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Norman D. "Norm" Hodgdon

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[July 31, 2021]  LINCOLN - Norman D. Hodgdon (Norm), 86, of Rural Lincoln, passed away on Wednesday July 28th, 2021 at his home surrounded by his family.

Service:  A Celebration of life will be held at a later date.

Funeral home: Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln   

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Norman D. Hodgdon (Norm), 86, of Rural Lincoln, passed away on Wednesday July 28th, 2021 at his home surrounded by his family.

Norm was born April 12, 1935 in Lincoln, IL to Frank Hodgdon and Neva (Charles) Hodgdon. He married Lynette (Ketcham) on June 29th 1957. They recently celebrated 64 years of marriage.

Norm can be remembered for many things, perhaps it was his vocabulary that could make a sailor blush, or it could be for his work ethic. He always said his hobby was work, because he made work out of everything. Always the workaholic, at one point he had 3 jobs at one time.

Norm lost his father at a young age and was wild in his younger years. He told it like it was, and did not hold back (striking fear in many), but you could not have asked for a better friend, husband, provider or father. If you wanted something done, done now, and done right, Norm was your man. There was nothing he could not do, leaving his kids to believe he was the smartest man in the world. Whatever was thrown at him, be it operating machinery, fixing vehicles, figuring the square yards of concrete in his head before you had your calculator out, or building practically anything, he could do it. Many hours were spent by one of his kids searching the internet for the piece to fix whatever was broken, because few things were NOT doable or fixable!

Norman worked for the City of Lincoln Street and Alley Department for 43 years where he drove & worked on every piece of heavy equipment they had, built sidewalks, plowed snow, kept the streets and sewers clean, and hand dug enough holes you could fit the city of Lincoln in them. He also had owned a trash hauling business, driving his ole green pickup around Lincoln in the wee hours of the morning picking up trash, prior to heading off to his job at the city.

Norman enjoyed squirrel hunting (and eating), taking care of his 5 acres, John Deere tractors, and planting a garden. He thought he had to feed a small army with the garden he planted and gave away many tomatoes, corn, eggplants and peppers over the years.

He always said his biggest accomplishments was building his house and barn, and his family. He would tell all his kids you should not fight; brothers and sisters are the closet blood to anyone. Even when you could not get much conversation out of him, if one of his kids would say “I’m your favorite”, he would say I love you all the same.

Norman is survived by his wife Lynette; son Rocky Hodgdon of Lincoln; daughters Kim (Ronnie) Frakes of Beason, Leslie (Todd) Wright of Corinth Texas, and Missy Hodgdon (John Iocca) of Springfield; 12 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren, and cousin Josie (Kenneth) Anderson. He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Stanley and Jerry Hodgdon, and by his sister Delores Bergman.

A Celebration of life will be held at a later date. Cremation rites are entrusted to Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln, IL.

Memorials may be made in Norman’s name to the American Lung Association or Central Illinois Veterans Commission for Tiny Homes in Logan County.

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