Girrbach Funeral Home

12/18/2025

🌟 Community Blue Christmas Service 🌟
The holiday season can be difficult for many who are experiencing grief, illness, or hardship. You are warmly invited to a special Service of Wholeness and Healing that offers comfort, hope, and peace.
📅 Sunday, December 21, 2025
🕓 4:00 PM
📍 First Presbyterian Church
405 N M-37, Hastings, MI 49058
This gentle gathering provides space to honor your feelings, find strength in community, and embrace the light of the season even in times of struggle. All are welcome. 💙

12/16/2025

Visitation will be held Friday, December 19, 2025 at Noon with a Funeral Service to follow at 1:00 PM at Girrbach Funeral Home, 328 S Broadway; Hastings, MI 49058. Interment will follow at Dowling Cemetery.

View Richard Marvin Herbstreith's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

11/26/2025

Visitation will be held Friday, November 28, 2025, from 5:00–7:00 PM, and again on Saturday from 10:00–11:00 AM, followed by an 11:00 AM funeral service, all at Kilpatrick Church, 10005 E Barnum Rd, Woodland, MI 48897. A luncheon will follow the service.

View Jean Chase's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

11/19/2025

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11/11/2025

20% off all Rings, use code RING at Legacy Touch. If you need your loved one's fingerprint code, please call us at 269-945-3252.

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10/19/2025

We’re excited to share some updates! 💛
We’ve rearranged some existing space into a comfortable new luncheon space that seats about 50 people, with overflow into the chapel when needed.

We hosted our first luncheon in the new space yesterday, and it was a wonderful success! We’re so happy to have this welcoming area available for families and friends to gather and share a meal together.

10/16/2025

The Gerald R. Ford International Airport earned the top spot in the USA TODAY Reader’s Choice Awards for best small airport.

09/30/2025

A memorial service will be held on Monday, October 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM at Girrbach Funeral Home, 328 S Broadway; Hastings, MI 49058 with a luncheon directly to follow at the funeral home in our new lunch room.

Jane Elizabeth Aho Putkela, age 85, of Hastings, Michigan, passed away on September 25, 2025. She was born on September 24, 1939, to Frank and Elizabeth Tiura Aho in Trout Creek, Michigan. Jane spent her early life in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, in Trout Creek, Greenland, and Trimountain. On

09/19/2025

For out of town guests, the service will be livestreamed here: https://www.youtube.com/live/wlJ7BRWcEPA?si=zbQuVdaZlOWnZSSs
𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
When: Friday, September 19, 2025, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
Where: Grace Lutheran Church (239 E. North St., Hastings, MI 49058).
𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞:
When: Saturday, September 20, 2025. Visitation 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM, with the 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝟏𝟏:𝟎𝟎 𝐀𝐌.
Where: Hastings Performing Arts Center (HPAC) (520 W. South St., Hastings, MI 49058).
𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬:
When: Following the service on Saturday, September 20, 1:30 PM.
Where: The Walldorff Brewpub (105 E. State St, Hastings, MI 49058).

https://www.girrbachfuneralhome.net/obituary/michael-anton

Long-time resident of the Hastings, Michigan community, Reverend Doctor Michael Anton, died on Friday, August 22, 2025 at Thornapple Manor, after a two-year battle with brain cancer. Michael was born on December 6, 1940, in Memphis, Tennessee, to Dorothy Eken and William Anton. Following elementary....

09/17/2025

A visitation will be held on Friday, September 19, 2025, at Grace Lutheran Church from 5-8 PM (239 E. North St., Hastings, MI 49058). Additional visitation time will occur from 10-11 AM on Saturday, September 20, 2025, at the Hastings Performing Arts Center (HPAC) at Hastings High School (520 W. South St., Hastings, MI 49058). A celebration of life service will begin at 11 AM on September 20, 2025, at the HPAC. Fellowship and light refreshments will follow the service at the Walldorff Brewpub at 1:30 PM (105 E. State St, Hastings, MI 49058).

Long-time resident of the Hastings, Michigan community, Reverend Doctor Michael Anton, died on Friday, August 22, 2025 at Thornapple Manor, after a two-year battle with brain cancer. Michael was born on December 6, 1940, in Memphis, Tennessee, to Dorothy Eken and William Anton. Following elementary....

09/16/2025

A Memorial Luncheon will be held this Saturday, September 20, 2025 from 2-4 PM at the Woodland Eagles Lodge.

Carol Joyce Clark, age 79, passed away on September 9, 2025, at home in Hastings. Carol was born May 7, 1946 in Albert Lea, Minnesota, the daughter of Francis Marion Stam and Helen Marie Roberts Stam. She returned to Hastings at the age of four, and she graduated from Hastings

09/10/2025

In lieu of flowers, consider a contribution towards Jack’s funeral expenses: https://square.link/u/5AUysgcU

https://www.girrbachfuneralhome.net/obituary/jack-matson

Jack Arthur Matson, born November 3, 1942, in Palo Alto, California, passed into Glory on September 5, 2025. He was the son of Joseph and Thelma Lameroux Matson and a graduate of Palo Alto High School. On February 2, 1963, Jack married the love of his life, Carol Ann Woods,