Anna Suda

Family/Spouse: James B. Luzum. James (son of Jan "John" Luzum and Anna Zvonicek) was born in Sep 1895 in Nebraska; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obituary
Kearney Hub Newspaper. 1 Apr 2015
Courtesy of Dennis Belohlavy

MINDEN '97 Vivian A. DeCamp, 86, of Minden died Sunday, March 29, 2015, at her home.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Bethany Lutheran Church in Minden with the Rev. Donald Hunzeker officiating. Graveside services will be at 4 p.m. Friday at Greenwood Cemetery in York.

Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Thursday at Layton-Craig Funeral Home in Minden.

Vivian was born on July 25, 1928, in Milligan to James and Anna (Suda) Luzum. She grew up in the area and graduated from Milligan High School.

On June 11, 1950, she married William "Bill" DeCamp, and in 1954 they made their home in Minden. Bill passed away in 1992.

Vivian enjoyed gardening and embroidery and was very proud of her family and her Czech heritage. She was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church, the ladies groups of the church and the American Legion Auxiliary in Minden.

Survivors include sons, Scott DeCamp and wife Dodee of Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, and Tim DeCamp and wife Barbara of Wayne, N.J.; daughter, Mitzi DeCamp of Minden; grandchildren, Nicole, Lauren, Kimberly and Brian; sisters, Jeanette Svec and husband Ron of Stilwell, Kan., and Diane Kresak of Milligan; and brother, DeWayne Luzum and wife Cheryl of Exeter.

She was preceded in death by her husband; brother, James Luzum Jr.; and sister, Anita Briske.

Vivian married William H. DeCamp on 11 Jun 1950. William was born on 4 Oct 1924; died on 14 Aug 1992 in Minden, Kearney County, Nebraska; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, McCool Junction, York County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Anita May Briske, age 83, of Milligan, died Wednesday, July 2, 2014 in Geneva. Born March 13, 1931 to James & Anna (Suda) Luzum Sr. in Milligan.

Survivors: son, Steve & wife Kristi of Milligan; three granddaughters, Katie, Stephanie & Kylie; brother, Dwayne Luzum Sr. & wife Cheryl of Exeter; sisters, Vivian DeCamp of Minden, Jeanette Svec & husband Ronald Sr. of Kansas City, Kan., Diane Kresak of Milligan.

Memorial services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Farmer & Son Funeral Home Kotas Chapel in Milligan with Kim Dunker officiating. Graveside service: Bohemian National Cemetery, Milligan. Cremation, no visitation. Memorials to the family for later designation. Condolences may be left at www.farmerandsonfuneralhome.com

(Courtesy of Dennis Belohlavy)

Anita May Briske was born on March 13, 1931 to James and Anna Suda Luzum on a farm west of Milligan, Nebraska that is currently owned by Dwayne Luzum. She passed away peacefully on July 2, 2014 in Geneva, Nebraska at the Heritage nursing home at the age of 83 years, 3 months and 20 Days. She was one of six children in the family.

Anita attended school at District #2 and then attended and graduated from Milligan High School with the class of 1948. From 1948 to 1965 she was employed in Lincoln and in Washington, DC for a year in various office positions. She worked at various jobs including the Lincoln Telephone Company, the Highway Department at the Capitol as a PBX operator, and typing and filing clerk at the University of Nebraska. Later after Anita moved back to the Milligan area, she worked as an Avon representative and she was employed at several nursing homes in the area in the laundry departments.

In April of 1962, Anita married Glen Briske of Rochester, Minnesota when he was stationed at the base in Lincoln in the Air Force. Her son, Steve, was born to this union. They moved to the Rochester, Minnesota area where they had a 160 acre dairy farm. Five years later, Anita and Steve returned home to the Milligan area to live with her parents on a acreage west of Milligan. Anita remained in this home until she moved to the Geneva Heritage nursing home for her final years.

Anita was very involved in the Milligan community and she dearly loved visiting with friends and family. She was active in the Milligan Methodist Church and she was a member of the Milligan Auxiliary as well as the Geneva Hospital Auxiliary. She faithfully attended Friendship Bible Study groups with her sister-in-law, Cheryl Luzum. She dearly loved to decorate her home for the holidays and she always remembered to send holiday and birthday cards to her family. She enjoyed embroidering tea towels and she gave these as gifts to many of us. She also made quilt squares and donated them to various quilting organizations.

Anita took great pride in a well-groomed yard and she spent hours mowing and pulling weeds to keep it looking beautiful. She loved it when her sister, Jeanette, brought new flowers and shrubs for her place. Anita enjoyed going for long walks along Turkey Creek during the summer and fall. She spent rainy days reading good books that she borrowed from the library.

Anita was extremely proud of her Czech heritage and her Czech family. She enjoyed sharing homemade kolaches, dinner rolls and Hoska with her friends and family. One of her favorite pastimes was sitting with a circle of ladies and playing cards. Anita could spend hours playing cards with her brothers and sisters and other friends. She also loved to go to Polka dances whenever possible. Anita loved the music and she couldn't wait to get on the floor and polka the night away.

Anita's greatest joy was found in watching her son, Steve, grow to be an independent young man and then later a husband and father. She dearly loved her three granddaughters and was ready to show their photos to anyone who walked into the room. Anita was very proud of their many accomplishments.

Anita was preceded in death by her parents, James and Anna Luzum, her brother and his wife, James Luzum Jr. and Arlene brothers-in-law Kenneth Kresak and Bill DeCamp, nephew, Jay Luzum, and nieces Kim Luzum and Deanna Luzum. She is survived by her son and his wife, Steve and Kristi Briske of Milligan, Nebraska, sister, Vivian DeCamp of Minden, Nebraska, sister, Jeanette Svec and husband, Ron of Stillwell, Kansas, brother, Dwayne Luzum and wife, Cheryl of Exeter, Nebraska, sister, Diane Kresak of Milligan, Nebraska, grandchildren, Katie, Stephanie and Kylie Briske of Milligan as well as many nieces and nephews.

Memorial service for Anita will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 12, 2014, at the Farmer & Son Funeral Home - Kotas Chapel in Milligan, Nebraska. Cremation - No Visitation. Memorials are directed to the family for later designation.

(Courtesy of Dennis Belohlavy)

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Dennis Belohlavy sent a clipping of the following obituary, published in the December 15, 2008 issue of the Lincoln Journal Star.

Luzum Jr. James, 76, Exeter, died Saturday December 13, 2008 in Exeter. Born to James and Anna (Suda) Luzum Sr. on March 26, 1932, at Milligan.

He is survived by his wife, Arlene, Exeter; son and daughter-in-law, Jay and Becky Luzum, Exeter; daughter and son-in-law, Julie and Dale Erdkamp, Exeter; brothers and sisters-in-law, Dwayne and Cheryl, Robert Rischling and Carolyn, Richard Rischling and Kathy, all Milligan; Al Kudlacek and Irma, Geneva; sisters and brother-in-law, Vivian DeCamp, Minden, Anita Briske, Geneva, Jeanette and Ron Svec, Stillwell, Kan.,; sister-in-law, Alma Placek, Milligan; three grandchildren, one step-granddaughter and two step great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Milligan Auditorium in Milligan. Visitation, 1 - 8 p.m. Tuesday, Farmer and Son Funeral Home, Kotas Chapel, Milligan. Memorials to Exeter/Milligan School Foundation, or donor's choice.

Graveside services will be at Bohemian National Cemetery in Milligan, with Rev. Karla Sheffy officiating.

James married Arlene M. Rischling on 30 Jul 1955 in Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska. Arlene (daughter of Adolph Rischling and Mary Kratina) was born on 18 Dec 1933 in Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska; died on 6 Jun 2010 in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska; was buried in Bohemian National Cemetery (Milligan South), Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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)

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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An Exeter man died early Tuesday after apparently being shocked by the power cord of a grain auger, according to Fillmore County Sheriff William Burgess.

Investigators believe Jay Luzum, 45, was using a grain auger to transfer grain from a bin into a truck when the auger malfunctioned. Luzum tried to unplug the auger's power cord and was shocked, Burgess said in a release.

The incident happened at about 6:30 a.m. on a farm near Milligan, about six miles south of Exeter in eastern Fillmore County.

Obituary

Jay D. Luzum, 45, Exeter Neb., died Monday June 7, 2010 in rural Milligan. Born to James and Arlene (Rischling) Luzum Jr. in Friend, Neb.

Survivors: wife, Becky, Exeter, Neb.; step-daughter, husband, Jessica and Nick Mayfield, Eagle, Neb.; mother, Arlene Luzum, Exeter, Neb.; sister, brother-in-law, Julie and Dale Erdkamp, Exeter, Neb.; three grandchildren, Barrett, Jackson and Wyatt Mayfield; nieces and nephew, Danielle, Taylor and Richard Erdkamp; father-in-law, mother-in-law, Robert and Imelda McCoy, Fairmont, Neb. Preceded in death by his father, James Luzum Jr.
Services; 10:30 a.m., Friday, Milligan Auditorium, Milligan, Neb.

Celebration service to follow at the Milligan Legion. Graveside services; Bohemian National Cemetery, Milligan, Neb. No visitation, cremation. Memorials to the Milligan Sons of the American Legion.

(Courtesy of Dennis Belohlavy)

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Deanna Lyn Luzum, age 42, of Hebron Neb., died Sunday, August 22, 2010, in Hebron. He (sic) was born October 6, 1967 at Friend, Neb. to Dwayne and Nora (Frankfurter) Luzum.

Survivors: Father, Dwayne J. Luzum of Milligan, Neb,; Mother, Nora F. Tonnies of Columbus, Neb.; Brothers, Dwayne Luzum, Jr. of Elkhorn, Neb., Dale Luzum of Milligan; Sister, Amanda Barney of Strang, Neb.

Private Family committal of ashes at a later date. Farmer & Sons Funeral Home.