Richard L. Travers

Richard L. Travers age 65 of Hartington, Nebraska died on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, SD. There will be a visitation gathering with family on Friday, November 30, 2018 at the Wintz Funeral Home in Hartington from 5-7:00 p.m. Burial of his cremated remains will be at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family requests Memorials to your favorite charity. Richard Lawrence Travers was born on May 7, 1953 and grew up on a farm in Norwood, Massachusetts to Thomas L. and Christine (Lawrence) Travers. He grew up in Massachusetts and graduated from Walpole High School. He received his Associates Degree from Northeastern University in Boston. Richard married Jo Ann Cook on September 15, 1995 in Weymouth, MA. He then received a degree in Drug and Alcohol Counseling from the University of Denver. Richard worked for the William Street Center in Denver and worked in the Drug Court System. They moved to Orange County, California to work in the Drug Court System there. Richard then worked for Rick Feilmeier for three years in California driving a truck and moving equipment. He and Jo Ann moved to Hartington in the fall of 2006 where he continued to work for Rick on his farm in Hartington. Richard really enjoyed being a farm manager and took a lot of pride in his work. Richard did some fishing and loved to drive around the countryside to check the crops, but mostly to harass his friends and neighbors. Richard is survived by his wife Jo Ann of Hartington; son Richard and wife Iliana Travers of Boston, MA; four grandchildren; sister Cathy (Jim McKnight of Norton, MA; two brothers and spouses Thomas (Janet) Travers of Franklin, MA, John (Jeanie) Travers of Franklin, MA. He was preceded in death by his parents and twin brother Robert.