Anita Louise Gorman, 74, died January 19, 2008 at her Great Bend, Kansas, residence. She was born May 2, 1933 at Kenwood, Iowa, the daughter of John Bernhardt and Amanda Detlefsen Ludemann. Mrs. Gorman married Robert G. Gorman April 18, 1954 at Denison, Iowa. She was a nurse and a twenty-year co-owner of Gorman Tarps. She was a Great Bend resident since 1977, coming from Colfax, Iowa. Mrs. Gorman was a member of the First Assembly of God Church, Great Bend. Survivors include her husband, Robert Gorman, of the home; four daughters, Deborah Lortz and husband, James, Sacramento, California, Roberta Guthrie and husband, Kerry, Great Bend, Kansas, Katherine Beattie and husband, David, Indianapolis, Indiana, and Glenda Fox and husband, Todd, Roseville, California; two sisters, Emma Lehman, Conestoga, Pennsylvania, and Shirley Nelson, Mora, Minnesota; nine grandchildren, Jamie Lortz Pirkey, Jon Lortz, Ryan Guthrie, Shane Guthrie, Tiffany Guthrie, Erin Beattie, Brent Beattie, Taylor Fox, and Trevor Fox; and four great-grandchildren, Dylan Guthrie, Hailey Pirkey, Brecken Guthrie, and Emmersen Guthrie. She was preceded in death by her parents and one sister, Katherine Ludemann. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, January 26, 2008 at First Assembly of God, Great Bend, Kansas, with Pastor Dwight Dozier officiating. Inurnment will be in Great Bend Cemetery, Great Bend, Kansas. There will be no visitation as cremation has taken place. A memorial in Mrs. Gorman's name has been established with Golden Belt Home Health and Hospice or First Assembly of God, both in care of the funeral home.