The Southern Family Mourns the Loss of Lowell L. Lohman

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10/29/2025

The Southern Family Mourns the Loss of Lowell L. Lohman

Our dear friend, Nancy Lohman shared the news about the passing of her beloved husband, Lowell, yesterday. Lowell was a kind soul, great businessman, and devoted husband. The Southern family sends their deepest condolences.

Nancy shared this beautiful tribute.

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Lowell L. Lohman (1945-2025)

The ultimate example of positivity and perseverance, Lowell Lohman taught us that living with Type 1 Diabetes does not have to be limiting. He rose to the daily challenge and regiment required with diabetes and lived a vibrant, adventurous life for 80 years.

Lowell Lohman grew up in Vero Beach, FL and graduated from Florida State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and chemistry. A loyal Seminole, Lowell often adorned FSU gear and frequently purchased matching FSU apparel for friends and family members. He avidly cheered for his team and attended their Bowl and National Championship Games.

Lowell’s passion for sports, his athletic talent and his leadership ability were evident at an early age. He was also focused and disciplined. He practiced both baseball and football relentlessly which ultimately earned him the captain positions on his high school football and baseball teams as quarterback and pitcher. He set a school record with a batting average of .509 and was voted most athletic by his high school classmates.

Lowell attended college on a baseball scholarship and was captain of his college baseball team. He was voted Most Valuable Player striking out 19 batters in one game, a school record and held another all-time high batting average record of .560.

He went on to play competitive 7-on-7 flag football with his brothers Victor and Daryl. He quarterbacked their team and together they won the National US Touch & Flag Football Championship. Lowell was inducted into both the National Flag Football Hall of Fame and the FL Flag Football Hall of Fame. He was the first player to ever be voted Most Valuable Player in the National Flag Football tournament twice. His team also won the state championship three times.

Lowell also had a passion for business. He launched a career as an entrepreneur and ultimately owned sixty-four companies with family and independently. The businesses were predominately in Florida with others in Atlanta, Georgia and in Phoenix, Arizona. He and his family were the largest private owner of funeral homes and cemeteries in Florida with thirty-four locations. Along with their son Ty, he and Nancy have owned over 4000 apartments. Lowell was a proud member of the CEO Business Alliance for many years.

While Lowell was buying a cemetery in Atlanta, he met Nancy, fell in love, and they were happily married for 34 years. Lowell often said his greatest accomplishment was marrying the 1981 Ohio State University Homecoming Queen. He would often say, “Nancy really is my Cinderella!” You would be hard-pressed to find any husband who bragged about his wife more than Lowell did. They were an inseparable couple. Regarding Lowell, Nancy often said, “Lowell had the most beautiful blend of power and warmth.”

Together, Lowell and Nancy were privileged to travel the globe. Their bucket list included over 70 countries, all seven continents, and all the major wonders of the world. Even with their extensive traveling, their true love and most cherished moments were their home life on the river with their four-legged treasures Stretch, Sugarbear, Snowball, Snowflake and Miss Peanut, all of whom were adopted from the Halifax Humane Society.

Several years ago, Nancy and Ty encouraged Lowell to hire a professional author to write Lowell’s story The Lohman Way: Strategies for building multimillion-dollar family businesses. The book chronicles Lowell’s success and shares his “Lowellisms” that include both business and leadership best practices. He often spoke on leadership and enjoyed engaging and interacting with students from the Stetson University baseball and basketball teams, the Bethune Cookman University football teams, and the DME Academy athletes.

One of his Lowellisms focused on “giving back” and Lowell walked his talk generously supporting the community. His giving resulted in the naming of the planetarium at the Museum of Arts and Sciences, MOAS, in Lowell’s and Nancy’s honor. Lowell often shared how fascinating and humbling it was to study the universe. Lowell’s hope was their support of the planetarium would inspire others to keep learning. They sponsor the school field study program that continues to enable 6,000-10,000 5^th and 8^th graders in Volusia County Public Schools to attend a day at MOAS free of charge each year; an idea his best friend, Carl Persis, presented to Lowell several years ago.

Lowell’s generosity also included the support of the Halifax Humane Society Lohman Pet Adoption Center, the Halifax Health Lohman Diabetes Center and the Nancy & Lowell Lohman Art Center at the Ormond Memorial Art Museum and Gardens.

Lowell did all of this and more - all while managing his Type 1 Diabetes every day for 62 years. Diabetes never limited him.

Lowell will be lovingly remembered and deeply missed by his wife Nancy, his sons Brian (Jennifer) and Ty (Tovah), his three grandchildren Taylor, Jordan and Tristen, his brother Daryl and sister-in-law Christine, his sister-in-law Mary Lohman, his niece Lauren and nephews Chris, Lauren and Michael, his great nephews and nieces, extended family including his sister-in-laws Ann Weiss and Carolyn Smith, brother-in-law Richard Schaible and all of their families, and a multitude of friends who often referred to him as “The Lowell.” His family is deeply appreciative of the many years of compassionate care Lowell received from health care providers, especially Dr. Sheila Gupta, Dr. Vance Wilson, and Dr. Hezi Cohen.

Please join us to celebrate his life. His family will receive friends on Thursday, November 6, 2025, from 4-7pm for a closed-casket visitation at Lohman Funeral Home Ormond. His funeral service will be Friday, November 7, 2025, at 11am. Immediately following the service, his family invites you to join in procession to the Lohman Private Estate at Daytona Memorial Park for his entombment service and a special toast to Lowell and Victor Lohman, two legendary cemeterians.

Honoring Lowell’s desire to make the lives easier of those diagnosed with diabetes along with his commitment to science education through astronomy, his family requests memorial donations be made to Halifax Health Lohman Diabetes Center, 301 Clyde Morris Boulevard, Daytona Beach, Florida 32114 or MOAS Lohman Planetarium, 352 South Nova Road, Daytona Beach, Florida 32114. His unconditional love for their rescued animals also inspires their family to include the Halifax Humane Society, 2364 LPGA Boulevard, Daytona Beach, Florida 32124.

Arrangements are under the careful direction of Lohman Funeral Home Ormond, Ormond Beach, Florida.

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