Obituaries Announcements
Vincent Arthur Lentz, 69, died Friday, September 25, 2020 at Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph, Missouri.
Funeral services will be Saturday, October 3, 2020 at 11:00 A.M. at Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home with Rev. Jeremy Heppler, OSB officiating. Visitation with the family will be Saturday, October 3rd from 9:00 until 11:00 A.M. at the funeral home. Memorial contributions are suggested to Susan G. Komen Foundation and may be left in care of the funeral home.
Vincent was born September 27, 1950 in Atchison, Kansas the son of Walter Arthur and Bernice Anna Ernzen Lentz. He attended St. Joseph Elementary School, graduating from Maur Hill Prep School and then attended and graduated from Northeast Kansas Area Vocational Technical School.
He and Eileen Giles were married in 1973 in Atchison, Kansas and later divorced. He and Dorothy Mitchell were united in marriage on July 7, 2012 in Potter, Kansas. Dorothy preceded him in death on August 25, 2020.
Vincent was employed with Bradken Corporation as an electrical supervisor for thirty eight years until his retirement.
In his spare time he enjoyed working with model trains; restoring antique tractors; riding his motocycle and his greatest enjoyment was all the years he and his wife Dorothy had spent winters at their home in Texas.
Survivors include a son, Stephen Lentz, Leavenworth, KS; a daughter, Shela (George, Jr.,) Matthias, Atchison, KS; two step-daughters, Anna Marie Dryden, Atchison, KS; Jenette Marshall, Atchison, KS; a brother, Wesley (Judith) Lentz, Stockbridge, MI; three sisters, Anna Marie (Larry) Haupt, Atchison, KS; Thelma (Bill) Metcalfe, Athens, TX; Jane Halling, Atchison, KS; three grandchildren and four step grandchildren.
Vincent was preceded in death by a daughter, Amy Louise Lentz in 1981 and a sister, Elizabeth Lentz.