Leo Schellenberger

1943 - 2015

Leo Schellenberger, also known as "Leo The Lion," passed away Friday, April 17, 2015, at his home in Grapevine. He was 71 years old. Memorial service: 3 p.m. Monday in Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Chapel. Leo was born on Dec. 14, 1943, in Conneticutt. In his own words he moved to Texas as fast as he could where his family was born and raised. Leo served in the U.S. Air Force and was stationed in the south of Spain as an airline mechanic in the Strategic Air Command. He made his living employed by several auto dealterships as a service writer and spent the better part of this life tinkering in his garage. He loved to race motorcycles, go-carts and also loved trail biking in his later years. Leo was an active member of Euless First Baptist Church. Known as a very calm and kind person, he loved his family very much. Survivors: His wife, Betty Fern Schellenberger; children, Roger Dale Schellenberger and wife, Jill, Roy Dean Schellenberger and wife, Rose Ann, Deanne Terry and husband, Dean, Dean Meeks and wife, Julie, and Mary Grunewald and husband, Gary; grandchildren, Sara Schellenberger, Lauren Schellenberger, Nicole Schellenberger, Sage Ruiz, Slaton Ruiz, Cassie Whitecotton and Regan Meeks; great-grandchildren, Cameron, Kyle and Carson Whitecotton.