Seward Co. Independent Aug 2007 Jason Alan MIFFLIN, 33, died Aug. 10, 2007. Born Sept. 11, 1973, in Seward to Stan and Mary Mifflin. Preceded in death by brother Jon Mifflin; grandmother Jean Gothier; and uncle Ray Harr. Services were Aug. 14 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Seward. Loren L. ALLEY, 35, Seward, died Aug. 12, 2007. Born April 23, 1972. Services Aug. 16, at 10 a.m. at the Wood-Zabka Funeral Home. Kenneth G. CHAB, 69, Friend, died Aug. 6, 2007, in Crete. Born April 17, 1938 at a farm one mile east of Swanton to Elmer and Blanch Chab. On Sept. 17, 1961, he married Glory J. Pribyl at the First Congregational Church in Friend. Preceded in death by brother-in-law Robert Krajnik. Services were Aug. 9 at the United Church of Christ in Friend. Elliot NAVIS, 20, Seward, died Aug. 15, 2007. Born Sept. 18, 1986 in Sioux Falls, S.D. Preceded in death by his grandfather William I. Navis. Services were Aug. 18, 2007 at St. John Lutheran Church in Seward. Loisjean Emily Luebbe LINHORST was born Dec. 8, 1929 to Theo D. Luebbe and Emma Rafert near Waco. She died of cancer on Aug. 24, 2007, at the age of 77 years, 8 months and 16 days. On Mar 16, 1951, she married Martin F. Linhorst of Hillsboro, Mo. at Zion Lutheran Church in Hastings. Services held Aug. 29, 2007 at St. Paul Lutheran Church. Burial will be at Utica Cemetery. Helen I. JOHNSON, 86, Waverly, died Aug. 22, 2007, in Lincoln, NE. Born Oct. 15, 1920, in Goehner to Otto and Anna Hans. Preceded in death by husband Elmer; brothers Herbert, Chester, Harold and Arnold Hans; and sister Ruth Hans. Services were held Aug. 25, 2007 at Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home. Joyce Ann CORTNEY, 71, died Aug. 20, 2007, in San Diego, Calif. Born March 4, 1936, in Clarington, Ohio, to William and Mae Gates. On June 10, 1955, married William Cortney at Powhatan Point, Ohio. Following William's death, she moved to Escondido, Calif. Preceded in death by husband William; brother Andrew Gates; and sisters Donna Mays and Nancy Crawford. Services were Aug. 24, 2007 at Volzke Funeral Home. Internment was at Seward Cemetery. ====== Copyright © 2007 Nebraska Obituary Abstracts NEGenWeb Project