Marvin H. Rohwer, age 83 of Fort Calhoun, passed away Dec. 20, 2022, at Edgewood Vista Memory Care in Fremont. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 29, at First Lutheran Church in Blair. Visitation will be held Wednesday, Dec. 28, with family receiving friends from 5 to 7 p.m., at Campbell Aman Funeral Home in Blair.
Marv was born in Washington County on Dec. 22, 1938, son of Harry “Jack” Rohwer and Viola Puls Rohwer. He attended Wranch School through grade nine and graduated from Blair High School in 1956. He earned a BSME from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, in 1961.
From 1961 until 1966 he worked as an engineer at Boing Aircraft in Seattle, General Dynamics Astronautics in San Diego, and McDonnell Aircraft in St. Louis. In 1966 he returned to Nebraska and bought his Aunt Kate’s farm in Washington County. Along with farming, he worked as a senior design engineer for AT&T and Lucent Technologies until his retirement in 1994. He continued farming and raising shorthorn cattle and exotic animals until retiring from that in 2005.
He served ten years on the Washington County Planning Commission and one term on the Washington County Board of Supervisors from 2005-2009.
Marv was a gifted sculptor in clay and bronze. In 2001 his barn swallow ornament was hung on the White House Christmas Tree. He and Judy along with other Nebraska artists attended a luncheon at the White House hosted by Laura Bush. Other interests included woodworking, gardening, antique collection, exotic animals, and working to restore his 1965 Mustang and his dad’s Massey Ferguson 35 tractor. He enjoyed his cattle, family get togethers, participating in Washington County Cattlemen, the Blair Optimists Club, and volunteering at the Washington County Museum. Together with his wife, Judy, Marv was instrumental in launching the Tractors Tall and Small yearly event at the museum that evolved into Heritage Days in Fort Calhoun.
Marv is survived by his wife, Judy; son Alan Rohwer of New York, N.Y., daughter Angelia Rohwer Steiner (Jason) of Oneida, Kan.; sons: Tom Schuller of Ft. Worth, Texas, Rob (Nancy) Schuller of Powell, Wyo., Doug (Jean) Schuller of Saginaw, Mich., and Eric Schuller of Ft. Worth; grandchildren: Jethro Steiner, Sara, Ben, Jonny, Nick, Megan, and Madison Schuller, and Katy Schuller (Matthew) Bayne; and sister and brother-in-law Dee (Larry) Fifer of Commerce City, Colo.
Marv was preceded in death by his parents and son Greg Schuller of Rock Falls, Ill.
Memorials may be directed to the Washington County Museum in Fort Calhoun.
