Ethel Bell Potter, 100, of Tekamah, widow of Lloyd Potter, died late Wednesday evening, December 30, 1987 at the Tekamah Senior Citizens Home.

The youngest child of thirteen children born to James W. and Eliza Ann (Marion) Holmes, Ethel was born on September 24, 1887, on a farm south of Craig.

When only a few months old, her parents moved to Burt County, where she spent the rest of her life, living most of the time in and near Tekamah, and attending church and school at Riverside and Fairview.

On January 31, 1918, she was united in marriage to Lloyd Potter and they continued to make their home in Tekamah.

Ethel and Lloyd took it upon themselves to rear a young boy by the name of Harry McDonald, Jr. to a young man.

Ethel was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Tekamah.

Her husband, Lloyd, died on January 28, 1977.

Survivors include a host of nieces and nephews and many friends and acquaintances.

Ethel’s wish was that, in her own words, “May you remember just whatever kindness I have shown.”

Funeral services were held Saturday, January 2, 1988, at the First Presbyterian Church in Tekamah with Rev. Thomas E. Robson officiating.

Interment was in the Tekamah Cemetery.

Arrangements were handled by the Hamel & Peck Funeral Home in Tekamah.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~