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Former SE Neb state senator being remembered

By John Nixon

09/17/2020

(KLZA)-- Former Nebraska 1st District State Senator Floyd Vrtiska is being remembered following his death Tuesday at the age of 93.

Vrtiska who farmed in Pawnee County in the Table Rock area served six terms as a Pawnee County Commissioner until he was elected to the Nebraska Legislature in 1992, serving three terms.

In addition, Vrtiska served as the Mayor of Table Rock, was a longtime Fire Chief of the Table Rock Fire Department and served on the State College Board of Trustees.

Services for Vrtiska will be Sunday, September 20, beginning with a viewing from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Table Rock Methodist Church.

Family and friends are then invited to join Floyd's final journey home in a car processional beginning at the Table Rock Methodist Church at 4:15 p.m., to his final resting place in the Table Rock Cemetery where a Celebration of Life Service will begin at 5:00 p.m.

The family is requesting social distancing and masks throughout the service.

Vrtiska is survived by three children.

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