Robert Edmund Loosbrock, 80, Luverne, died Monday, Nov. 21, 2022, at the Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, surrounded by family.
A funeral Mass was Monday, Nov. 28, at St. Catherine Catholic Church in Luverne. Burial with full military honors provided by the Luverne American Legion and VFW was at Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne.
Robert Loosbrock was born on Nov. 24, 1941, to Edmund and Coletta (Fritz) Loosbrock in Adrian. He attended school in St. Kilian and Lismore and graduated from St. Anthony High School.
Bob worked for his uncles’ tiling business before marrying Barbara Jean Herrmann at St. Catherine’s Church in Luverne in 1964. Bob was drafted into the Army prior to getting married and left shortly after the wedding to serve in Vietnam.
Following his tour of duty, the couple farmed south of Lismore and Bob worked at IBP. They purchased the Blue Mound Inn and moved to Luverne in 1975. Bob later owned and operated Luverne Commodities. After the Blue Mound Inn closed in 2000, Bob and Barb worked in his commodity business until November 2021 when they retired.
Bob immersed himself in agriculture and loved farming, following the commodity markets, and checking the crops and his cattle. He cherished time with family. His favorite hobbies were fishing and tinkering. He and Barb took long drives in their Corvette to grab a bite to eat and try their luck at the casino. They looked forward to their Lismore card group, especially ringing in the New Year together.
Bob is survived by his son, Mike (Brenda) Loosbrock of Slayton; two daughters, Kelly Stearns of Sioux Falls, and Amy (Tony) Reuter of Littleton, Colorado; grandchildren Ben (Haydn) Loosbrock of Bennington, Nebraska, Mallory Loosbrock of St. Paul, Emily Stearns of Baltimore, Maryland, Conner Stearns of Sioux Falls, and Coletta and Beau Reuter of Littleton, Colorado; siblings Bill Loosbrock of Big Fork, Ruth (Henry) Zins of Brookings, South Dakota, Connie Loonan of Hudson, Wisconsin, Dorothy Conlan of Maple Grove, Dan Loosbrock of Chalmers, Indiana, Carol (Larry) Olson of Sioux Falls, and Loren Loosbrock of Almena, Wisconsin; sisters-in-law Sandy Knapp of Grand Junction, Colorado, and Peg Herrmann of Eagan; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Barb; his parents; parents-in-law Arthur and Evelyn Herrmann; sister-in-law Donna Loosbrock; three brothers-in-law, Ron Knapp, Tom Conlan and Raymond Loonan, and nephew Dan Conlan.
Arrangements were provided by Dingmann Funeral Home of Luverne, dingmannandsons.com.
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