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Margaret Wilmert
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[December
09, 2010]
LINCOLN -- Margaret A. Wilmert, 98, of
Lincoln, died Monday, Dec. 6, 2010, at the Christian Nursing Home.
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Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. John
United Church of Christ. Visitation will be 10-11
a.m. at the church.
Burial will be in New Union
Cemetery.
Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral Home in Lincoln
is handling arrangements.
Margaret was born Jan. 16, 1912. Her parents were
Marion and Sue Primm Sparks. She married Clifford
Wilmert in 1938.
She is survived by her son, John C. Wilmert of
Lincoln; three granddaughters, Yolanda (and
Doug) Martin of California, Stacey Marten (and
Chris) of Litchfield and Dana (and John) Damm of St.
Louis, Mo.; seven great-grandchildren; one sister,
Gertrude Munsch of Lincoln; and one brother, Marion
"Jay" Sparks Jr. of Colorado.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her
husband and two brothers, Russell and Wayne Sparks.
She was a schoolteacher in a one-room schoolhouse
for eight years.
She was a member of St. John United Church of
Christ, Pairs and Spares at the church, the Lucas
Chapel Dinner Club, and the local chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolution. |
She was particularly fond of Abraham Lincoln and how
his heritage was connected to hers. She collected
Abraham Lincoln memorabilia.
Memorial donations may be made to St. John United
Church of Christ.
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