Darline M. Wright, 100, of Falls City, NE, passed away Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at Falls City. She was born January 17, 1920 to Loyd and Roxie (Smith) Sailors 2 miles northeast of Barada, Ne. She attended school at Barada and Shubert High School. She was employed at Barada Grocery store and in the business office of Hested’s Dime store in Falls City. She married William Wright, Jr. at Hiawatha, KS, when Bill returned home from serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, December...

Nellie Ann Inks, 71, of Salem, NE, passed away October 11, 2020 at Falls City, NE. She was born December 4, 1948 at Humboldt, NE to William and Leola (Kerr) Inks. Nellie Ann lived with her parents in the rural Pawnee City, NE area until moving to Salem in 1954. She attended rural Salem and Salem grade schools and graduated from Falls City High School in 1967. She worked as a bookkeeper and secretary for James Oil, Merz Farm Equipment and for Weaver and Merz Law Firm until retiring in 2017....

Tim Lyons, 65, of Falls City, NE, passed away October 10, 2020 at Falls City. He was born October 8, 1955 at Falls City to John and Marjorie (Bennett) Lyons.  He married Lisa Rokey in December of 1979 at Sabetha and they were later divorced. He married Jerri Lynn Ball and they were later divorced. He married Sandy Appleoff at St. Mary’s Catholic Church at Dawson in 2015. Tim was raised in Dawson and graduated from Dawson-Verdon High School in 1974. He then attended Peru State...

Larry Burlingame, 48, of Falls City, NE, passed away October 9, 2020 at Kirksville, MO. He was born January 19, 1972 at Parsons, KS to David and Peggy (Jones) Burlingame. He married Jayme Vice on October 4, 2014 at Falls City Larry was raised in Cherryville and Parsons. He attended Altamont Public Schools and moved to Falls City following his schooling. He then lived in Parson and Texas before permanently moving back to Falls City in 1993 and has lived here since. He owned his own...

Opal Fritz, 98, of Humboldt, NE, passed away October 6, 2020 at Humboldt. She was born April 21, 1922 at Humboldt to Henry and Alma (Brown) Herr. She married Wilbert A. Fritz on January 11, 1948 at Humboldt. He passed away July 18, 1970. Opal lived in rural Humboldt and moved into Humboldt in 1941. She attended Northwest Star District 10 School and Bratton Union Consolidated School. She then attended beauty school and had a beauty shop in Humboldt with her sister, Neloma. She also worked...

Lyle Dean Nussbaum, 81, of Falls City, NE, passed away September 27, 2020 at Lincoln, NE. He was born August 13, 1939 at Falls City to Glen and Ruby (Zimmerman) Nussbaum. He married Lois Rowell on April 2, 1959 at Falls City. She passed away November 24, 2005. Dean was raised in rural Verdon and graduated Verdon High School in 1958. Following graduation he went to work at Frontier Trailer Factory and then was employed by Airlanco, retiring in 2003. He fancied himself a mountain man, loving...

Randy Gene Feighner, 62, passed away September 26, 2020 at his home In Falls City, Ne. He was born February 3, 1958 in Falls City NE, to Barbara (Hihath) (Feighner) Werner. Randy was raised in Falls City and was a 1977 graduate of Falls City Sr High School. He was a proud member of the Tiger football and wrestling team. Randy joined the United States Marine Corps on May 31, 1977, on the buddy system with Jerry Simpson and Mike Strecker both of Falls City. Randy attended Basic training with...

Phillip “Ace” Wallace, 68 of Falls City, NE, passed away September 25, 2020 at Falls City. He was born August 1, 1952 at Omaha, NE to Raymond and Betty (Manoli) Wallace. He married Patricia Van Winkle on May 27, 2015 at Falls City. Ace was raised in California and graduated Garden Grove High School. He attended computer school after graduation. He lived and worked in various places prior to moving to Falls City in 2006 where he owned and operated Ace Tech Computer until his...

Melvin Louis Rieschick, 95, was born October 5th, 1924 in Falls City, NE.  Melvin passed away September 24, 2020.  He was the youngest son of the late Louis and Amelia (Hartman) Rieschick. On July 5, 1945 he married Mildred Gilliland at Hiawatha, KS. She passed away August 30, 2015. Melvin grew up on his parent’s farm northeast of Falls City, NE.  He worked the farm with his family until taking over the farming in 1946.  He farmed in Richardson County until...

Kathi Hoppe, 60, of Falls City, NE, passed away September 24, 2020 at Falls City. She was born August 16, 1960 at Falls City to Bill and Shirley (Germain) MCMahan. She married Jeff Hoppe in 1981 at Falls City. Kathi was raised at Falls City and graduated Falls City High School in 1978. When married the couple established their home in Falls City and she became a homemaker. Kathi is survived by her husband, Jeff of Falls City, daughters, Brandie Kratz of Pawnee City, Ashley Minard and her...