Richard (Dick) Fitzsimmons, age 78, went to his heavenly home on Sept. 17, 2021. After graduating from Jacksonville High School, Jacksonville, Illinois, in 1961, he joined the Air Force where he was an Airman in Unit OMS-307. The Air Force brought him to Lincoln, Nebraska, where he met and married Connie Parr in 1964. They had three children, Mark, Jill, and Jackie. After serving with the Air Force, he held a variety of jobs which include the following: over the road truck driver, bus driver for Trailways, bookkeeper, offset pressman, insurance salesman, auto salesman, and owner-operator of a sporting goods store/pool hall. (Dick wanted you to know he also sold soap when he was 8 years old because he wanted to go to YMCA Camp.) In 1979, Dick married Barbara Ebeler who preceded him in death in 2006. Dick met his current significant other, his "Fishing Buddy," Jan Conrad, in 2015. Throughout his life, Dick belonged to Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts where he earned the Eagle rank, Demolay, Master Counselor, Bass fishing groups, H.O.G., and ABATE. In his free time he enjoyed golfing in which he shot his age, riding his Harley, shooting pool, target shooting, working on cars, building and fixing things, and fishing. Dick was preceded in death by his father, Ivan Fitzsimmons, mother, Helen Beastall, step-father Ike Beastall, step-mother Betty Fitzsimmons, brothers Leon and Harvey Fitzsimmons, and wife, Barb Fitzsimmons. He is survived by significant other Jan Conrad of Lincoln; son Mark (Amy) Fitzsimmons of Wilber, grandsons Jayme, Zach, Nic, Max and great-grandsons Jax and Crue; daughter Jill (Kelly) Maxfield of Lincoln, grandsons Cade and Chase and step grandchildren Jacob, Jordan, Josh, Jaedon, and Elizabeth; daughter Jackie (Jake) Glines of Lincoln, grandsons Jacob, Trey, and Braxton; Aunt Doris Ohnemus of Quincy, Illinois; sister-in-law Mary Fitzsimmons and nephew Jackson Fitzsimmons of Quincy, Illinois; other nieces and nephews. Celebration of life will be held Thursday, September 23, at Messiah Lutheran Church, 1800 S. 84th, at 11:00 A.M. (masks are required inside Messiah.) Following the service there will be a processional led by the Patriot Guard, Roughriders, and Frontier H.O.G. to Yankee Hill Cemetery for inurnment with military funeral honors.