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Visitation:
Tuesday, August 4, 2026, from 4 - 7 p.m. at Holland
Barry & Bennett Funeral Home
Service:
Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at 7 p.m. at the funeral
home.
Funeral home: Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral
Home
Obituary
Marilyn Joy
Armbrust, 84, of Lincoln, passed away July 24, 2026
at Springfield Memorial Hospital.
Visitation will be from 4-7 PM, Tuesday, August 4,
2026, at Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral Home with
funeral services following at 7 PM. Pastor Kline of
St. John United Church of Christ will officiate.
Cremation rites will then be accorded, and burial
will be at a later date.
Marilyn was born December 14, 1941, in Benson,
Minnesota, the daughter of Shelby and Pauline (Skold)
Grant. She married David R. Armbrust on July 30,
1966, in Lincoln, IL.
Marilyn worked for more than 50 years in the banking
industry. She started her career at Marine Bank in
Springfield and then worked at First National Bank,
Magna, Union Planters, and Regions. Marilyn retired
in 2011.
She was a member of
St John United Church of Christ where she served on
the church council. She was an active member of
Zonta International and Lincoln Women's Club and the
Oasis. She baked pies and cookies for the Oasis for
many years.
Marilyn received
the award of Courier Citizen of the Year in 1991.
Marilyn worked in the ticket office at the Logan
County Fair for 40 years. Volunteerism was her love
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Marilyn gave of her time and talents to the
community of Lincoln for many years and her dedication and giving spirit will be
missed by all who knew and loved her.
Survivors include her husband, Dave Armbrust; her daughter Sara Ann (Jeff)
Mooneyhan, beloved granddaughter Hayden RaeAnn Mooneyhan, sister-in-law Melinda
Grant, countless nieces and nephews, and special friends Kim (Steve) Spaulding
and their daughter Cara.
She was preceded in death by her parents and siblings: Duane (Loretta) Grant,
Lyle (Julia) Grant, Reed Grant, Audre (Harold) Neuhaus and Donna (Gary) Nies.
Memorial donations may be made to St John United Church of Christ, the Oasis, or
Zonta and will be accepted at the funeral home.
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