Marcia I. Skrdlant

Marcia Skrdlant, 89 Gibbon resident Marcia Skrdlant, 89 of Gibbon passed away Friday, March 6, 2020 at Mt. Carmel Home in Kearney after a brief illness with cancer. Memorial services will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at the Gibbon Baptist Church. Chaplain Larry Michael-Rush will officiate. Visitation for family and friends will be 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Monday at the church. Marcia was born in rural Adams County, Nebraska on March 31st, 1930 to Milton and Ella Gangwish. The family lived briefly in Hayes County before moving to Gibbon in 1943. She graduated from Gibbon High School in 1947. Marcia then attended the University of Minnesota and spent two summers traveling with a gospel evangelical group. Marcia met her husband, Harold B. Skrdlant, while teaching third grade in Saint Louis, Missouri. They were married for 55 years. To this union two children were blessed; Jeffrey and Katherine. Marcia was a teacher and held of Master’s Degree from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She also worked at Country Home Learning Center in San Antonio, Texas as an Executive Director over six day care locations in San Antonio and Austin. She loved to sing and loved music, she loved to read, she loved her church and volunteering with the children with Awanas, teaching Sunday School whenever able and she wanted to be a missionary. Further of particular note, Marcia once held a pilot’s license and used to fly her family placed based on her husband’s doctorate work and once had a red convertible she spoke very fondly of before she got married. After Harold’s retirement, they moved back to Gibbon to be closer to family. Marcia loved her church home at Gibbon Baptist Church and volunteering with the children. Marcia was a prayer warrior, a peace keeper, a lover of people and of God. She was loved so much and her absence will be felt deeply. Left to cherish her memory are her son, Jeffrey K. Skrdlant (Kathy Skrdlant) of Sherwood, Arkansas; four grandchildren, Katriel Ione Skrdlant of Gibbon, NE, Nick Parks of Sherwood, Arkansas, Nora Elizabeth Skrdlant and Keith Aaron Skrdlant, both of Jacksonville, Arkansas. Marcia is also survived by her sister, Fauna Fay Gardener of Mountain City, TN; brother, Cliff (Francey) Gangwish of Gibbon; brother, Nick Gangwish of Denver, CO; brother, Alex (Eulah) Gangwish of Kearney and many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. Marcia was preceded in death by her daughter, Katherine Skrdlant; her parents; brother-in-law Clark Gardner; and sister-in-law, Marilyn Gangwish Memorials are suggested to the Gibbon Baptist Church. Condolences may be shared online at www.osrfh.com. Services are entrusted to O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral and Cremation Services.

Marcia I. Skrdlant

March 31, 1930 - March 6, 2020