IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Richard Dean
Senkbeil Sr.
August 27, 1931 – January 4, 2022
Obituary
DeSoto, Texas – Richard D. "Dick" Senkbeil Sr., 90, of DeSoto, Texas, formerly of Grand Island, Nebraska, died Tuesday, January 4, 2022, at Charlton Medical Center, Dallas Texas.
Services will be at 10:00 AM on Saturday, January 15, 2022, at Curran Funeral Chapel, 3005 South Locust Street, Grand Island, Nebraska, 68801. The Rev. Sheri Lodel will officiate. Interment will be in the Grand Island Cemetery. Military honors will be rendered by the United Veterans Honor Guard and the U.S. Army Honor Team. Visitation will be on Friday, January 14, 2022, at Curran Funeral Chapel, from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM.
Richard found joy in wildlife and animals in general. Of particular interest was saving waterfowl and their habitat. Memorials are suggested to the Iain Nicolson Audubon Center at the Rowe Sanctuary in Gibbon, Nebraska. You are encouraged to sign Dick's guestbook at www.curranfuneralchapel.com under his obituary. Curran Funeral Chapel is assisting the family.
Mr. Senkbeil was born on born on August 27, 1931, in Grand Island, Nebraska, to Arthur Senkbeil and Eileen (Rehder Schinkel) on August 27, 1931. He attended Grand Island Senior High School and worked on family farms before his marriage to the former Dorothy Suchanek in 1953.
Richard served his country as an M4 Medium Tank Commander from 1951 – 1953. He was assigned to the 40th Tank Battalion, 40th Armored Regiment, 7th Armored Division, Fifth Army, and stationed at Ray Barracks in Friedberg, West Germany, where he commanded his crew while maintaining vigilant watch only a hundred meters from his soviet adversaries. Following his honorable discharge, Richard and Dorothy built two very successful businesses, Dick's Heating and Air Conditioning and Home Comfort Distributing. Dorothy passed away in 1979 following a months long battle of meningitis. Richard later remarried the former Barbera Noble in 1986 and was again widowed in 1990.
Survivors include his sons Richard D Senkbeil Jr of San Antonio, Texas and Scott Senkbeil of Fairfax, Virginia; his daughter Johna Senkbeil of Austin, Texas, his grandchildren Aaron Senkbeil, Vince Tieu and Hayden Stowe, and sister Ms. Karen Parish of Gering, Nebraska, and half-brother Lynn Senkbeil of Lincoln, Nebraska.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Dorothy and second wife Barbera, brothers Robert "Bobbie" Senkbeil and James "Bucky" Senkbeil.
Visitation
Curran Funeral Chapel
Friday, January 14, 2022
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
3005 South Locust Street
Grand Island, Nebraska 68801
Funeral Service
Curran Funeral Chapel
Saturday, January 15, 2022
10:00 AM
3005 South Locust Street
Grand Island, Nebraska 68801
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