Robert T. “Bob” Gerrard Jr., age 65, of North Platte, passed away September 22, 2013 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center. He was born July 7, 1948 in North Platte to Robert and Elise Marlin Gerrard Sr.
Bob attended North Platte Public Schools. He served with the United States Army from 1967 through 1976 where he served in Vietnam. Bob was a custodian for the North Platte Public Schools for many years. On October 7, 1978 he married Sharon Horn in North Platte.
Bob enjoyed riding motorcycles and was a member of the Eagles, Moose, VFW, DAV and the American Veterans. He was also a past volunteer firefighter for the North Platte Fire Department, serving for many years.
Survivors include his wife, Sharon of North Platte; daughters, Laurie Maline of North Platte and Vickie (Dana) Baker of Alaska; grandchildren, Kyra (finance, Malachi Brezina) Holloway of North Platte, Devon Maline and Emma Maline; and a niece, Becca Gerrard of Kearney.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and a brother Mike Gerrard.
Memorials may be made to the North Platte VFW Post #1504 and online condolences may be shared at www.adamsswanson.com.
Services will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at Adams & Swanson Funeral Home with the Reverend John Stone officiating. Burial will follow at Fort McPherson National Cemetery near Maxwell with military honors graveside. Visitation will be from noon until 9:00 p.m. today at Adams & Swanson Funeral Home which is in charge of arrangements.

Robert E. Owens, 89, of Cozad, passed away Sept. 12, 2013, at the Golden Living Care Center in Cozad.
Robert was born Aug. 23, 1924, in North Platte, to Edwin H. “Curly” and Irene (Gorum) Owens. He attended country school through the eighth grade, and later graduated from Cozad High School in 1942. He attended Iowa State College for a year before entering the U.S. Army in 1944.
Robert was stationed at Fort Sill, Okla., in field artillery, and from there went to the European Theater of War and joined the 5th Division, 46th Field Artillery in General George Patton’s 3rd Army. After taking Frankfurt, Germany, and the last few weeks of the Battle of the Bulge, Robert was sent to Paris to type shipping lists. He later returned to Fort Campbell, Ky. In December 1945, Robert married his high school sweetheart, Elizabeth Perry, and in June of 1946, he was honorably discharged from the military.
Robert and Elizabeth then moved to Lincoln, where he attended the University of Nebraska School of Architecture. In 1951, the couple moved to Omaha where Robert began working with Leo A. Daly, Planning, Architecture and Engineering Company. His work required that he travel worldwide designing interiors for commercial and public buildings in the Middle East, Far East, Europe and throughout the United States. Some of the Omaha projects in food service and interiors that Robert was involved with include the Woodman Tower and Top of the World Restaurant, The Omaha Club, Clarkson Hospital, Mutual of Omaha Dome, Orpheum Theater restoration, and Westside Public Schools. Projects throughout the U.S. included the Air Force Academy dining hall; Barbary Coast casino and penthouse, Las Vegas, Nev.; National Children’s Hospital in Washington, D.C., and Air Force Kitchens in Alaska. His international projects included the Bali Hotel in Indonesia and the Arabian National Complex and Hospital in Saudia Arabia. Robert was named vice president of interior and food service design in 1974, and held this position until he retired.
Robert was involved with many civic organizations, including board of directors for the Omaha Symphony Association, the national board of directors for Food Service Consultants Society, and the board of directors for the Nebraska/Iowa Chapter of American Society of Interior Designers. Robert was a member and past elder of the Presbyterian Church of the Cross in Omaha, and was a 32nd Degree Mason and a Shriner.
Robert was preceded in death by his wife, Elizabeth; his parents; his sister, Marillyn Schmeeckle; his brothers-in-law, Willis Schmeeckle and Samuel Perry, MD; his sister-in-law, Patricia Perry, PhD., and his nephew, Robert Schmeeckle.
Survivors include nephews, Samuel (Lynda) Perry II, MD of North Platte; Kurt Schmeeckle and Jon (Donna) Schmeeckle, all of San Mateo, Calif; his nieces, Patricia (Randall) Kampfe, of Decatur, Ill.; and Ann (Rich) Audsley, of Evergreen, Colo.
Memorials are suggested to the Wilson Public Library, 910 Meridian Ave., Cozad, NE 69130, or the Central Plains Home Health & Hospice, 835 Meridian Ave., PO Box 207, Cozad, NE 69130. Condolences may be shared online at berrymanfuneral home.com.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 28, at the Cozad Cemetery, with Pastor Elaine Besthorn officiating. Lunch will be provided following the service at Walker’s Steak House, Gothenburg. Berryman Funeral Home in Cozad is in charge of arrangements.

Harold K. Gulzow, 95, of North Platte, formerly of Hastings, died Sept. 20, 2013, in North Platte.
He was born July 4, 1918, in Grand Island to Wilhelm F. and Emma (Ritter) Gulzow. He grew up in Grand Island and was a 1938 graduate of Grand Island High School. He was employed by Buck’s Boot erie in Grand Island. He entered the United States Army in 1942 and served in the South Pacific with the 763rd Tank Battalion, 96th Infantry Division in the Leyte and Okinawa campaigns. He was honorably discharged in October 1945. On Aug. 2, 1949, he was united in marriage to Florence June Stover in Omaha. They moved to Hastings in 1951 where he owned Harold’s Service. In 1952, he began working as a salesman and department manager at Montgomery Ward. He retired from Wards in 1981.
Harold was a member of First United Methodist Church, life member of American Legion Post No. 11, life member of VFW Post No. 1346, life member of the 96th Infantry Division Association, Midwest Lodge No. 317 A.F. & A. M., Hastings YMCA, Nebraska Realtors Association, Hastings College Crimson Connection, North Platte Concert Association and North Platte Town Hall Lecture Series.
In his younger days, Harold was a Red Cross lifeguard at Pier Park in Grand Island. He played baseball with a number of area town teams and also played with the Chapman Outlaws softball team. Harold enjoyed woodworking, travel, swimming at the YMCA, the Hastings Senior Center, socializing with friends and family, attending Army reunions and sporting events. One of his highlights was visiting the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. with the Heartland Honor Flight.
Harold was preceded in death by his wife, Florence June Gulzow; his parents; his brothers and sisters, Marie Hougen, Frederick Gulzow, Doris Gulzow, Henrietta Windolph, Lawrence Gulzow, Marguerite Liporada, Lloyd Gulzow, Arthur “Pooch” Gulzow, Howard Gulzow and Wilhelm “Bill” Gulzow.
Survivors are his son, Steven (Deborah) Gulzow, of North Platte; his sister, Lorraine Ocampo, of Grand Island; and nieces and nephews.
Memorials are suggested to First United Methodist Church. Condolences may be shared at lbvfh.com.
Services with Masonic memorial tribute will be at 10:30 a.m., today, at First United Methodist Church, in Hastings, with the Rev. Dr. Samuel R. Rathod officiating. Burial with military rites by Hastings Veterans Organizations will be at Parkview Cemetery, Hastings. Visitation is one hour prior to service at the church. Livingston Butler Volland Funeral Home & Cremation Center is in charge of the arrangements.

Mary Ellen Andersen Gillming, 72, of North Platte, formerly of Broken Bow, passed away Sept. 21, 2013, at Great Plains Regional Medical Center.
Mary Ellen was born Dec. 21, 1940, to Frank and Eva (Schmitz) Loeffelholz at Kearney.
Mary grew up in the Kearney-Riverdale-Amherst area where she attended country school, as well as the Hopewell Country School, graduating from Kearney High School in 1959.
Mary left home and married Don Barta in June 1959 and to this marriage five children were born, Alice, James, Thomas, Darlene and Dianna. While Mary was raising her children, she worked at the Ordinance Plant in Grand Island and Becton Dickinson in Broken Bow. In 1970, she moved to Broken Bow and married Alfred Chris Andersen. He had three children, Edward, Daniel and Dorothy. While living in Broken Bow, she worked at Master Cleaners, Sandhills Manor, Broken Bow Wholesale, Daylight Donut Shop, Custer School, Melham Medical Center and Casey’s. She also did sewing and alterations for people in the community as well as for Cinderella Shop and J.M. McDonalds. Mary and Chris managed the Omaha World-Herald in the area, where all eight of their children had a paper route. At times

Mary would hold down two jobs to help support her family.
Chris passed away in December 1986. Mary continued to work and live in Broken Bow, retiring in 1998.
In 2005, she met and married Richard Gillming and moved to North Platte where he had two children, Brenda and Mark.
Mary enjoyed spending time with her family and grandchildren and her many friends. She also enjoyed playing cards, domino’s, chicken foot, bowling, sewing, crocheting, canning, helping with 4-H projects, camping and fishing. She loved cooking for her family and trying new and different recipes.
She was a member of the VFW Auxiliary.
Mary is survived by her husband, Richard, of North Platte; her sons, James Barta, of Broken Bow, Thomas Barta, of Nenzel, Edward Andersen, of San Antonio, Texas; her daughters, Alice (Rollin) Tobey, of Kearney, Darlene Barrera, of Long Beach, Calif., Dianna (Kenneth) Berns, of Broken Bow, Dorothy (Mike) Andersen, of Junction City, Kan.; her daughter-in-law, Donna Andersen, of North Platte; her grandchildren, Zachary (SallyJo) Barta, of Cody, Cora and Dillon Barta, of Nenzel, James, Jordan (Shantel) Barta, all of Broken Bow, Lizbeth (Gabriel), Brittney, Nathan, all of Huntington Beach, Calif., Jacob Berns, of Broken Bow, Kayla (Brian) Berns, of Hastings, Joshua and Andrew Andersen, of Junction City, Kan., Leah and John Edward Andersen, of San Antonio, Texas; her great-grandchildren, Gavin, Jozelyn, Korbon, Navia, Brylee, Qualea, Leyton; her step-children, Brenda (Mike) Veith, of North Platte, Mark (Amy) Gillming, of Goodland, Kan.; five step-grandchildren; and five step-great-grandchildren.
Memorials are suggested to the family to be designated later.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 26, at the United Methodist Church in Broken Bow with Pastor Todd Karges and Pastor Gene Goben officiating. Interment will be at the Broken Bow Cemetery. Visitation will be from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 25, with family greeting friends from 6-8 p.m., at Govier Brothers Mortuary, which is in charge of arrangments.

Janice Ann Phillippi Gulden, 74, of Lexington, passed away peacefully Sept. 21, 2013, at her daughter’s home in Ogallala, surrounded by her eternal family.
Janice was born Jan. 10, 1939, in Lexington to Leslie I. and Esther L. (Passage) Phillippi of Smithfield. She was the third of five children. Her childhood was happy and filled with love.
She attended a rural school near their farm house in Gosper County, attended fifth grade in Smithfield, then attended the Lutheran Parochial School for 6-8 grade in Lexington. She graduated from Lexington High School in 1956.
Following her graduation, she worked as a nurse’s aide, waitress at the Cornland Hotel and then worked for Northwestern Bell Telephone at the Lexington office.
She married Darryn W. Gulden, of Lexington, on June 22, 1958. Four daughters were blessed to this happy union, Pam, Kristy, Robin and Penny.
Being a wife and mother was central to Janice’s life. She was a constant example of Christ, especially evident in the nurturing of her husband, daughters and their spouses, her grandchildren, friends and relatives.
Her devotion to her husband was apparent to those who knew her best. She shared many things with him, including farming, gardening, canning, traveling, cooking, sewing and knitting, hunting, fishing and crafts.
She was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Lexington and most recently, following her relocation to Ogallala, was active in the United Methodist Church at Ogallala.
She was involved in Hospice, Relay For Life , was a deacon and a Sunday School teacher, was a member of the Prayer Shawl group, Reach for Recovery, Bunko group, UMC Circle, and numerous Bible studies. She babysat four of her favorite kids; Andrea, Aaron, Joseph and Whitney, and together, with her husband, was her grandchildren’s biggest fans to all activities and endeavors.
Janice’s legacy will be best remembered in her fight with breast cancer in the ’80s. She aided research by volunteering to become a bone marrow transplant recipient in its infant stages – before stem cell research advanced. She continued to contribute research in the long-term study of its effects. She was one of a minority number of breast cancer victims to survive the procedure during that period of research; science and faith afforded her 27 years of quality life following her initial diagnosis. She had since been an advocate for a cure to breast cancer through her active involvement in Reach for Recovery and Relay For Life . Above all, she was an inspiration to many facing a similar challenge.
Survivors include her four daughters and their husbands; Pam (Mike) Abbott, of Ogallala, Kristy (Jerry) Acton, of Firth, Robin (Rod) Ford, of Bertrand, and Penny (Shayne) Hite, of Grant; two brothers, Boyd (JoAnn) Phillippi, of Cozad, and Robert (Beverly) Phillippi, of Johnson Lake; one sister, Veronica (Darrel) LaVene, of Bertrand; two sisters-in-law, Dorothy (the late Don) Phillippi, of Elwood Reservoir, and Carolyn (Leon) Malzahn, of Johnson Lake; an aunt by marriage, Eva Kirkpatrick, of Lexington; nine grandchildren, Harrison, Maggie and Emily Abbott, Nathan and Courtney Acton, Philip Ford, MacKenzie, Quinton, and Triston Hite; and many cousins, nieces and nephews.
Janice was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; a brother; her father and mother-in-law; and one granddaughter.
Memorials are suggested to UNMC Cancer Research Support Fund, a local hospice or the donor’s choice. Share online condolences with the family through reynoldslove funeralhome.com.
Celebration of Life memorial services will be at 11 a.m., today, at First Presbyterian Church in Lexington with the Rev. Caroline Vickery officiating. Interment will be prior to service at 9:30 a.m. at the Greenwood Cemetery at Lexington. All are welcome to attend.
Reynolds-Love Funeral Home in Lexington is in charge of arrangements.