Graveside services for Orville Lloyd Schinke, 83, of Livingston, Texas, will be held in the Arlington National Cemetery at a later date.
Mr. Schinke was born March 18, 1932 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to parents, Orville Schinke and Julia (Hennessy) Schinke, and passed away on March 22, 2015, in Humble, Texas. He is preceded in death by his parents; wife, Lorene Jane Schinke; sisters, Janie Whitmore and Darlyne Miller; brother, William Brandel.
He is survived by his wife, Marjorie Schinke of Livingston, Texas; son and daughter-in-law, Stephen and Georgia Schinke of Floyds Knobs, Indiana; son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Rhonda Schinke of Southfield, Michigan; son, Douglas Schinke of Milford, Connecticut; son and daughter-in-law, Daniel and Deana Schinke of Marion, Iowa; sisters, Julie Rai of New Orleans, Louisiana and Nancy Brandel of St. Charles, Missouri; sister-in-law, Kathy Brandel of Plano, Texas; seven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; along with numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Orville was retired from the United States Air Force as a Master Sergeant in 1972, graduated from Milwaukee School of Engineering with an Associate Degree in Electrical Engineering in 1974 and then went to work for Rockwell-Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa first as an engineer and then as a technical writer. In 1981 and 1983 he graduated from Rhema Bible Training Center, Broken Arrow, OK and pastored for five years in Spencer, Iowa. In 2000 he and his wife became members of Escapees RV Club and traveled in a fifth wheel RV until health issues made this impossible in December 2012 and they settled at Escapees RV Co-op, SKP Ranch, Lakewood, NM. In September 2014 Orville and his wife moved to Livingston, TX and became residents of the Escapees CARE. Memorial gifts can be sent to Escapees CARE, 155 Care Center Drive, Livingston, TX 77351
Cochran Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Please sign our online guestbook at www.cochranfh.com