GLENWOOD, Iowa – David (Davey) Joseph Webster was born in Great Bend, Kansas on March 23rd, 1963 to Cornelius & Gladys Webster.
The youngest son, Dave grew up with his older brother Chuck, his sisters Pam & Brenda and his cousin Pat who was like another brother to him. Graduating from Great Bend High School and attending Barton County Community College, Dave approached everything in life with a spirit of generosity and dedication: from his faith to his family to his work and even to his love of music as a drummer.
As a young man, Dave moved to Omaha Nebraska where he met the love of his life, Catherine Vrbka and they married on April 25th, 1992. Dave & Cathy were blessed with their daughter Chelsea in 1995 and settled in Glenwood Iowa where they welcomed their niece Abby into their home as their daughter in 2003.
Dave was blessed early on with a wonderful mentor in Tony Axman, whom he always thanked for giving him the opportunity to pursue what became his life-long love of computers and programming. Always upholding unquestionable standards of integrity in business, Dave built multiple technology consulting firms, infusing his companies with names reflecting his love for his Catholic faith: “Seraph” and later “Serviam” with his long-time business partner Chris Larson.
Raised as a devout Catholic by his loving and faithful mother Gladys, Dave found a new fervor with Cathy in their discovery of the Tridentine Latin Mass in 2008. His love for the Mass of the Ages served to increase his devotion to the Blessed Sacrament and Christ the King. Ever the generous giver, Dave and Cathy have made it their apostolate to support priests and seminarians alike, frequently visiting Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary and entertaining clerics in their Glenwood home affectionately called by many “The Webster Inn.” This fire for his faith eventually led to Dave and Cathy to being recommended and admitted into Knighthood & Damehood of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem in 2010. Dave and Cathy continued this redoubled devotion to their Catholic faith by taking their daughters on pilgrimage to Rome, the Eternal City, in the Fall of 2013.
Dave’s motto, “Endeavor to persevere” is perhaps the perfect encapsulation of his life mission: to strive for sainthood through charity, giving, kindness and patient long-suffering…all with a perpetual smile on his face and a kind word for every soul he met. Any person who ever met Dave, knows that his greatest joy was in giving. Dave didn’t have “hobbies”, he had pursuits to which he dedicated himself. If he was going to do something he was going to do it well, including beekeeping, rosary making and later his love of smoking good tobacco and beautiful pipes.
Few things matched Dave’s love for his family and especially his grandchildren. In 2014, Abby married Peter Coffey and they live in Omaha, blessed with their five children: Maximus, Elise, Juliana, Michael, Malachi and a baby boy due in March of 2024. In 2016, Chelsea married William Schutzman and they live in Kansas City with their five children: Eleanor, Alfred, Harvey, Emilia and Evangeline. Dave is survived by his loving wife Cathy, his two devoted daughters, his eleven beautiful grandchildren and remembered by all as a man of great faith, integrity, kindness and generosity.
Visitation will be Friday, January 5, 2024, 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. with Rosary at 7:00 P.M., Peterson Mortuary, 212 S. Locust Street, Glenwood, Iowa. Mass of Christian Burial will be at Saturday, January 6, 2024, 1:00 P.M., Immaculate Conception Church, 2708 S. 24th Street, Omaha, Nebraska.
Private Interment will be at Glenwood Cemetery, Glenwood, Iowa.
Memorial donations may be directed to Immaculate Conception Church.
Funeral arrangements provided by
Peterson Mortuary
212 S. Locust St.
Glenwood, Iowa.
Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune, Jan. 4, 2024
