LINCOLN- Floyd Vrtiska passed away Tuesday at age 92. He served as a state senator for District 1 for 12 years and as a Pawnee County commissioner. He was the mayor of his hometown of Table Rock. Vrtiska worked to improve Peru State College by creating a grant program for economic and community development in rural Nebraska and helped get the Tecumseh State Correction Institution running. He was also a longtime chief of Table Rock's fire department and was a lifetime farmer.

His daughter, Terri, said he loved his legislative district and attended every event in Table Rock whether it was a dinner or a funeral. He was always volunteering to help anyone. The Nebraska State Historical Society appointed him to their board in 2005 and was given a distinguished service award by Peru State in 2018.

Floyd Vrtiska was born during the Great Depression and grew up as a farmer in Southeast Nebraska. He had three children and five grandchildren.

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