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Visitation:
Sunday, May 3, 2026, from 5 – 7 p.m. at Eminence
Christian Church
Service:
Monday, May 4, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. at the church.
Funeral home:
Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home, Atlanta
Obituary
Richard “Dick” C.
Bicknell, 80, of Atlanta, passed away at his home on
Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
Services for Mr. Bicknell will be held at Eminence
Christian Church in rural Atlanta.
Visitation will be held on Sunday, May 3, 2026, from
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. at the church, and for one
hour prior to the service on Monday beginning at
9:30 a.m.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, May 4,
2026, at Eminence Christian Church at 10:30 a.m.
with Mr. Warren Smith officiating. Burial will
follow at Mountjoy Cemetery in rural Atlanta.
Richard Charles Bicknell was born May 14, 1945, in
Lincoln, IL, the son of Leland “Nick” C. and Bertha
Beare Bicknell. He was united in marriage to Janice
Berta in August 1983, at Funks Grove. She survives.
Dick is also survived by three daughters: Diane
Bicknell, Sara (Matt) Wheeler, and Susan (Steve)
Tracy; one granddaughter, Cooper Tracy; one
brother-in-law, George Van Hoorn; and many nieces
and nephews.
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He was preceded in
death by his parents; sister, Audra Van Hoorn, and
sister and brother-in-law, Alice and Gene Turner.
Dick was a graduate of Atlanta High School. He
completed both his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
and Math, and his Master’s Degree in Chemistry, at
Illinois State University. He retired after 35 years
of teaching, having spent most of those years at
Lincoln Community High School. He enjoyed fishing,
hunting, mushroom hunting, collecting antiques, and
reading. He had also served as Atlanta Township
Supervisor for more than 20 years.
Memorials may be made to Alzheimer’s Association or
the Atlanta Public Library.
Final arrangements are entrusted with Quiram-Peasley
Funeral Home of Atlanta.
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