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Visitation:
Monday, June 9, 2025 from 10 - 11 a.m. at
Fricke-Calvert Schrader Funeral Home
Service:
Monday, June 9, 2025 at 11 a.m. at the funeral home.
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln
Obituary
Loren R. Birnbaum, age 84, passed
away Thursday, June 5th, 2025 at his home surrounded
by his loving family. He was born at St. John
Evangelical Deaconess Hospital on February 6, 1941,
in Lincoln, Illinois, the only child of Edward C.
and Gladys (Rupp) Birnbaum.
Loren married Karen Camp on July 24, 1971, at
Immanuel Lutheran Church in Springfield. She
survives, as do his children and grandchildren.
Keith & Lori (nee Voyles) of Lincoln and their sons;
Avery of Lincoln and Samuel of Iowa City. Glen & Amy
(nee Pfeiffer) of Peoria, and Linda & David Nowack,
along with their children, Amelia and Emmett; all of
Springfield.
Loren attended one-room Hatton School in East
Lincoln Township and then graduated from
Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School. He went on
to graduate from Lincoln Community High School in
1959. He served in the U.S. Army Reserves from 1963
to 1969.
Loren was still actively involved in farming his
4th-generation sesquicentennial family farm in East
Lincoln Township. Throughout his 65-year career
weeds on the farm were his enemies. Clean fields and
road ditches brought him tremendous pride!
Fox and Rat Terrier dogs were his
favorite animal companions throughout his life. He
enjoyed studying and discussing family genealogy,
Logan County History, and International Harvester
tractors. |
He was a lifelong member of St. John
United Church of Christ in Lincoln and a past member
of both the Farmers Union and the American
Agriculture Movement. He served two terms as a board
member of the East Lincoln Farmers Grain Company.
Services for Loren will be held at
11:00 AM Monday, June 9, 2025 at Fricke-Calvert
Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln. Visitation will
take place one hour prior to the service. Burial
will follow at Mt. Pulaski Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers the family requests that
memorials be made in Loren’s name to St. John United
Church of Christ or the Logan County Genealogical
and Historical Society.
The family would like to extend their deepest
appreciation to the Barnes Jewish Hospital Medical
Cardiac ICU Team and the staff of Carle Home Care
and Hospice. Due to their efforts, Loren was able to
comfortably pass from this life at home on the
family farm.
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