ROY SCHELLENGER

SCHELLENGER, Roy Young, 88, beloved husband and father, died Monday, July 18, 2011. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Dorothy Beddingfield Schellenger; and is survived by his wife of 24 years, June Boyd Schellenger; four children, two stepchildren and their spouses, Cynthia S. Edwards (Forest) of Lake Lure, N.C., Janice S. Alcoke, Roy Y. "Skeet" Schellenger Jr., Sherman "Gib" Schellenger (Mary Lou), all of Richmond, Bonnie D. Porter (Jack) of Montgomery, Texas, and Terry Lee Davis of Powhatan; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Mr. Schellenger was born in Sioux City, Iowa, and relocated to North Carolina after serving in the European Theater during World War II. He attended Morningside College in Sioux City and graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1948. He was employed more than 35 years in the oil industry, first with the Atlantic Refining Company, then with Pure Oil/Union Oil, where he retired in 1985 as area manager for Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, and parts of North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky. Mr. Schellenger served two terms as president of the Virginia Petroleum, Convenience and Grocery Association. He was also past president of the Richmond West Breakfast Lions Club and the Virginia Cerebral Palsy Association. He loved sports of any kind and was THE #1 UNC Tarheels basketball fan. He was an avid golfer and spent 15 years in Florida, where he was president of the Spring Lake Men's Golf Association and the Spring Lake Homeowners Association. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Central Chapel of Bennett Funeral Home, 3215 Cutshaw Avenue. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 20, in the Mausoleum Chapel at Westhampton Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Grove Avenue Baptist Church.


This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.