Joyce Burghart, 87, of Falls City, NE, passed away November 27, 2024 at Falls City. She was born February 22, 1937 at Greenville, MS to Peter and Bessie (Barker) Dallriva.
She married E. L. O’Banion on June 7, 1954 at Greenville and they were later divorced. She then married Vern Ketter on May 30, 1969 at Flagstaff, AZ and they were later divorced. She married Dr. R. L. Burghart on November 28, 2003 at Falls City and he passed away February 21, 2021.
Joyce was raised in Greenville and graduated Owenton High School in Owenton, KY in 1956. She was a homemaker and lived in various places due to her husband’s military service. She moved to Falls City in 1972 and was employed at Davie’s Jewelry Store, later she worked as a surgical technician at Falls City Hospital. She became an LPN in 1992 and worked at Falls City Hospital, becoming a Registered Nurse in 1994. She worked at Falls City Hospital until her retirement in 2012. Following retirement, she volunteered at Sacred Heart School with the Rescue Reading Program and at Thea’s. She was a member of Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church and the Altar Society.
Joyce is survived by her children, Trena Rogge and her husband Phil of Fairbury, NE, Cindy Bangert and her husband John of Falls City, Mark O’Banion and his wife Lorra of Elkhorn, NE, Lisa Bartek and her husband Tom, twelve grandchildren and twenty-five grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, sister, June Moore, daughter, Sandra Ann in infancy, her husband and a great-grandchild.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, December 3, 2024 at 2:00 PM at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church with Father Jim Meysenburg as the presiding priest. Interment will be in Falls City Catholic Cemetery.
The Mass will be livestreamed on Dorr and Clark Funeral Home’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/dorrandclarkfuneralhome/
A Parish Rosary will be recited on Monday at 6:00 PM at Dorr and Clark Funeral Home. Family will receive friends following the rosary.
