Obituary printed in the Feb. 4, 2003 Pilot-Tribune, Blair, Nebraska

Orpha A. Lorsch, 89

Former Blair and Fort Calhoun resident Orpha A. Lorsch, 89, died Thursday, Jan. 30, 2003, in Omaha.

Funeral services were Monday, Feb. 3, at West Center Chapel in Omaha. Interment was in the Tekamah Cemetery.

Orpha A. Lorsch was very active in the Blair Over 60 Center while living in Blair.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Garald Kelly, in 1957. In 1985, she married Arthur Lorsch at the Methodist Church in Blair. He preceded her in death in 1989.

She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Karen and Donald Warrick of Omaha, son and daughter-in-law, Mike and Gayle Kelly of Lincoln; stepchildren, Bonnie Foster and Lila Dillenburg, both of Blair, LeRoy Lorsch, Kennard, Arnold Lorsch, Omaha, and Gene Kelly, Brookings, Ore.; sister, Ruth Neuman of Campbell, Minn., sister-in-law, Laura Lorsch of Blair; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

In addition to her two husbands, she was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Sharon Rae, and stepsons, Richard and Robert Kelly.

Heafey-Heafey-Hoffman Dworak-Cutler Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

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

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