Don Potts, age 46 of Crofton, NE was found on Friday, April 3, 2009 ½ mile southeast of Crofton after being reported missing since November 21, 2008.

Funeral services will be on Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Constance, NE with the Rev. David Fulton officiating. Burial of his ashes will be in St. Joseph's cemetery in Constance. Visitation will be on Tuesday from 6-8:00 p.m. with a Vigil Service and video tribute at 7:00 p.m. at the Wintz Funeral Home in Crofton.
Pallbearers will be Marlan Schieffer, Gene Steffen, Mike Steffen, Jerome Pinkelman, Todd Steffen, John Poppe, Frank Potts, Jeff Potts, and Daryl Ausdemore.

Honorary pallbearers will be all of Don's family and friends.

Donavon Jerald Potts was born on July 24, 1962 to Leonard William and Denelda Cristina (Steffen) Potts. Don grew up in rural Crofton and graduated from Crofton High School in 1980. He farmed his entire life raising livestock and grain. He loved his John Deere tractors and his cattle. Don married Elizabeth "Betty" Louella Grant on December 17, 1994 in Yankton, SD.

Don loved hunting, fishing, and playing cards with his friends. His faithful dog "Bean" was his constant companion. Don was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Constance.

He is survived by his wife, Betty of Crofton; step-daughter Kristi Lammers of Yankton and her children, Codi, Myles, Brooke, and Ariel; step-son and his spouse, Troy and Sandy Ellsoos of Yorkville, Indiana, and their children Kelly and Josh; Don's mother, Denelda Potts of Crofton; father, Leonard Potts of Crofton; brothers and sisters and spouses, Chuck Potts of Crofton, Charlene and Paul Stevens of Peawaukee, Wisconsin, Charlotte and Vern Jansen of Crofton, Cathy and LeRoy Clair of Carlisle, Iowa; Chad and Danielle Potts of Crofton; numerous nieces and nephews.

Preceding Don in death were his sister, Donna Wiebelhaus in 1993, paternal grandparents, Frank and Mary Potts; maternal grandparents, Frank and Mary Steffen.