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Visitation:
9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Wednesday, June 12, 2024 at St.
John United Church of Christ in Lincoln
Service:
11 a.m. Wednesday at the church
Funeral home: Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral
Home
Obituary
John Clifford Wilmert, 80, of
Lincoln, passed away June 6, 2024 at St. Clara's
Manor. Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral Home has been
entrusted with his care.
John was born November 10, 1943, in Lincoln, the son
of Clifford John Wilmert and Margaret Alberta
(Sparks) Wilmert. He married Sandra Baumhardt and
they had three children. He then married Joan
Patton. He later married Alice Doehring.
John began his education in a one room schoolhouse.
He then attended Chester East Lincoln, graduated
from Lincoln Community High School in 1961 where he
was involved in the choir, 4-H, and FFA, graduated
from Lincoln College, and then from Southern
Illinois University at Carbondale where he majored
in forestry and agronomy. He was a livestock and
grain farmer. John enjoyed arrowhead hunting,
forestry, geology, guns, and knives. He was a member
of several farm organizations, the NFO, NRA, and
participated in the tractorcade to Washington DC in
the 1970's. He was an active member of St. John
United Church of Christ, serving on the church
council, singing in the choir, and participating in
family fellowship. If you knew John, you knew that
he was a storyteller, and if you didn't know him, he
would make you feel like you did. John never met a
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Surving are his three daughters from ex wife Sandy (Baumhardt)
Wilmert: Yolonda Martin, Stacey (Chris) Marten, and Dana (John) Damm;
grandchildren: Kate, Jessica, Nick, and Max Martin, Daniel, Ben, and Mae Marten,
and Djuna Damm.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Wednesday, June 12, 2024 at St.
John United Church of Christ in Lincoln with funeral services at 11 a.m. also at
the church. Burial will follow in New Union Cemetery, Lincoln.
Memorial donations may be made to St. John United Church of Christ.
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