Billie Joann Brandt, 89, of Falls City, NE, passed away September 6, 2018 at Falls City. She was born October 1, 1928 at Salem, NE to Clarence and Hazel (McDowell) Stitzer.

She married William Johnson on August 5, 1947 at Hiawatha, KS. They divorced in 1969. She then married Ron Brandt on May 5, 1981 at Long Beach, CA. He passed away October 26, 2013.

Billie Joann was raised at Salem and graduated Salem High School in 1946. When married, her and Mr. Johnson established their home in Seneca, KS and moved to Falls City two years later. Then moving to Hastings, NE in 1961 and back to Falls City in 1963. She moved to California in 1994. She and Mr. Brandt moved to Duncan, OK following his retirement and she moved to Falls City in October of 2016.

She is survived by her son, Larry Johnson and his wife Jacqualine of Verdon, daughter, Karol Campbell and her husband James of Grand Prairie, TX, brother, Gerald Stitzer and his wife Treia of Glide, OR, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, grandson, Bill Johnson, great-granddaughter, Chloe Workman, sisters, Dorma Sutter, Katherine Marsh, Jean Narvarro, Twila Branahm, and a brother, Clyde Stitzer.

A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, September 12, 2018 at 1:30 P.M. at the  Dorr and Clark Funeral Home in Falls City.  Burial will be at Maple Cemetery at Salem with Reverend Dorothy Smith officiating.

The family will receive friends on Tuesday from 7-8:00 PM at Dorr and Clark Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers the family prefers memorials be made to Richardson County Cancer Fund.