Rev. Lloyd E. Brockmeyer

Rev. Lloyd E. Brockmeyer

Cedar Rapids

Rev. Lloyd E. Brockmeyer, 91, passed away Aug. 30, 2023, in Avon, Ind. Members of his family were at his side.

Lloyd was born in Colesburg, Iowa, on May 14, 1932, and grew up on a dairy farm. He attended William Penn College in Oskaloosa, Iowa, and Drew University in New Jersey for Seminary. He married Mary Huffaker on Sept. 3, 1954. He was ordained as a Methodist minister and served at several small churches throughout the state of Iowa. In 1976, he became Associate Pastor and Minister of Pastoral Care at St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Lloyd retired from full-time ministry in 1998 but continued as a part-time Minister of Congregational Care for a number of years. Lloyd was a poet and author, and served on many boards and committees within his community, state and the United Methodist Conference.

He leaves behind his wife, Mary Brockmeyer; children, Jeff Brockmeyer, Beth Ruhkamp and Ann Knicley; brother, Roger Brockmeyer; sisters, Evelyn Deen and Laurel Anderson; grandchildren, Jarod Brockmeyer, Erica Kohl, Hannah Knicley, Jacob and Noah Ruhkamp; and great-grandchildren, Jordan Brockmeyer, Hudson and Emerson Kohl.

Services will be held at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 1340 Third Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Friday, Sept. 29, at 10:30 a.m. The service will be live streamed on the church's YouTube channel at: youtube.com/@StPaulsUMCCR/streams. Visitation will be Thursday, Sept. 28, from 4 to 7 p.m. at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and his committal will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, at Zion Cemetery in Colesburg, Iowa.

Memorials may be given to St. Paul's United Methodist Church Foundation, note: Rev. Brockmeyer Memorial to support the St. Paul’s Congregational Care Endowment. You may donate online at https://onrealm.org/crstpaulsumc/-/form/give/now.