Douglas McQuistan

Douglas S. McQuistan, a resident at Kansas Christian Home, went home to his Lord on Saturday December 13, 2014. The family will receive friends Tuesday evening between 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Broadway Colonial Funeral Home in Newton, KS. Graveside services and interment will be on Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at 2:00 p.m., at the Wakefield Cemetery in Wakefield, Nebraska. A memorial celebration of Doug’s life will be held in Newton, KS at the Kansas Christian Home Living room on December 26, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. All are welcome to attend. Arrangements are under the direction of Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, Newton, KS and Bressler - Munderloh - Smith Funeral Home in Wakefield, NE. Doug was born on March 9, 1924 to Roland and Winifred (Bressler) McQuistan in Pender, Nebraska. He was raised on a farm near Pender. He attended high school in Wakefield Nebraska where he met his bride, Bonnie (Heydon) McQuistan. They were married August 8, 1943. The couple graduated from San Jose Bible College (Hope University) in San Jose, California. They were married 61 years. Doug is survived by a daughter Mavis (McQuistan) and Sherman Sack of Newton, and a son Lonnie and Carol McQuistan of Las Vegas Nevada. Douglas had 11 grandchildren: Jim and Yvonne (Sack) Wickenkamp of Oronogo, Missouri, Garth and Aimee (Sack) Mock of Newton, Joe and Charisa (Sack) Thiessen of Newton, Christopher and Desiree (Sack) Skibbe of Newton. Tammie McQuistan, Tonya (McQuistan) Nichols, Tracie (McQuistan) Davenport, Douglas E. McQuistan, David McQuistan, Pat McQuistan, Paul McQuistan and a host of great-grandchildren and friends.