Rollie Loon, 85, of Plymouth, MN formerly of Mitchell, SD, died peacefully on Wednesday, October 27, 2021 in Plymouth. The funeral service for Rollie will be 11:00 AM Saturday, November 6, at First Lutheran Church in Mitchell with inurnment at Graceland Cemetery. A celebration of his life will be held at 11:00 AM Wednesday, November 13, at St. Barnabas Lutheran Church in Plymouth, MN. Arrangements by Bittner Funeral Chapel.
Rolland (Rollie) Clyde Loon was born August 30, 1936, in Mitchell SD to Magnus (Mac) Loon and Violet Stahl Loon. He is lovingly remembered by his wife of over 60 years, Ella Loon, and his children Deborah Loon Stumbras (Jon) and Douglas Loon (Jenifer), five grandchildren and one great-grandson.
Rollie lived in Mitchell SD for 70 of his 85 years. He graduated from Mitchell High School and attended Augustana College in Sioux Falls and the University of South Dakota, where he made lifelong friends in the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. He graduated in 1959. Rollie served in the Army National Guard for eight years.
Rollie met Ella Mae Jasmann, the woman who would become his loving wife and life partner, in San Francisco. They married March 25, 1961 and had two children.
In 1970, the family moved to Mitchell, where Rollie first joined Loon Motor Company, then became an independent insurance agent. He was a great caregiver of family, friends, farms, church, and community. He loved visiting with friends, hunting and fishing, and traveling with Ella.
Rollie and Ella moved to Plymouth MN in 2016 and became residents of Trillium Woods. He moved into long-term care in April 2021. He and his family received wonderful care from the loving staff of The Birches and North Memorial Hospice.
Rollie was preceded in death by his parents; parents-in-law, Edwin and Anne Jasmann; sister, Lois Topping; sister-in-law Carol Barrett; and brothers-in-law Charles Barrett, Arthur Brown, and Robert Topping.
Memorials are preferred to First Lutheran Church (Building Fund, Mitchell SD), Lutherans Outdoors of South Dakota, North Memorial Foundation (Hospice Program) or St. Barnabas Lutheran Church (Plymouth MN).