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Visitation:
Saturday, November 8, 2025, from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
noon at Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral Home
Service:
Saturday, November 8, 2025, at 12 p.m. noon at the
funeral home.
Funeral home: Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral
Home
Obituary
Carroll R. Richards, 82, of
Lincoln, passed away peacefully on October 23, 2025,
at Decatur Memorial Hospital, with his family by his
side.
Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until 12 noon on
Saturday, November 8, 2025, at Holland Barry &
Bennett Funeral Home. Funeral services will follow
at 12 noon also at the funeral home. Cremation rites
will then be accorded. There will be no burial at
this time.
Carroll was born March 8, 1943, in Mattoon, IL., the
son of Paul and Geneva (Morgan) Richards. He married
Marilyn Miller in 1970. She preceded him in death.
He married Kim McGlocklin in 2014. She survives.
Carroll graduated from Mattoon High School in 1961.
He went on to graduate from Eastern Illinois
University in 1966, attended Memphis Theological
Seminary (where he later served on the Board of
Directors), and graduated from Louisville
Presbyterian Theological Seminary with a doctorate
in Ministry in 1970. He ministered in Cumberland
Presbyterian Churches in KY, IN, MO, FL, and TN
before settling in Lincoln, IL, in 1994. Upon
retiring from church ministry in 2006, he worked for
Memorial Health Systems as a Hospital Chaplain in
Springfield and Lincoln until retiring in 2020.
Always active in human rights and a lifetime
ambassador of peace, Carroll marched with MLK Jr. in
the Memphis Sanitation Strike in 1968, worked with a
Hispanic Mission on the NW side of Chicago, taught
pastoral counseling classes through a program of
alternate studies, and hosted a campaign stop for
Barack Obama in his home in 2004. Carroll was in
attendance at President Obama's Inauguration in
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His mother always told him to be
useful, so after retirement, he volunteered at
Postville Courthouse, Make-A-Wish Foundation, as an
usher for the Performing Arts Center in Springfield,
and Meals on Wheels. In 2018, Carroll was nominated
for the Lincoln Courier's Citizen of the Month for
his work with Meals on Wheels. Shortly after that
nomination appeared in the paper, he forgot his next
Meals on Wheels delivery.
Carroll loved sports and enjoyed
playing basketball and riding his bicycle. He was an
avid St. Louis Blues, Kansas City Chiefs, and St.
Louis Cardinals fan.
Survivors include his loving wife Kim Richards, his
sons Michael Richards (Emma Steimel) and Jeffrey
Richards; bonus children Amy Callihan (Clay) and
Brian Stout; grandchildren Linus and Felix Richards;
bonus grandchildren Julia, Kat, Elliott, and Lucy
Callihan; sister Judy Richards; and several extended
family members and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, first wife
Marilyn, daughter-in-law Wendy Urteaga, and numerous
cousins.
Memorial donations may be made to: Meals on Wheels
program (1800 5th st, Lincoln) and Lincoln Area
Music Society (PO box 53, Lincoln)
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