Lance Alan Wilmarth

Lance was born in Portland, Oregon to Wilma and Richard Wilmarth, both of Portland,

Oregon. Lance graduated from the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. He served as

a Navy pilot for Patrol Squadron Sixteen , based in Jacksonville, Florida, and Attack

Squadron Forty-two, based in Virginia Beach, Virginia, with deployments to Bermuda,

Sicily and Argentia, Newfoundland. Upon completing his Naval service, Lance joined

Delta Airlines as a pilot from which he retired after thirty years.

Lance and Hope joined St. Philip Presbyterian Church in the early seventies, continuing

to serve to the present day. Lance was a Deacon, taught Sunday school for many years

and served on various committees, culminating in his support for Kids Against Hunger.

Additionally,Lance was a Big Brother and a Northwest Assistance Ministries volunteer.

He delighted in playing golf in all fifty states, and was an avid fly fisherman.

Lance is preceded in death by his parents and is survived by his two brothers, Rande

and Tim, of Oregon. His greatest joys in life were his fifty-one year marriage to Hope,

who survives him, and his walk of faith. Lance is also survived by his daughters,

Heather Burkhart of Houston, Texas, Jill Hermann-Wilmarth of Kalamazoo, Michigan

and Emily Wilmarth of Highlands, North Carolina; grandchildren, Isabelle and Jeb

Burkhart, Arden and Gertrude Hermann-Wilmarth and Clara Gates-Wilmarth. He is also

survived by a host of loving relatives.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Philip Presbyterian Church Mission Committee.