Neil Carl Lindeman

Neil C. Lindeman, 78, of St. Michaels, MD, died after a series of long illnesses on Sunday, June 23, 2013, at Memorial Hospital of Easton. He was born in Newark, NJ, to Margaret (Peterson) and Milton Lindeman. He grew up in Montclair, NJ, and attended Montclair Academy. He spent summers sailing on Barnegat Bay in Mantalokling and riding the open range as a wrangler at the C Lazy U Guest Ranch in Granby, CO. He graduated with a BS from Colorado A & M (now CSU) with a degree in Animal Genetics. He was instrumental in the development of artificial insemination in cattle and holds the second license issued in the State of Colorado for Artificial Breeding. He was an innovator in pharmaceutical marketing and made his mark in the advertising industry with Sudler and Hennessy on Madison Avenue in the 1960’s. From the early 70’s through retirement, he was the Chairman of the Board of The Shrewsbury Conference and The Vail Conference, innovative medical marketing firms. He moved his family from Sparta to Rumson, NJ, in the late 60’s and to St. Michaels, MD in 1980. He was an avid photographer, sailor, fisherman, hunter, and a voracious reader. His visionary mind and memory for detail were unparalleled as was his ability to make any person he spoke to feel as though they were the most important person in the world. He loved a good conversation and listened with genuine interest and enthusiasm. He loved his family and was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather. He celebrated the love for his life-long partner, Connie, every day of their 56-year marriage. His joys included traveling throughout the United States, sailing with family and friends in the British Virgin Islands, on the Shrewsbury River, Barnegat Bay, the Chesapeake Bay, Puget Sound and throughout British Columbia. He was a member of the Bay Head Yacht Club, Shrewsbury Sailing Club and the Tred Avon Yacht Club. He is predeceased by his parents, Margaret and Milton; his sister, Judith Margaret and son-in-law Teddy Luckett. Surviving are his wife, Connie Trompeter Lindeman of St. Michaels; a son, Mark Lindeman of Gig Harbor, WA; a daughter, Lisa Luckett of Fair Haven, NJ; his grandchildren, Jennifer, William, Timothy Luckett of Fairhaven, NJ;, and his sister, Martha Lindeman of Seattle, WA. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, June 30, 2013, at 12 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church, St. Michaels. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Talbot Hospice Foundation, 586 Cynwood Drive, Easton, MD 21601 or the Junior Sailing Program at the Tred Avon Yacht Club, 100 W. Strand, Oxford, MD 21654.

Neil Carl Lindeman

November 20, 1934 - June 23, 2013