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Dewey S. Hastings

retired funeral director and former owner, Hastings Funeral Home, Morgantown, West Virginia, died September 7, 2023, at age 97. Hastings attended West Virginia University and joined the U.S. Army Air Force, serving in World War II. He then attended Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science and was a member of Pi Sigma Epsilon Honorary.

Hastings was a member of several civic and fraternal organizations, including Phi Delta Theta fraternity at West Virginia University, Sons of Italy, West Virginia Farm Bureau and Rotary International as a Paul Harris Fellow. Professionally, he was past president of the West Virginia Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association (1985-86) and longtime NFDA member.

He is survived by sons Edward and Dewey Samuel, five grandchildren and brother Robert.

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