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Cecil Emery Birdwell

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[October 04, 2024]  LINCOLN - Cecil Emery Birdwell, 80, of Lincoln, passed away on Thursday, October 3, 2024, at Lincoln Memorial Hospital.

Service:  A graveside service for Cecil will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, October 10, 2024, at Hartsburg Union Cemetery.

Funeral home: Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln   

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Cecil Emery Birdwell, 80, of Lincoln, passed away on Thursday, October 3, 2024, at Lincoln Memorial Hospital.

Cecil was born August 18, 1944, in Decatur, the son of Clyde and Inis (England) Birdwell. He married Alverna Settle in 1966, they later divorced. Cecil then married Martha Conrady in 1991. She passed away in 2007.

Cecil is survived by his daughters, Devenna (D.J. Giles) Birdwell and Regina Sweck; grandchildren, CJ Sweck, Tyler Sweck, and Bailey Birdwell; great-grandchildren, Alize’ Sweck and Ayla Parrish; and his siblings, Donnie Birdwell, Ida Joyce Beavers, Jerry (Karen) Birdwell, and Phillip Birdwell. He is also survived by his three stepdaughters and several step-grandchildren and step-great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Martha; and his brothers, Bill, James, and Mitchell Birdwell.

Cecil was a member of Buffalo Christian Church as well as the Sportsman and Fishing Club of Mt. Pulaski, and the Bethany C.B. Club. He was an avid fisherman and arrowhead hunter. Cecil liked to play guitar and shared his passion with two of his grandchildren. Most of all he loved spending time with his family and friends.

A graveside service for Cecil will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, October 10, 2024, at Hartsburg Union Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to Cecil’s family in care of Devenna Birdwell.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

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