Zola Felts, 94, of Falls City, NE, passed away January 1, 2021 at Falls City. She was born May 3, 1926 at Salem, NE to Charles and Bertha (Spurgin) Fouraker She married Dick Hoover on December 27, 1947 at Salem, NE. He passed away January 23, 1966. She then married Donald Felts on June 16, 1967. He passed away January 23, 1993. She was a 30 year employee of Richardson County Bank and Trust at Falls City. Zola is survived by her daughter, Susan Johnson of Hoover, AL, four grandchildren and...

Marjorie Lenora Kopf, 88, of Falls City, NE, passed away June 02, 2021 in Falls City, NE.   She was born November 8, 1932 on a small farm near Dawson, NE to Sebastian and Mary (Alfers) Koelzer.  On December 14, 1950, she married Leonard Kopf at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church at Falls City, NE. Marjorie and Leonard established their home on a farm northeast of Falls City.  Together they ran their family farm for 42 years and raised their 3 children. Leonard passed...

Tommy Gene White, 88, of Falls City, NE, passed away January 25, 2020 at Falls City. He was born May 28, 1931 at Bushnell, NE to Thomas and Zepha (Fouraker) White. He married Verna Mae Crawley on May 29, 1955 at Falls City, NE Tom enlisted in the United States Navy on May 17, 1950 at Kansas City, MO. He served on the USS Princeton. He earned a Japanese Occupation Medal, United Nations Medal, Korean Service Medal, National Defense Medal and Good Conduct Medal. He was honorably discharged on...

Loretta Mae Porter, 95, of Salem, NE, went to be with her Lord and savior May 24th 2021. She was born April 16th 1926 in rural Bern, KS to Art and Alta (Britt) Moser. She was the third oldest to 6 children. She was raised in the Summerfield and Pawnee City area. She married Frank Porter on April 20, 1945 in Seneca, KS. She attend grade school until the 8th grade then later obtain her GED at the age of 62.  She lived in California from 1956 to 1969. She worked at woodings verona and...

Deanne (Hitchcock) Bahr, 66, of Falls City, NE, passed away May 17, 2021 at Lincoln, NE. She was born march 24, 1955 at Falls City to Dean and Janice (Lehew) Hitchcock. She married Gary Bahr on July 1, 1977 at Verdon, NE. Deanne was raised at Verdon and graduated Dawson-Verdon High School in 1973. When married the couple established their home in Falls City. She worked at Sac and Fox for many years and also worked for Kawres as well. She retired in 2017. She had a green thumb and loved...

Annabelle Grady of Falls City passed away May 8, 2021 at Falls City.  She was born October 20, 1932 to Jesse and Bell (Prater) Roberts in Rulo.She married Charles Grady in Hiawatha, Kansas on August 10, 1950, he passed away February 10, 2002. Annabelle grew up in Rulo, attending grades K-5 in Rulo, then grades 6-7 in Oregon and then back to Happy Hollow where she graduated from Rulo High in June of 1950. When married the coupe established their home in Omaha, NE where two children...

Douglas R. Sefried, 61, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, April 19, 2021 in Buffalo, NY. Doug was born October 28, 1959 to James R. and Diane (Shipley) Sefried and was raised in Falls City, NE. He graduated from Falls City High School with the Class of 1978 and was active in all sports but really love the science and movement of basketball. After high school, he followed in his grandfather’s footsteps and started his student training with the Union Pacific Railroad working out of...

Gary Cummings, 74, of Falls City, NE, passed away May 3, 2021 at Falls City. He was born November 14, 1946 at Falls City to Fred and Marguerite (Estes) Cummings. Gary was raised at Verdon and started working after his schooling in various places in and around Richardson County. He last worked for WASP before retiring. Gary is survived by his brothers, Larry of Lincoln, NE, Donald Fouraker of Spanaway, WA and a sister, Julia Eaton and her husband Edward of Verdon, NE. He was preceded in...

Lawrence Dean McKinsey, 87, of Falls City, NE, passed away April 30, 2021 at Falls City. He was born April 16, 1934 to George W. and Hazel (Goolsby) McKinsey. He married Janet Miner on August 14, 1982 at Verdon, NE. She passed away December 20, 2014. Dean enlisted in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Germany for 2 years. Dean was raised at rural Verdon and graduated Verdon High School in 1951. When he returned home, he started farming his own land and raised livestock. He also worked at...

Dearle Marrs, 48, of Crosby, TX, passed away April 26, 2021 at Highland, TX. He was born July 4, 1972 at Falls City, NE to Jon and Sue (Gerdes) Marrs. Dearle was raised at Salem and graduated Dawson-Verdon High School in 1990. He attended Peru State College and Kansas City Community College and graduated with an associate’s degree in mortuary science. He then became employed at Clark Funeral Home and then managed several S.C.I locations in Nebraska and Texas. He then moved to...