{"id":10631,"date":"2025-05-23T16:49:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T21:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=10631"},"modified":"2025-05-28T06:28:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T11:28:04","slug":"jack-e-lemar-70-of-jewett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/10631-jack-e-lemar-70-of-jewett\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack E. Lemar (70) of Jewett"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p align=\"center\">Jack Edwards Lemar, age 70, of Jewett, Illinois, passed away at 7:50 AM- Friday May 23, 2025, at his home.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Funeral Service will be held at 1:00 PM- Saturday, May 31, 2025, at the Meyer Funeral Home-Bishop Chapel in Greenup, Illinois.\u00a0 Visitation will be held from 2 hours prior to the service time.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">The family would like friends to dress casually and wear a hat if you wish.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">The burial will be in the Jewett Cemetery in Jewett, Illinois.\u00a0 In loving memory of Jack, memorials may be made to the family.\u00a0 The obituary can be viewed and condolences left at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.meyerfh.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.meyerfh.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1748480607101000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1hglEG4q4moNrU7S0TF5zS\">www.meyerfh.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Jack Edwards was born on August 17, 1954, in Charleston, Illinois, the son of Clarence and Lula Bell (Craig) Lemar.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Jack married Cindy Butler on January 28, 1995, and she survives.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Jack was a heavy equipment operator and proud member of the International Union of Operators and Engineers Local #841 for over 40 years.\u00a0 He enjoyed coon hunting with his brother Steve, traveling to many clubs and competitions in the area.\u00a0 On the weekends Jack could be found tinkering in his shop on one of his many projects, a demo car especially his white pick-up and most recently restoring a 1955 Farmall Lowboy for his grandson Mattox. \u00a0 He could often be found at the dirt track racing or enjoying time with friends. His greatest joy was spending time with family and friends, especially his grandson Mattox.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Wife of 30 years- Cindy Lemar of Jewett, Illinois<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Children- Jack Lemar, Jr of Shumway, Illinois and Mandy Lemar of Jewett, Illinois<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Step-Children- Jake Haga of Greenup, Illinois and Donte Blair of Belmont, Iowa<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0 Siblings- Danny Lemar of Greenup, Illinois Steve (Evelyn) Lemar of Neoga, Illinois; Cindy Lemar (Greg Cornwell) of Greenup<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Grandchildren- Sarah Lemar and Mattox Black<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Many nieces &amp; nephews and good friends survive.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Jack was preceded in death by his parents, niece Amy Beth and Brother-in-law Clint Butler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jack died on Friday, May 23<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":10888,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jack E. 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