June 2015, Vol. 70, No.6
Newsline
In Memoriam
Roger Louis Pentzien, 95, died on April 25 in Omaha, NE. Pentzien was elected president of the Pipe Line Contractors Association in 1980 and became an Honorary Member of the association in 1992.
He was also a World War II combat veteran who distinguished himself as a Combat Engineer Unit Commander earning the Silver Star Medal, the Bronze Star Medal with the Oak Leaf Cluster and attained the rank of Major.
In 1950, Pentzien joined his father, Louis I. Pentzien, in founding Pentzien Inc., and in 1962 succeeded his father as president of the company.
Pentzien was preceded in death by his parents, one sister and by his wife, June. He has one surviving sister, Margie Sharpe (husband Edward); two sons, Roger (Evelyn) and Robert (Linda); one daughter, Kay (Patrick Thompson); nine grandchildren and two great-gradchildren.
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