Peterson, Svoboda wedding

Monday, September 29, 2008
Alison and Seth Svoboda

KEARNEY -- Alison Peterson and Seth Svoboda of Kearney were united in marriage on June 7, 2008, at First Lutheran Church in Kearney with the Rev. Eric Lesher officiating.

Parents of the couple are Ward and Paula Peterson of Kearney, Jerry and Pam Vap of Papillion and Tom Svoboda of McCook.

Delores Larson of Kearney is the grandmother of the bride. Grandparents of the bridegroom are Martin Svoboda of Holdrege and Richard and Karon Putjenter of Norfolk.

Brooke Peterson, sister of bride, of Omaha was the maid of honor.

Bridesmaids were Martha Omar of Lincoln, MaKayla Zoerb of Kansas City, Jessica Johnson of Omaha, Stacy Henning of Kearney, Ayla Andersen of Mankato, Minn., and Heather Svoboda, sister of the bridegroom, of Chicago,Ill.

Jeff Holthus of Kearney served as bestman. Bridegroomsmen were Keith Swift of Cozad, Seth Vontz of Lincoln, Griff Watson of Omaha, Ian Rodgers of Sioux City, Iowa, Rob Lewis of Kearney and Jared Schroeder of Kearney.

Kennedy Karschner, cousin of the bride, of Papillion and Ivy Bredenkamp, cousin of the bride, of Kearney were flowergirls and Riley Tassemeyer of Kearney was the ringbearer. Candlelighters were Madeline Svoboda, sister of the bridegroom, of Papillion and Cassidy Sostad, cousin of the bride, of Kearney.

Ushers were Matt Larson of Omaha and Tyler Anderson, Brad Hull and Kyle Smith, all of Kearney.

Betty Heggemeyer of Kearney was the organist and Natalie Radcliffe of Kearney was the flutist. Jamie Banzhaf of Kearney was the soloist.

A reception was at the Holiday Inn in Kearney. Hannah Gill and Sarah Gill, both of Omaha and Grace Baznik of Chicago were guestbook attendants.

Host couples were Mark and Kim Schipporeit of Kearney, Mark and Lynn Larson of North Platte, Craig Larson of Scottsbluff, Bruce and Candy Crosby of McCook, Pat and Kathy Swift of Kearney and Dusty and Janelle Parker of Kearney.

The bride graduated in 2007 from University of Nebraska Medical Center with a degree in radiation therapy. She is employed as a radiation therapist at Pine Lake IMRT in Lincoln.

The bridegroom graduated in May 2008 from University of Nebraska at Kearney with a degree in business administration. He works as a credit manager for Wells Fargo Financial in Omaha.

After a honeymoon in Riviera Maya, Mexico, the couple is making their home in Lincoln.