Donald "Don" L. Beltz

Funeral services for Donald L. “Don” Beltz, age 86, of Norfolk, will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, November 15, 2025, at First United Methodist Church in Norfolk. Reverend Bridget Gately will officiate. 

The service will be livestreamed on the funeral home website. 

Interment will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery in Norfolk with military honors conducted by the Offutt Air Force Base Honor Guard, American Legion Post 16, and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1644. 

Visitation will be Friday from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Home for Funerals Chapel, 708 Georgia Avenue, in Norfolk. 

Home for Funerals in Norfolk is in charge of arrangements.

Don passed away Saturday, November 8, 2025, at St. Joseph’s Rehabilitation and Care Center in Norfolk.

Donald Lee Beltz was born August 21, 1939, in Neligh, Nebraska to Harold and Mabel (Linstadt) Beltz. He graduated from Plainview High School in 1957. Don married Patricia Smalley in 1959 in Plainview. They were blessed with two children, Lauree and Mike. The couple later divorced.

Don married Marie T. (Classen) Ronk in 1982. Their marriage gifted Lisa, Rob, Sally, Tom, and Anne into Don’s life. 

Don turned his passion for motorcycles into B & B Cycle, which he owned and operated for 51 years until retiring in 2015. He enjoyed golfing and was an avid Husker football fan. Don was a huge NASCAR and NHRA drag racing fan and enjoyed watching supercross motorcycle racing. He loved spoiling his grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Marie; grandson, Jimmy Ferriter; great-grandson Zachary Wohl; brother-in-law, Duane Fields; sister-in-law, Sandy Beltz; and nephews, Christopher and Gregory Matthes.

Don is survived by his children, Lauree (Bob) Jacobberger of Woodlawn, Tennessee, Mike (Lachelle) Beltz of Grand Island, Nebraska, Lisa Brubaker of Virginia City, Montana, Rob (Kelly) Ronk of Norfolk, Nebraska, Sally Ronk of Ennis, Montana, Tom (Marla) Ronk of Crete, Nebraska, and Anne (Lee) Butler of Jacksonville, Florida; grandchildren, Sam Ronk, Matt Ronk, Jon Ronk, Amber Frew, Rachael Wohl, Emilee Haligowski, Stephen Butler, and Bobby Butler; 13 great-grandchildren; siblings, JoAnn Fields of Winside, Nebraska, Larry Beltz of Norfolk, Nebraska, and Dave (Dawn) Beltz of Meadow Grove, Nebraska; and nieces and nephews.

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