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Ava Leach Psota

6 Sep 1919 – 1 Dec 2003

Birth6 Sep 1919
Death1 Dec 2003
CemeteryHillside Cemetery
North Loup , Valley County , Nebraska , USA
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Thanks to contributor #48796369 Ava Houtby Psota, 84, of Beverly Assisted Living in Fullerton died Monday, Dec. 1, 2003, at Nebraska Heart Institute in Lincoln. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the United Methodist Church in Scotia. The Revs. Bruce Phillips and Melanie Adams will officiate. Burial will be in the Hillside Cemetery at North Loup. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Ord Memorial Chapel. Ava was born Sept. 6, 1919, in the Davis Creek area of Valley County to Harry and Iona (Friend) Leach. Survivors of the immediate family include her husband, Leonard Psota of Ord; three daughters and sons-in-law, Judy and Bill Johnston of Belgrade, Jan and Daryle Furby of Loveland, Colo., and Gayle and John Leathers of Columbus; a son and daughter-in-law, Charles and Kathy Houtby of Wolbach; a brother and sister-in-law, Orville and Judy Leach of Portland, Ore.; two stepsons and their wives, Duane and Darlene Psota of Shenandoah, Iowa, and Gary and Jane Psota of Bogard, Mo. Also surviving are 13 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren, six stepgrandchildren and four stepgreat-grandchildren. She received her education in the Davis Creek and North Loup areas. She was a 1937 graduate of North Loup High School. On June 1, 1941, she married Chester Houtby at Ord. They lived on farms in the Ord, Burt County and the Wolbach area. After retirement they moved to Scotia. Mr. Houtby died in January 1987. Ava married Leonard Psota on Aug. 1, 1988. They made their home in North Loup. She was a member of the Scotia United Methodist Church, where she belonged to the Ruth Circle and two Bible study groups. She was a member of the Happy Hour Club of Wolbach for more than 40 years. She enjoyed gardening, fishing, writing letters and spending time with her family. She was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, Chet; one son, Edward; one daughter, Jacque; and three sisters, Pearl Merrill, Ora McDonald and Byrnece Stevens. The Grand Island Independent, Dec. 4, 2003

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