LONGTIME MEAT CUTTER BOB KASTRUP WAS WELL-KNOWN IN HARTINGTON

By Maggie O’Brien, World-Herald staff writer

Between his work as a longtime meat cutter and his love of practical jokes, Robert Kastrup was the kind of guy everyone in town knew, his son said Monday.

“He would stop and talk to everyone,” said Thomas Kastrup of Omaha, who is vice president for digital sales at The World-Herald. “He was very kind and funny.”

Kastrup died of a head injury Sunday after falling down the stairs at his home in Hartington, Neb. He was 69.

Kastrup was born in Wayne, Neb., and grew up in Laurel. He married Julie M. Riibe on Jan. 2, 1964. They had two children.

For 23 years, Kastrup worked as a meat cutter at Ray’s Supermarket, which later became Foodtown Grocery Store. He also worked for the Nebraska Department of Roads, retiring last December.

In retirement, Kastrup worked part time for Northeast Pipe and Panel in Hartington until his death.

He was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus. He was preceded in death by his parents, Edmund and Karen Kastrup, and brothers Kai, Carlo and Leo Kastrup.

Other survivors include daughter Tera M. Kastrup of Hartington; two granddaughters of Omaha; brothers Thork Kastrup of Ruskin, Neb., and Borge Kastrup of Laurel; and sisters, Elsie Nielsen of Blair and Ruth Kenaley of LeMars, Iowa.

His funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Holy Trinity Catholic Church with burial in St. Michael’s Cemetery in Hartington.

# 2 -- also from the World-Herald, April 9, 2013

KASTRUP, ROBERT, Age 69. Robert “Bob” Kastrup, of Hartington, Nebraska, died on Sunday, April 7, 2013, at the Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Bob was born on October 16, 1943 in Wayne, Nebraska to Edmund and Karen (Andersen) Kastrup. He grew up in Laurel and graduated from Laurel High School in 1962. Bob married Julie M. Riibe on January 2, 1964 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Hartington.

Bob worked at Ray’s Supermarket, which became Foodtown Grocery Store, in Hartington for 23 years. He worked for the State of Nebraska Department of Roads from 1991 until retiring in December of 2012. Bob kept busy working part-time for Northeast Pipe and Panel in Hartington. Bob was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, and the Knights of Columbus. He served as District Deputy and Grand Knight as a 3rd Degree and was also a 4th Degree Knight. Bob had a generous spirit and would do anything to help someone. He had an incredible sense of humor which he used often.

He is survived by his loving wife, Julie of Hartington; son Thomas and wife Stephanie Kastrup of Omaha; daughter Tera M. Kastrup of Hartington; two granddaughters, Katherine and Elizabeth Kastrup of Omaha; two brothers, Thork Kastrup of Ruskin, NE; Borge and wife Carol Kastrup of Laurel; two sisters, Elsie Nielsen of Blair, NE; Ruth and husband Robert Kenaley of LeMars, Iowa; and a sister-in-law Bonna Del Kastrup of Elk Point, SD; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Jerry and Jean Hoffart of Hartington; Jerry and Jodi Riibe of Ralston, NE. Bob was preceded in death by his parents; sisters-in-law, Lorraine Kastrup, Mabel Kastrup and Mildred Kastrup; three brothers, Kai, Carlo and Leo Kastrup.

MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 10:30 am at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Hartington with Father Jeffery Loseke officiating. Burial in St. Michael’s Cemetery in Hartington.

VISITATION on Tuesday at church from 4 pm to 8 pm with a Vigil Service at 6:30 pm. VISITATION will begin one hour prior to services on Wednesday at the church. Pallbearers will be Roger Kastrup, Jerry Kastrup, Pat Kenaly, David Nielsen, Larry Kastrup and Tim Kastrup. Honorary pallbearers will be the State of Nebraska Highway Maintenance Department.

WINTZ FUNERAL HOME, 203 W. Franklin St., Hartington, NE 402-254-6547

www.wintzrayfuneralhome.com

~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska Public Library~~~

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