Carmen E. “Lolly” Rottkamp of Baiting Hollow died on April 7, 2023, at her residence. She was 90 years old.
Born on July 30, 1932, in Austerlitz, New York, to Dominic and Emma (Andreas) Ramos, she graduated from Northport High School and the Methodist Hospital School of Nursing in Brooklyn in 1953. She married Jacob Rottkamp in 1953. who predeceased her in 2005.
Rottkamp was the matriarch of Rottkamp’s Fox Hollow Farms in Baiting Hollow, which she ran for over 50 years. She spent her final days with her family.
“Lolly was a ‘tough as nails’ individual who didn’t know the meaning of giving up or quitting,” her family said in a statement posted on Facebook. She was a member of the Long Island Farm Bureau and St. John’s Church Parish Outreach. In her free time, she enjoyed playing Boggle, Scrabble, and participating in the Riverhead Free Library’s activities. She also liked bowling and working at the family’s Sound Avenue farm stand.
She was predeceased by her husband Jacob in 2005. She is survived by her son, Jeffrey (Judy) of Baiting Hollow; daughter, Janis of Riverhead; sister, Carole of Seattle, Washington; grandchildren, Jaffrey and Jasura; great-grandchildren, Avery Marie and Jacob Henry; and step-great-grandchildren, Lillian Rose and Madelyn.
Visitation will be held on Friday, April 14 from 3 to 8 p.m. at McLaughlin Heppner Funeral Home in Riverhead. The funeral service will take place on Saturday at 9 a.m. at St. John’s Church, followed by interment at St. Isidore’s Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to St. John’s Church.
