Visitation:
4:00-7:00 p.m. Friday, September 25, 2020 at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln
Service:
10:30 a.m. Saturday, September 26, 2020 at Jefferson
Street Christian Church
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln
Obituary
Wayne Armstrong, 94, went to be with
his Lord and Savior on Saturday, September 12, 2020
at his home with his wife Barbara and daughter Sarah
holding his hands.
Mr. Armstrong was a professor at Lincoln Christian
University from 1955 to 1995. He pastored churches
in Minnesota and Illinois, in addition to conducting
extended meetings in Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, and
Tennessee. His last preaching ministry was at the
Hartsburg Christian Church, 1975-1989. He has served
as elder and teacher at the Jefferson St. Christian
Church and also preached a number of years at
Friendship Manor in Lincoln.
Wayne was a veteran of World War II, having served
in the U.S. Navy. He graduated from Minnesota Bible
College in 1950. He earned the Master of Theology
degree in New Testament from Lincoln Christian
Seminary in 1953 and the Master of Divinity degree
in Old Testament in 1969. He did further studies at
Eden Theological Seminary in 1973-1974. Wayne also
traveled to Haiti in 1989, serving by teaching
classes on the Old Testament within two locations of
the country.
Wayne was born on May 1, 1926 in Little Sioux, Iowa,
the youngest of seven children to Joe and Ethel
(Kerr) Armstrong. Following the death of his first
wife, he married Barbara A. Carey on May 27, 1967.
She survives. |
Also surviving Wayne are his
children: Phillip Wayne (Renee) Armstrong of
Portland, Oregon, Sarah Louise Wilson of Elkhart,
Deborah Lynn (Ed Jacobs) Armstrong of Tacoma,
Washington, and Rebecca Sue (Liang) Li of Lake
Villa; four grandchildren: Meagan Blossom, Elizabeth
Evans, Daniel Scott, and Jonathan Andrew and one
great grandchild: Harris William. He was preceded in
death by his parents, two sisters: Elizabeth Crabb
and Rose Ramsey, and four brothers: Phil, Hugh,
Bruce, and Lyle Armstrong.
Services for Wayne will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday,
September 26, 2020 at Jefferson Street Christian
Church with Tom Ewald officiating. Visitation will
be from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Friday, September 25, 2020 at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln,
where face mask and social distancing will be
enacted. Burial at New Union Cemetery in Lincoln
will follow the service.
Memorials may be made in Wayne’s name to Lincoln
Christian University or Jefferson Street Christian
Church.
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