Darla L Lawson, age 66, of Bridgeport, Nebraska passed away on Wednesday, September 8, 2021. Darla was born January 2, 1955 to Luther and Fay (Doty) Forshey. A memorial service will be held Friday, October 15, at 10:00 AM at Prairie Winds Community Center.
Darla attended country school north of Bridgeport at North 6. Her mother completed 8th grade at North 6, and her sister attended first grade there. She went to Bridgeport Junior High and High School, not completing school but earning her GED later. She worked at many jobs, but she especially enjoyed working and writing for the Gering newspaper and working at the museum in Bridgeport.
She was a generous and loving person, and will be sorely missed by her son, Glen Lawson, her sister, Bonny Tyrell, and her many friends who loved her. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother Jack Cromwell, and her daughter Julie Chatterton in 2015