Jose G. Joey Hansen was a 19-year-old Hastings, Nebraska, resident who died on Monday, September 11, 2017. Born October 23, 1997, in Grand Island, he graduated from Hastings High School in 2016. The family held private services and burial, and asked that memorial donations be made toward a memorial in his name. He was survived by his mother, Wendy Hansen, and other family; he was preceded in death by his grandfather, Duane Hansen.

The specific circumstances and cause of Hansen’s death have not been made public, and no information about any investigation, arrests, or persons of interest has been released. Little else about his final days is publicly disclosed.

Did anyone in Hastings or the surrounding area have information about Joey Hansen or remember him from school or the community?