Seward Co. Independent
July 2007

Theodore O. LUEBBE, 95, Seward, passed away on July 9, 2007. 
Widower of Irene Luebbe. Services are pending with Volzke Mortuary. 

William MORAVEC, 95, died June 29, 2007, in Seward.
Born on Aug. 31, 1911, in Bee to Joe and Mary Moravec. 
He attended Bee High School. On Nov. 14, 1931, married Lydia Hamsa 
in Bee. Following Lydia's death in 1976, he married Irene Ruzowski-Watson 
on April 14, 1978. Preceded in death by wife Lydia; brothers Frank, Ed, Emil 
and Joe; sisters Helen Handler, Rose Houska, Anna Houska, Agnes Mares, and 
Adella Duffek; and son-in-law Ralph Eggerling. Services were July 2, 2007 at 
the Volzke Funeral Home Chapel. 

Pamela Jean PIERCE, 49, Seward, died July 21, 2007.
Born June 7, 1958, in Beatrice to Elvin and Kay Kvasnicka. 
On Sept. 14, 1999, she married Chuck Pierce and they made their 
home in Seward. Preceded in death by mother Kay Kvasnicka; and 
grandparents Fred and Emma Brolhorst and Otto and Mary Kvasnicka.
Services were July 25 at the Wood-Zabka Funeral Home.

Audrey RUTLEDGE, 75, Utica, died July 23, 2007. Born Nov. 5, 1931, in 
Seward to Munro and Goldie Furtwangler. She graduated from Seward 
High School in 1949. Preceded in death by her sister and brother-in-law 
Louise and Everett Whitenack; brother-in-law John Kuhl; sister-in-law 
and brother-in-law Jerry and Jo Winkleman. Services were held July 26 
at Utica United Methodist Church. 

Margaret E. VENZ, 86, Beardstown, Ill., died July 19, 2007.
Born June 12, 1921, in Seward, to Fred and Whilhelmina Ritterbush. 
On June 25, 1944, she married Norman Venz at Zion Lutheran Church, Marysville.
Preceded in death by husband, Norman; sisters and brothers-in-law Louise and 
Merold Tonniges and Hertha and Herb Carr; brothers-in-law, Harold Volzke 
and George Ruether. Funeral services were July 23 at Trinity Lutheran 
Church in Arenzville, Ill. 

Keinard Fred WEBER, 88, Friend, died July 24, 2007, in Lincoln.
Born August 11, 1918, near Friend to Fred and Lille Weber. 
Enlisted in the U.S. Army and spent time in World War II, where 
he received a Purple Heart before his discharge in 1946.
Married Loretta West of Valparaiso. Preceded in death by brothers 
Ivan and Stanley and sister-in-law Miriam. Services were held July 27, at 
the United Methodist Church in Friend. 

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