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Kenneth Satterfield Lohmann died July 31, 2017. He was 89 and had Alzheimer’s disease.
Mr. Lohmann was born in New York City, on (Friday) October 13, 1927. He spent his professional life working with his father, Oscar, in New Jersey, South Carolina and France. They owned and operated printing and fabric mills. Mr. Lohmann helped invent the machine that made the first fitted sheets. His mother, Maude, was a light operatic singer.
He attended Englewood School for Boys, The Hill School, Carnegie Tech and Columbia Business School. He was a 1st artillery lieutenant in the 101st Armored Cavalry in New York City and received an honorable discharge in 1956. He was also a seaman second class in the U.S. Navy in 1946. It was in the Navy that he learned to fly airplanes.
Mr. Lohmann was a powerful, fun-loving and sensitive man, survivors said. He will be remembered for his adventuresome spirit, his laughter, his blue eyes, white beard and his curiosity. He was willing to try almost anything the world had to offer and was known as the life of the party.
Sailing, trap shooting and flying his own planes were among his favorite activities. He excelled at skeet and trap shooting, skiing, yachting, polo, windsurfing, tennis, golf and anything he put his mind to, survivors said. He owned many airplanes over the years and also owned and skippered “The White Swan,” a 50’ Cheoy Lee Ketch that he had custom made in Hong Kong, and he was proud of the exotic cars he owned in his bachelor days.
He remained a bachelor until his late forties. His bachelor summers in Southampton were spent in a large summer cottage named “Sandringham” that he rented for himself and his friends. They held Saturday night black tie soirees with formal dinners and jazz music into the wee small hours. He later purchased a home overlooking the bay in Shinnecock Hills.
In his late 40s, while living in New York City, he married Annemien Huese from Holland, and had two beautiful daughters, Judith and Sarah. Together they renovated an 1880s townhouse on East 73rd Street in New York City.
When Mr. Lohmann was 60, he met Raenell Murray and has been married to her for 30 years. They have resided in New York City, Pennsylvania, Southampton and Quogue, and Naples, Florida.
He was a member of the New York Athletic Club, the New York Yacht Club, the Atlantic Indians Shooting Club, the Peconic Sportsman’s Club, the NRA, the AOPA, the Sandbar Beach Club, the Quogue Field Club, the Quogue Beach Club, Cedar Hammock Golf Club and Windstar Country Club in Naples.
He is survived by his wife, Raenell Murray Lohmann; two daughters, Judith Lohmann and Sarah Hering; a son-in-law, Christopher Hering; and three grandchildren.
Memorial donations may be made to East End Hospice, eeh.org.
Funeral arrangements are under the Werner Rothwell Funeral Home in Westhampton Beach.
on Aug 7, 2017