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Visitation:
2-4 p.m. Sunday, January 21, 2018, at Holland Barry
& Bennett Funeral Home
Service:
4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home
Funeral home: Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral
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Nancy Louise Rickord, 78, of
Lincoln, passed away January 17, 2018, at The
Christian Village.
Visitation will be from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, January 21,
2018, at Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral Home.
Funeral services will follow at 4 p.m. Cremation
rites will then be accorded. There will be no burial
at this time.
Nancy was born July 26, 1939, in Chicago, the
daughter of Herbert and Gertrude (Weston) Brown. She
married Charles Robert Rickord on November 17, 1967.
He survives.
Nancy was a member of Jefferson Street Christian
Church. She read her Bible every day. She enjoyed
Bible study and was a former driver for King's Club.
Nancy was musical, she played the trumpet and sang
in the church choir. She was fortunate to be able to
have traveled to the Holy Land with her church
group. She loved to shop, especially thrift shop.
She was a mother to many.
Nancy graduated from U-High and
Lincoln Christian College, where she was a member of
the Alumni Association.
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She was formerly employed with the United States Postal Service
and later retired as a Registered Nurse.
Surviving are her husband Charles R. Rickord of Lincoln; daughter April Rickord
(Dwayne Ellison) of Lincoln; son Shawn Rickord (Jessica Walters) of Beason; son
Robert Allen Rickord ( David Perkinson) of Champaign; grandchildren: Kailey
Rickord, Carson Rickord, Peyton Rickord, Dulcie Rickord, Perry Weston Pearson,
Khloe Ellison; siblings: Jackie Overman of Norfolk, VA.; Phyllis Bussmann (Gary)
of Bloomington; and Virginia Alcorn of Bourbonnais, IL.
She was preceded in death by her parents, brother Robert E Brown, sister
Catherine Boyer, and brother Phillip Brown.
Memorial donations may be made to Jefferson Street Christian Church and will be
accepted at the funeral home.
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