Cecil Lavern Brixius of Grant, Perkins County, Nebraska was born on August 2, 1914 to Nicolaus Brixius and Emma (Moeller) Brixius. He had siblings Donald Leroy Brixius, Earl Vernon Brixius, and Helen Mae Hawkins. He married Margaret Elizabeth Brixius on June 1, 1935, and had children Richard Earl Brixius, Danny Wade Brixius, Larry Eugene Brixius, and Charles Roger Brixius. Cecil Brixius died at age 94 years old on September 1, 2008 in Grant.