As I was adding the death date of the most recent passing of a classmate that I have learned about, I noticed that I never did have the exact date of Brent's death. He was a neighbor of mine, Karen Lowe's and several other of our KHS friends, so I decided it was high time I posted his correct information. Sure enough his obituary was easy to find and very complete and interesting, so I post it now. I am about to do another entry for the recent passing of a friend of mine, these sad postings are coming way too often!
Brent Joseph Schenk
1947 ~ 2023
Brent Joseph Schenk was born in Twin Falls, ID on September
30, 1947 to Boyd Frederick and VerLee Hansen Schenk. He was the 3rd of
5 children in the Schenk Family. The family moved to Orland, CA and
then Fresno CA for two years at which time they moved to St. Louis, MO.
Brent was 11 and spent his school years in Kirkwood, MO. He graduated
from High School in 1965, attended a year at a community college and
then went on an LDS mission to Switzerland for 2 1/2 years.
After
his mission he attended BYU where he got a degree in Psychology and
where he met his future wife, Julie Ann Sant. They married in the Salt
Lake City temple on August 21, 1972 which also was his parent’s 30th
anniversary. Brent and Julie went back to St. Louis where he was
employed by a local grocery chain, Schnucks, and he served out his
working years thus employed. They moved to Kirkwood, the town where he
grew up, and raised their 5 children: April, Adam, Summer, Casey and
Baylee. He was really good at keeping up with his kids’ activities and
supporting them and their choices of sporting games.
He was a member
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and served well in
many capacities. He and Julie served two local missions: a St. Louis
temple mission for 15 months in 2002 and in the St. Louis Mission office
for one year in 2005. In 2010 he and Julie picked up stakes after 38
years of marriage and moved to the mountains of Colorado where they
found great enjoyment in nature and with new friends and neighbors. The
highlight of those years for Brent was helping his rancher friend, Mike,
working on the ranch. After 11 years, Brent and Julie moved to St.
George, UT near their daughter, Summer in 2021. This is where his mortal
story ends on January 15, 2023.
A graveside service will be held on
Saturday, January 21. 2023 at 11:00 AM at Larkin Sunset Lawn, 2350 E.
1300 S., Salt Lake City, Utah. In lieu of flowers, memorial
contributions can be made to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints humanitarian aid http://Philanthropies.churchofjesuschrist.org/humanitarian-services
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