Patricia Hurlbut

Patricia Ann Hurlbut (Pat), age 90, of Gibbon, passed away Friday, September 17, 2021, surrounded by family at Kearney Regional Medical Center in Kearney. Private family services will be held at a later date.

Memorials are suggested to the family for future designation. Condolences may be shared online at www.osrfh.com. Services are entrusted to O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral and Cremation Services.

Patricia was born August 25, 1931, on a farm north of Fullerton to August and Lena (Igo) Counts. She was the youngest of three children. Pat graduated from Fullerton High School and later earned a degree in business. She worked at Morris Press in Kearney for several years, before retiring.

Pat enjoyed spending time with family, especially her great-grandchildren. She always said Brylie and Rowan brought her so much joy in her life. She also enjoyed crocheting, baking, having coffee and donuts with her friends, teaching her children and grandchildren the secret family recipes, and gardening. She will be greatly missed at the annual “Christmas goodies” baking day, planting flowers every year, and her weekly visits with Brylie and Rowan.

Left to cherish her memory are her children, Danece Gillming, of Gibbon, and Michael (Bev) Pop, of Loup City; grandchildren, Lindsay Godberson, of Kearney, Breanna (Jaden) Gillming, of Grand Island, and Scott Pop, of Loup City; great-grand children, Brylie Meents and Rowan Godberson; along with three nieces and one nephew.

Patricia was preceded in death by her parents; daughter, Cheryl; her brother, Harold; sister, Geraldine; and her husbands, Myron Pop, August Johnson, and Clarence E. Hurlbut.