Jeanette Luzum

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Jeanette Luzum Svec of Stilwell, Kan., passed away September 21, 2015, surrounded by her family. She was born on the family farm in Milligan, Neb., on Dec. 2, 1934, attended school in Fillmore County and graduated from Milligan High School. She attended business school in Lincoln and started her work career with Russell Stovers Candies in Lincoln. She enjoyed and retired from a 25-year employment with The Jones Store in the Kansas City area.

Jeanette married M. Ronald Svec of Tobias, Neb., on Sept. 10, 1955, and shared a well traveled Marine Corps military life for 20 years which included moving the family to numerous locations across the United States, finally settling in the Kansas City area in 1974. To this union were born a daughter and three sons. A sixtieth wedding anniversary celebration was held in August with their family, many cousins, nieces, nephews and friends at a Mass at St. Michael The Archangel Parish and a reception in Overland Park, Kan.

Jeanette and her husband Ron enjoyed traveling overseas to Europe and Asia and visiting their family and friends throughout the United States. They especially enjoyed spending the winters in Palm Springs, Calif. Her passion included her many landscapes and flowers at their Stilwell home of 42 years and she shared this love of plant life with family and friends. She enjoyed embroidery, shopping estate and garage sales, playing the slots at the local and Palm Springs casinos, playing cards with young and old alike and celebrating her Czech heritage.

She was a friend to all and will be greatly missed by many. Jeanette was preceded in death by her parents, James B. Luzum and Anna Suda Luzum; her in-laws, Milo and Margaret Yeck Svec; brother, James and wife Arlene Luzum; sisters, Anita Briske and Vivian and her husband Bill De Camp, and brothers- in-law, Ken Kresak and Darryl Smith. She is survived by her husband, Ron; daughter, Deborah Lee Adams (Robert) of Leawood, Kan.; sons, M. Ronald Svec Jr. of Stilwell, James Michael Svec (Anne) of Thornton, Colo., and Robert Joseph Svec (Cynthia) of Overland Park; five grandchildren, Christopher James Svec of Parker, Colo., Amy Elizabeth Cook (Chris) of Thornton, Elizabeth (Libbie) Marie Adams of Denver, Colo., Taylor Kay Svec (fiance Jared Kaunley) of Prairie Village, Kan., and Kristen Ann Svec of Overland Park; brother, Dwayne Luzum(Cheryl) of Exeter, Neb.; sister, Diane Luzum Kresak of Milligan, Neb., and sister- in-law, Carol Svec Smith of Atlantic, Iowa, and a host of other relatives and friends.

A celebration of life service and interment in the Bohemian National Cemetery in Milligan, Neb., will take place late fall. Memorial contributions may be sent to one of Jeanette's favorite charities, The National Multiple Sclerosis Society-Mid America Chapter, 7611 State Line Road, Suite 100, Kansas City, MO 64114 or to the Milligan Public Library, 424 Main Street, PO Box 324, Milligan, NE 68406. Arr.: Assurance Cremation Society, 860 W. Blue Ridge Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64145, (816)941-2273.

(Courtesy of Dennis Belohlavy)

James married Anna Suda. Anna was born about 1902 in Nebraska; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Dennis Belohlavy writes that Jan Luzum immigrated 20 May 1880 to Saline County, Nebraska, and naturalized 24 June 1915 in Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska.

(Research):Census Listings:

1900 Federal Census
Nebraska, Fillmore County, Liberty Township
Enumerated 9 and 11 June 1900
SD 4 ED 29 Sheet 5A Stamped 164
78-78
Luzum, John Hd W M June 1856 43 M 16 Bohemia Bohemia Bohemi
a 1880 Farmer
Luzum, Anna Wf W F Mar 1863 37 M 16 5/5 Bohemia Bohemia Bohemia 1880
Luzum, Caroline Dtr W F May 1886 14 S Nebraska Bohemia Bohemia At School
Luzum, Josie Dtr W F Mar 1888 12 S Nebraska Bohemia Bohemia At School
Luzum, Lizzie Dtr W F Nov 1990 9 S Nebraska Bohemia Bohemia
Luzum, Annie Dtr W F Feb 1892 8 S Nebraska Bohemia Bohemia
Luzum, James Son W M Sept 1895 4 S Nebraska Bohemia Bohemia
Jarskosy, Albert Laborer W M Jan 1865 35 S Bohemia Bohemia Bohemia 1898 Farm Laborer

Jan married Anna Zvonicek on 10 Feb 1884 in Wilber, Saline County, Nebraska. Anna was born on 15 Mar 1863 in Vesterovice, Kraluv Hrdice, Bohemia; died on 19 Jun 1946 in Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska; was buried in Bohemian National Cemetery (Milligan South), Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Dennis Belohlavy writes that Anna immigrated before 1866 to Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Her father was Jiri/George Zvonicek, born 23 April 1835 in Bohemia, immigrated 1865 to Chicago. Anna had one brother who had died prior to their emigration to the United States. Her mother died aboard their immigration ship and was buried at sea in the Atlantic Ocean Her father married second, that same year, a widow, Terezie/Teresa (Last Name Unknown), who had three children of her own by her first husband a SKLIBA.

Jiri Zvonicek was naturalized 28 Nov 1874 in Nebraska. He died sometime after 1885 in Nebraska.