Melissa Fritz Stevenson, 50, of Norfolk, NE, passed away June 4, 2020 at Norfolk. The daughter of Louis and Judy (Lanning) Fritz was born November 23, 1969 at Blair, NE. She married Lonnie Bahr on November 21, 1987 at Falls City. They divorced in 2001. She married Mark Stevenson on February 14, 2003 at Nemaha, NE and they were later divorced. Melissa was raised at Verdon and graduated from Dawson Verdon High School in 1988. She worked at Woodings, Ideal Cleaners and Cooper Nuclear Station....

Noel Lundy, 76, of Shubert, NE, passed away June 3, 2020 at Falls City, NE. He was born May 9, 1944 at Falls City to Leon and Gladys (Vice) Lundy. He married Barbara Kuker in August of 1962 at Falls City. They were divorced in April of 1975. Noel was raised at Shubert, attended Fike Country School and graduated from Shubert High School in 1961. He then attended Peru State College. Following his schooling he became employed at Frontier Homes and then purchased and ran the Humboldt Bowling...

Faye Richards, 99, of Auburn, NE, passed away May 30, 2020 at Auburn, NE. She was born January 1, 1921 at Shubert, NE to John Henry and Alta (Orr) Shafer. She married Marvin Hendricks in 1939 at Hiawatha, KS, they were later divorced. She then married Charles Richards in July of 1973 at Rapid City, SD, he passed away in 1981. Faye was raised in the Shubert and Barada, NE areas. When married the couple established their home in Verdon, NE and moved to Lincoln, NE in 1945 and to Auburn in...

Gary Delome, Jr., 37, of Falls City, NE, passed away May 30, 2020 at Falls City. He was born September 24, 1982 at Nuremberg, Germany. Gary enlisted in the United States Army in 2000. Gary was raised at Albuquerque, NM and enlisted in the U. S. Army. Following his discharge he attended New Mexico Community College at Albuquerque. He then became employed at Home Depot. He moved to Morrill, KS and was employed at Extrutech at Sabetha as a supervisor. Gary is survived by his brothers, Dave...

Charles Rider, 69, of Falls City, NE, passed away May 29, 2020 at Falls City. He was born March 10, 1951 at Falls City to George and LeVera (Schneidewind) Rider. Charles was raised in Falls City and graduated Falls City High School in 1969. He graduated from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln as a chemical engineer and then returned to Falls City to help his father and his brother Larry farm. He then worked for the city of Falls City holding various position of employment with them....

Arlinda “Sue” Watson, 72, passed away May 28, 2020 at Falls City, NE. She was born October 4, 1947 at Falls City to Arlene Wing McGinnis. She married Allen Mahoney in 1970 at the Church of the Nazarene at Falls City. He passed away in 1973. Sue graduated from Falls City High School in 1966 and attended Mid-American Nazarene College for 2 years. She met and married Allen and moved to St. Louis, MO. After his passing, Sue returned to Falls City and worked at Northview Car Center...

Gail Phroper, 60, of Cortland, NE, passed away May 13, 2020 at Beatrice, NE. She was born July 9, 1959 at Rock Port, MO to Richard and Irma (Kohler) Smith. She married Ted Phroper on April 3, 1978 at Hiawatha, KS. He passed away May 22, 2017. Gail graduated Falls City High School. When married the couple lived in various places until settling in Cortland. She was a foster parent and daycare provider. She worked as a bookkeeper for her husband business, Kleen Building Service and at the...

Carol Gentry, 78, of Falls City, NE, passed away May 9, 2020 at Hiawatha, KS. She was born September 5, 1941 at Rulo, NE to Ralph and Alida (Roberts) Goolsby. She married Donald Lee Gentry on May 22, 1960 at Rulo. He passed away December 25, 1993. Carol was raised at Rulo and graduated Reserve High School in 1959. When married the couple established their home in Falls City. She started working for Community Action, which became Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) and she was the...

Brenda Daniels, 76, of Verdon, NE, passed away May 3, 2020 at Verdon. She was born July 26, 1943 at Batesville, AR to Kenneth and Norma Lea (Pearson) Hays.  She married Jimmy Dale Daniels on September 18, 1959 at Floral, AR. Brenda was raised in Wichita and attended Wichita public schools. When married, the couple lived in various places until moving to Richardson County in 1970. She sold Avon, worked at the grocery store, prepared taxes and was the Verdon village clerk, loyally...

Jerry Clark, 73, of Falls City, NE, passed away May 1, 2020 at Falls City. He was born March 9, 1947 at Honolulu, HI to Harold and Rhea (Kimsey) Clark. He married Barbara Gibbs on June 27, 1965 at Reserve, KS. Jerry lived at different place growing up due to his father’s military service until moving to Falls City in 1958. He attended Falls City Public Schools and started work at Frontier Trailer Factory. In 1971 they moved to Colorado where he was charged with opening a new mobile...