Richard Lynn Rothschadl

CLERGY
Rev. Dean Schroeder
MUSIC
Organist ~ Donna Bohlmann
Congregational Hymns
"Lift High The Cross"
"On Eagle's Wings"
"How Great Thou Art"
CASKETBEARERS
Gene Marvin
Dennis Ded
Richard Hermanek
Charles Cihak
Larry Schnabel
Leland Schnabel
Richard Lynn Rothschadl was born July 20, 1950 in Tyndall to Joseph and Lillian (Cihak) Rothschadl.
He attended Nedved Country School and graduated from Tyndall High School in 1968. On his Senior Prom night, he asked Sue Marvin’s father for permission to marry his daughter. He left for military service in June 1968. Basic training was at Ft. Lewis, WA and afterwards, he was stationed at Ft. Monmouth in Newark, NJ. While he was in New Jersey, Rich took instructions and was confirmed in the Lutheran faith. Shortly before the wedding date, Rich got orders for overseas. He flew home late Friday night, the Court House was opened Saturday morning to obtain a marriage license and Rich and Sue were married on Sunday, July 20, 1969 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Tyndall. They spent 30 days together before he left for a one-year assignment in Ubon, Thailand. After returning to the states, he was stationed at Ft. Carson in Colorado Springs, CO, then Mannheim, Germany and during this time their son Craig was born. They returned to the states in 1974 and he was once again stationed in Colorado Springs where he worked in Cheyenne Mountain with NORAD. While at Colorado, their twin daughters Chris and Cathy were born. His next assignment was Ft. Gordon, GA and before leaving the service of 11 years as a SSG(E6), he was a recruiter in Davenport, IA. They returned to Tyndall in 1979 where Rich worked at the Cenex Station in Tyndall, Hills Gas in Yankton and caretaker for the Tyndall City Pool. He attended 2 years at Springfield College until it closed. From 1984 to 1990, he was a gravedigger. In 1985 he started Rich’s Services; spraying lawns, mowing cemeteries, grounds keeper for B-Y Water and Bon Homme School and football complex and doing snow removal. He was a volunteer fireman with the Tyndall Volunteer Fire Department, Elliot Hose Company No. 1, for 10 years and served on the Tyndall City Council. He enjoyed playing baseball for the Tyndall Arrows, Lesterville Broncs and also for Avon and Menominee. He played slowpitch softball in later years and played slowpitch with the Old Timers. He also enjoyed dancing and taught line dance country western classes. Rich enjoyed the work he did by being able to be outside and be his own boss. The light of his life were his four grandchildren who will miss their Grandpa “Opa.”
Rich is survived by his wife Sue of Tyndall; his son Craig and children Courtney, Samantha and Wolfgang of Viborg; two daughters: Chris Lynn (Tyler) Lehmann and daughter Ruzena Lynn of Grand Junction, CO and Cathy (Mike) Cuka of Omaha, NE; two brothers: Bob (Nancy) of Scotland and Joe, Jr. of Tyndall; one sister, Rose (Leonard) Gebhart of Elkton; two brothers-in-law: Gene Marvin of Tyndall and Carl (Arlene) Marvin of Cheyenne, WY; and many other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Roger, his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Harold and Calina Marvin, and his grandparents.