NAME:      Violet D. Willits                             AGE:      91           ADDRESS:      Falls City, NE

DATE & PLACE OF DEATH: May 4, 2014 at Falls City

DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH:  November 12, 1922 at Clarks, NE

PARENTS:  the late LeRoy and Mabel (Branting) Church

MARRIAGE: On March 1, 1942 she married Louis Willits at Polk, NE. He passed away August 2, 1999

LIFE HISTORY:

Violet was raised at Clarks and graduated from Silver Creek High School in 1941. When married the couple established their home in Buffalo, NY, in 1946 they moved to Polk, NE to farm and later moved to the Fullerton, NE area for several years and farmed. They moved to Central City, NE where they lived until moving to Falls City in 1953. She was employed by Falls City Creamery, Sur-Gro Fertilizer, Johnson Insurance Agency and Hested’s Department Store for sixteen years. She retired in 1985.

ORGANIZATIONS:  She was a member of First United Methodist Church at Falls City.

SURVIVORS:

Son: LeRoy (Gloria) Willits of San Antonio, TX

Daughters: Cheryl “Tootie” (Larry) Ebel of Falls City

                       Susie (Mark) Jones of Rulo, NE

Sisters: Iola Moore of Lake Havasu, AZ

                Nona (Vic) Hoffer of Grand Island, NE

9 grandchildren

21 great-grandchildren

2 great-great-grandchildren

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Father, LeRoy Church, mother, Mabel Grady and step-father, Morris Grady, husband, brothers, Cecil, Leonard, Wilbur and Russell Church

FUNERAL SERVICES: will be held on Friday, May 9, 2014 at 10:30 AM at First United Methodist Church with Lyle K. Schoen officiating. Interment will be in Steele Cemetery.

FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS: on Thursday from 7-8:00 PM at Dorr and Clark Funeral Home

DORR & CLARK FUNERAL HOME, 2303 HARLAN ST.  FALLS CITY, NE. IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS (402)-245-2424. More information can be found at www.dorrandclark.com