillian May Akins, 84, passed away Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at the Good Samaritan Millard Nursing Home in Omaha, NE. Services will be Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 11 AM at the Zion Lutheran Church in Hastings, NE with the Pastor Dan Heuer of Trinity Lutheran of Fremont, NE, officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Hastings, NE. Visitation will be Friday, July 23, 2010 from 5 PM to 9 PM at the Brand-Wilson Funeral Home, Hastings, NE. Condolences may be sent to the family from www.brandwilson.com. Lillian was born May 30, 1926 to Antone John and Martha (Niemeyer) Rose in Rosemont, NE. She graduated from the Nelson High School in Nelson, NE in 1944. She married Arthur Leroy Akins on November 10, 1946. They moved to Hastings, NE in 1944. Lillian was a clerk typist for the NAD a profit and loss clerk for the Nash Finch Company and with her husband they owned and operated the King Koin Laundry and Dry Cleaners in Hastings, NE from 1961 to 1987. In 1997 they moved to Fremont, NE and later Omaha, NE. For 50 years Lillian was a member of Zion Lutheran in Hastings where she taught Sunday School and participated in the Luther Anns Society. She was a long time member of the Lutheran Laymen's League and the Lutheran Women's Missionary League. At the time of her death she was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Fremont, NE and was part of a group that made quilts for missions. She is survived by her husband, Arthur L. Akins of Omaha, and 4 daughters, Barbara Thomas and husband Charles of Catonsville, MD, Sharon Stubben and husband Bruce of Fremont, NE, Patricia Kristofic and husband Guy of Aliso Viejo, CA, and Marcia Thiele and husband Ed of Omaha, NE. 7 grandchildren, Mellissa Helligso, Molly Scritchfield and husband Tyler, and Joe and Anthony Thiele all of Omaha, NE, Kyle and Daniel Kristofic of Aliso Viejo, CA and Charles Thomas of Catonsville, MD. 4 great grandchildren, Brody and Hogan Helligso and Ainsley and Abigail Scritchfield. She was preceded in death by her parents, 2 grandchildren, Brenda Kristofic and Nathan Thiele. 1 sister Mildred Karr and 2 half brothers Ervin & Orville Rose Memorials may be given to Zion Lutheran Church in Hastings or Trinity Lutheran Church in Fremont.