Rothmeyer, Linus "Linny" Francis 1932 - 2021
ROTHMEYER, GERLEMAN, KIEL
Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 11/12/2021 at 10:44:55
Linus “Linny” Francis Rothmeyer, 89, of Calmar, Iowa, died Friday, November 5, 2021, at Barthell Eastern Star Home in Decorah, Iowa.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 20, 2021, at Calmar Lutheran Church, Calmar, Iowa. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be held from 4:00-6:30 p.m. on Friday, at Calmar Lutheran Church followed by a “sharing of stories” at 6:30 p.m. There will also be visitation at 12:00 p.m. at the church on Saturday prior to the funeral at 1:00 p.m.
Out of concern for all who gather, we ask that masks be worn.
Linny was born October 4, 1932, near Ossian, Iowa, the son of Herbert and Rose (Gerleman) Rothmeyer. He graduated from Calmar High School in 1950 and received a B.S. in agricultural education from Iowa State University in 1954. One week later, on June 19, he married his high school sweetheart, Elsie Kiel, at Bethesda Lutheran Church in Ames, Iowa. They accepted teaching positions in Reinbeck, Iowa, with Linny serving as a high school vocational agriculture teacher. On their first anniversary, Linny received his military orders, having been part of ROTC during college. He spent the next few years serving in the Army in Fort Sill (Oklahoma), Fort Riley (Kansas), and Korea, ending his military service as a first lieutenant.
Always feeling a call to farming, he and Elsie returned to her family farm near Calmar, Iowa, becoming the fifth generation to care for this land. In 1959, they welcomed the sixth generation when their daughter Sue Ellen was born. In addition to his vocation as farmer, Linny also lived out his vocation through many forms of community service, holding leadership roles in his congregation at Calmar Lutheran Church; serving on the Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors, which he chaired for six years; and spending 34 years on the board of Northeast Iowa Community College, 15 years as chair. In his spare time, he enjoyed traveling, golfing, playing cards, and dancing, and was an ardent fan of the Chicago Cubs and the Iowa State Cyclones!
Linny was preceded in death by his parents, parents-in-law Julius and Josephine Kiel, wife Elsie, brother Lawrence, sisters-in-law Vila, Marilyn, and Sandra, brothers-in-law Sterling and Edward, niece Rose, and nephews Kurt and Joseph. His memory will live on with his daughter Sue, sisters Ruth and Rosetta, brother Lester, sister-in-law Elizabeth, brother-in-law Gerald, several nieces and nephews, and family and friends who loved him dearly!
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Northeast Iowa Community College, Calmar Lutheran Church, Lutheran Campus Ministry at Iowa State University or any organization which honors your connection to Linny.
Source: Schluter-Balik Funeral Home database
Calmar Lutheran Cemetery
Winneshiek Obituaries maintained by Jeff Getchell.
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