In Memory Of
Kenneth F. Schoenick
Kenneth F. Schoenick
Memorial services for TSGT (Ret) Kenneth F. Schoenick, 79, of Junction City will be held at 10 a.m., Monday, January 11, 2010 at the Kansas Veterans' Cemetery, Manhattan, KS. Mr. Schoenick passed away at Valley View Senior Life Center on December 19, 2009.
Kenneth was born April 2, 1930 Oshkosh, WI to Louis M. and Kathryn (Felker) Schoenick. It was a big day for him on September 18, 1947 as he enlisted in a branch of the U.S. armed forces that by the end of the day would no longer exist. He was aboard a train taking him to Fort Sheridan, IL to do what he thought was a tour of duty in the Army Air Corps. That same day in the military history of the nation legislators and the National Security Act revamped the structure of the U.S. Military and dissolved the Army Air Corp and created the U.S. Air Force.
He spent the next two decades working in jobs ranging from a clerk typist at Yokota Air Base in Japan to a team chief on a Minuteman Missile System at Ellsworth AFB. Kenneth retired from the U.S. Air Force on September 30, 1967 the same month the U.S. Air Force celebrated its 20th birthday. Because he served in the Air Force from the very day it became a separate service he was named Ellsworth Air Force Base "Air Force 20 Man".
He enjoyed hunting and fishing with his good friend Scottie.
He married Dorothy Jean Wilkinson May 5, 1949 she preceded him in death.
He is survived by his longtime companion, Charlotta (Lilo) St. Pierre, his son, John Schoenick of Osage City, KS, his brother Donald Schoenick and wife Dawn of Oshkosh, WI, two sisters; Doralee Smithson and husband Raymond of Grants Pass, OR and Marlene Dettlaff and husband Donald of Omro, WI, daughter-in-law, Lois Schoenick of KY and granddaughter, Robin Harris also of KY, another granddaughter and a great-granddaughter, Jessica.
He was preceded in death by one sister, Carolyn Wiesinger and two sons, Robert Schoenick and Ted Schoenick.
Kenneth was born April 2, 1930 Oshkosh, WI to Louis M. and Kathryn (Felker) Schoenick. It was a big day for him on September 18, 1947 as he enlisted in a branch of the U.S. armed forces that by the end of the day would no longer exist. He was aboard a train taking him to Fort Sheridan, IL to do what he thought was a tour of duty in the Army Air Corps. That same day in the military history of the nation legislators and the National Security Act revamped the structure of the U.S. Military and dissolved the Army Air Corp and created the U.S. Air Force.
He spent the next two decades working in jobs ranging from a clerk typist at Yokota Air Base in Japan to a team chief on a Minuteman Missile System at Ellsworth AFB. Kenneth retired from the U.S. Air Force on September 30, 1967 the same month the U.S. Air Force celebrated its 20th birthday. Because he served in the Air Force from the very day it became a separate service he was named Ellsworth Air Force Base "Air Force 20 Man".
He enjoyed hunting and fishing with his good friend Scottie.
He married Dorothy Jean Wilkinson May 5, 1949 she preceded him in death.
He is survived by his longtime companion, Charlotta (Lilo) St. Pierre, his son, John Schoenick of Osage City, KS, his brother Donald Schoenick and wife Dawn of Oshkosh, WI, two sisters; Doralee Smithson and husband Raymond of Grants Pass, OR and Marlene Dettlaff and husband Donald of Omro, WI, daughter-in-law, Lois Schoenick of KY and granddaughter, Robin Harris also of KY, another granddaughter and a great-granddaughter, Jessica.
He was preceded in death by one sister, Carolyn Wiesinger and two sons, Robert Schoenick and Ted Schoenick.
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