Philip R. Mcclymont, Sr.

Celebration of Life Service for Philip R. McClymont, Sr. will be conducted from the First Presbyterian Church in Holdrege, Nebraska Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Dr. W. Kirwin Stewart, Jr. officiating. Private family interment will be in the Prairie Home Cemetery at Holdrege, prior to the services.

Philip Reed McClymont, Sr., 90 years of age, of Holdrege, passed away on Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at Holdrege Memorial Homes. Philip was born December 7, 1924 in Holdrege, the youngest of four children born to Clyde Peter and Hazel (Rowland) McClymont. Phil grew up in Holdrege with his brothers, Rowland and Richard, and sister, Ruth. He graduated from Holdrege High School with the class of 1943 and continued his education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.

On December 29, 1948, Phil was united in marriage to Ann Linwood Kenner of Hebron, Nebraska and to this union six children were born: Margaret, Reed, David, Molly, Peter and Edward. The couple made their home in Holdrege, where they engaged in the family farming and ranching operation. He enjoyed his work on the farm with his father and brother, Rowland, in Clyde McClymont and Sons, a cattle feeding and farming business based in Phelps County. He was honored with the "Outstanding Young Farmer Award" by the Holdrege Junior Chamber of Commerce in his younger days and in 1991 Phil was presented the Pioneer Feeder Award by the Phelps-Gosper Livestock Growers.

Phil and Ann were members of the First Presbyterian Church in Holdrege. He was a great supporter of Husker football and loved spending time with his family. On January 10, 2008 he was preceded in death by his wife, Ann.


Besides his parents and his wife, Ann; Phil was preceded in death by his daughter, Molly in infancy; grandson, Samuel Henry McClymont; one sister, Ruth Armstrong and her husband, Richard; two brothers: Richard McClymont and his wife, Anne and Rowland McClymont and his wife, Eleanor; sister-in-law, Margaret Wiedman and her husband, John; and brother-in-law, William Bolt.

He leaves to celebrate his life; his daughter, Margaret McClymont of Alamosa, CO, four sons and daughters-in-law: Reed and Sheryl of Holdrege, David and Gretchen of Cheboygan, Michigan, Pete of Lincoln, and Ed and Renee of Norfolk, Nebraska; ten grandchildren and their spouses: Meghan Hartman and her husband, Mark Vost; Berry Nelson and her husband, Tom; Philip McClymont; Stacie Christensen and her husband, Tyler; Kazia Nelson; Molly, Kate, Sadie and George McClymont and Will McClymont; eight great-grandchildren: Nicolas, Alexander, and Jonathan Nelson, Anthony and Andrew Nelson, Eli and Isaac Christensen and Kaeli Nelson; brother-in-law, Jim Kenner and his wife, Jan of Hebron; sister-in-law, Jane Bolt of Prairie Village, Kansas; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Visitation will be held on Monday, July 13, 2015 from 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. with the family greeting from 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at the Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Holdrege.

A memorial has been established in Phil's honor and kindly suggested to the First Presbyterian Church of Holdrege or Holdrege Memorial Homes.

Expressions of caring and kindness can be sent to the family at www.nelsonbauerfh.com

The Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Holdrege is in charge of the arrangements.