Owen B. Wilmot (1925-2009)
WILMOT, GOIN, CASE, ANDERSON, BLECHER, MEIS, CAMERON
Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 5/12/2009 at 22:52:37
THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Tuesday, May 12, 2009.
Owen B. Wilmot, 84, passed away Monday, May 11, 2009, at Israel Family Hospice House in Ames after a lengthy battle with cancer. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m., with the family present from 5 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, May 13, at Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care, 414 Lincoln Way in Ames. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 14, at North Grand Christian Church in Ames. Burial will be at 5 p.m. Thursday in Rose Hill Cemetery in Albion, Neb.
Owen was born March 1, 1925, in Boone County, Neb., to Everett F. and Anna P. (Goin) Wilmot. He was a graduate of Albion High School, and in May 1950, he earned a bachelor’s degree in ministerial studies from Nebraska Christian College in Norfolk.
He married Dorothy Frances Case on Aug. 23, 1949, in Hamburg. Their marriage was blessed with three children, Debra, Jay and Neal.
He worked for the Union Pacific Railroad before attending Bible College and becoming a pastor. During his 40 years of full-time ministry, he served at congregations in Palmer, Bayard and Blair, Neb.; Cherokee and Clarion; Huron, S.D.; and Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Following his retirement, he worked part time as a chaplain at a long term care center until he and Dorothy moved to Ames in 1995, where he served as a funeral assistant at Stevens Memorial Chapel. He probably was best known during his years in Ames as a greeter at Wal-Mart, where he made many friends and won several awards for outstanding customer service.
He was a member of North Grand Christian Church. He was also a member of the Masonic Lodge in Clarion and the Kiwanis Club in Blair, Neb.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Dorothy Wilmot, of Ames; one daughter, Deb Anderson and her husband, Ray, of Ames; sister, Margie Blecher, of Red Oak; sister, Shirley Meis and her husband, Jim, of Elgin, Neb.; brother, Duane Wilmot and his wife, Marjorie, of Yuma, Ariz.; and three grandchildren, David and Jessica Cameron and Ryan Anderson, all of Ames.
He was preceded into eternal life by his parents; one sister, Ruby Wilmot; his twin brother, Otis A. Wilmot; and two sons, Jay Owen Wilmot and Neal Allen Wilmot.
Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care is assisting the family.
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