Robert "Bob" Thomazin
GIBBON - Robert J. "Bob" Thomazin, 71, of Gibbon died Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, at St. John's Good Samaritan Center in Kearney.
Memorial services will be held at a later date. Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral Home in Kearney is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Thomazin was born on March 16, 1940, in Columbus to John Roberts and Marie Olive Cecilia (Larson) Thomazin.
Survivors of the immediate family include his wife, Connie Thomazin of Gibbon; a son, Jon Colby Thomazin (and Kurt Bindewald) of New Orleans, La.; two daughters, Robin (and Joe) Gzehoviak of Omaha, Jill (and David) Jewell of Gibbon; a sister and brother-in-law, Jean and Clark Russell of Carson City, Nev.
Additional survivors include grandsons, Briar Jewell and Jackson Gzehoviak, granddaughters, Jesse Jewell and Molly Gzehoviak.
He graduated from Grand Island High School in 1958. Bob then attended Kearney State College for two years, transferred to UNL and graduated from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln with a degree in mathematics and economics. He married Connie Rae Yilk on June 16, 1961, in Hastings. They were long-time residents of Grand Island before retiring to the family's Buck-n-Jack Ranch south of Kearney on the Platte River. The ranch became one of the first conservation easements, with the Audobon Society, in the State of Nebraska.
Bob worked as a Real Estate Broker, Farm Manager and Licensed Appraiser. His avocations included architecture and home design, landscaping and woodworking. Bob was well known for his custom outfitted '72 Chevy Blazer and his one of a kind, handmade "Chuckwagons" (solid-wood, portable camping kitchens.) He was a prodigious song writer and cowboy poet, playing his own works as a self taught guitarist. Bob had a unique lifelong bond with his high school classmates which enriched his life and inspired his creative talents.
Bob was preceded in death by his parents.
Memorials are suggested to the Humane Society.
GIBBON - Robert J. "Bob" Thomazin, 71, of Gibbon died Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, at St. John's Good Samaritan Center in Kearney.
Memorial services will be held at a later date. Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral Home in Kearney is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Thomazin was born on March 16, 1940, in Columbus to John Roberts and Marie Olive Cecilia (Larson) Thomazin.
Survivors of the immediate family include his wife, Connie Thomazin of Gibbon; a son, Jon Colby Thomazin (and Kurt Bindewald) of New Orleans, La.; two daughters, Robin (and Joe) Gzehoviak of Omaha, Jill (and David) Jewell of Gibbon; a sister and brother-in-law, Jean and Clark Russell of Carson City, Nev.
Additional survivors include grandsons, Briar Jewell and Jackson Gzehoviak, granddaughters, Jesse Jewell and Molly Gzehoviak.
He graduated from Grand Island High School in 1958. Bob then attended Kearney State College for two years, transferred to UNL and graduated from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln with a degree in mathematics and economics. He married Connie Rae Yilk on June 16, 1961, in Hastings. They were long-time residents of Grand Island before retiring to the family's Buck-n-Jack Ranch south of Kearney on the Platte River. The ranch became one of the first conservation easements, with the Audobon Society, in the State of Nebraska.
Bob worked as a Real Estate Broker, Farm Manager and Licensed Appraiser. His avocations included architecture and home design, landscaping and woodworking. Bob was well known for his custom outfitted '72 Chevy Blazer and his one of a kind, handmade "Chuckwagons" (solid-wood, portable camping kitchens.) He was a prodigious song writer and cowboy poet, playing his own works as a self taught guitarist. Bob had a unique lifelong bond with his high school classmates which enriched his life and inspired his creative talents.
Bob was preceded in death by his parents.
Memorials are suggested to the Humane Society.
Robert "Bob" Thomazin
GIBBON - Robert J. "Bob" Thomazin, 71, of Gibbon died Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, at St. John's Good Samaritan Center in Kearney.
Memorial services will be held at a later date. Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral Home in Kearney is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Thomazin was born on March 16, 1940, in Columbus to John Roberts and Marie Olive Cecilia (Larson) Thomazin.
Survivors of the immediate family include his wife, Connie Thomazin of Gibbon; a son, Jon Colby Thomazin (and Kurt Bindewald) of New Orleans, La.; two daughters, Robin (and Joe) Gzehoviak of Omaha, Jill (and David) Jewell of Gibbon; a sister and brother-in-law, Jean and Clark Russell of Carson City, Nev.
Additional survivors include grandsons, Briar Jewell and Jackson Gzehoviak, granddaughters, Jesse Jewell and Molly Gzehoviak.
He graduated from Grand Island High School in 1958. Bob then attended Kearney State College for two years, transferred to UNL and graduated from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln with a degree in mathematics and economics. He married Connie Rae Yilk on June 16, 1961, in Hastings. They were long-time residents of Grand Island before retiring to the family's Buck-n-Jack Ranch south of Kearney on the Platte River. The ranch became one of the first conservation easements, with the Audobon Society, in the State of Nebraska.
Bob worked as a Real Estate Broker, Farm Manager and Licensed Appraiser. His avocations included architecture and home design, landscaping and woodworking. Bob was well known for his custom outfitted '72 Chevy Blazer and his one of a kind, handmade "Chuckwagons" (solid-wood, portable camping kitchens.) He was a prodigious song writer and cowboy poet, playing his own works as a self taught guitarist. Bob had a unique lifelong bond with his high school classmates which enriched his life and inspired his creative talents.
Bob was preceded in death by his parents.
Memorials are suggested to the Humane Society.
GIBBON - Robert J. "Bob" Thomazin, 71, of Gibbon died Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, at St. John's Good Samaritan Center in Kearney.
Memorial services will be held at a later date. Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral Home in Kearney is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Thomazin was born on March 16, 1940, in Columbus to John Roberts and Marie Olive Cecilia (Larson) Thomazin.
Survivors of the immediate family include his wife, Connie Thomazin of Gibbon; a son, Jon Colby Thomazin (and Kurt Bindewald) of New Orleans, La.; two daughters, Robin (and Joe) Gzehoviak of Omaha, Jill (and David) Jewell of Gibbon; a sister and brother-in-law, Jean and Clark Russell of Carson City, Nev.
Additional survivors include grandsons, Briar Jewell and Jackson Gzehoviak, granddaughters, Jesse Jewell and Molly Gzehoviak.
He graduated from Grand Island High School in 1958. Bob then attended Kearney State College for two years, transferred to UNL and graduated from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln with a degree in mathematics and economics. He married Connie Rae Yilk on June 16, 1961, in Hastings. They were long-time residents of Grand Island before retiring to the family's Buck-n-Jack Ranch south of Kearney on the Platte River. The ranch became one of the first conservation easements, with the Audobon Society, in the State of Nebraska.
Bob worked as a Real Estate Broker, Farm Manager and Licensed Appraiser. His avocations included architecture and home design, landscaping and woodworking. Bob was well known for his custom outfitted '72 Chevy Blazer and his one of a kind, handmade "Chuckwagons" (solid-wood, portable camping kitchens.) He was a prodigious song writer and cowboy poet, playing his own works as a self taught guitarist. Bob had a unique lifelong bond with his high school classmates which enriched his life and inspired his creative talents.
Bob was preceded in death by his parents.
Memorials are suggested to the Humane Society.
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