Colleen Hartman

Colleen Faye Hartman, 86, of Hastings, Nebraska went to be with her Lord on October 21, 2026, from Mt. Carmel Home-Keens Memorial in Kearney, Nebraska.
There will be no viewing. Memorial services are scheduled for April 10, 2027 at North Shore Assembly of God in Hastings, followed by a luncheon. Committal services will follow afterward at Guide Rock Cemetery for family members only. Dewitt Funeral Home and Cremation Services is assisting with arrangements.
Born on April 10, 1940 in Long Island, Kansas to Eldon and Evelyn (Barg) Nash, Colleen wasknown as "Coco" or "Coke" to many friends and family members. Her mother passed from polio in 1942, and Colleen and her siblings were raised by her maternal grandmother on a farm outside of Phillipsburg, Kansas. They later moved to Norton, Kansas, and eventually Hastings.
She married Duane R. Hartman on April 10, 1955 at the Assembly of God Church in Red Cloud, Nebraska. To this union were born four children. Colleen lived in Hastings most of her life, though she lived briefly in California, Colorado, Wyoming, and Washington State. She worked as a clerk at Gibson’s Discount Center and at Hastings Radiology Associates.
Colleen was confirmed at the First Presbyterian Church in Hastings in 1961. She and Duane later attended Keystone Baptist Church. They joined their North Shore extended family in 1997; they served on committees, were members of Keenagers, several Bible study groups, and she helped prepare funeral luncheons for the church, where she was already missed several years ago.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Duane R. Hartman, Sr.; brother, Jimmy D. Nash; step-grandson, Ryan D. Woolsey; uncle, Bill Barg; her grandparents, and many other aunts and uncles.
She is survived by her children, Michael Duane Hartman of Hastings, Mark (Melissa) Hartman of Kearney, Susan (Kirk) Anderson of Grand Island, and Duane Hartman of Kearney; sister, Arliss Morgan of Big Fork, Montana; brother-in-law, Marvin Hartman of Guide Rock, Nebraska; ten grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a host of cousins, nieces and nephews.