Matthew John Vencil Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Memorials to the family. Matthew John Vencil was born in Fremont, NE on February 1, 1963 to Donald J. and Peggy J. Vencil of Waterloo, NE. He attended elementary school in Gretna, NE and then completed his education after moving to Waterloo, NE where he graduated in 1981. He later attended Metro Community College where he received an Associate Degree in Graphic Design. He worked for twenty plus years at Valmont Industries making significant contributions to the design of numerous types and styles of communication towers and traveled domestically and internationally in support and promotion of the product. Matt was always very proud of his success and accomplishments at work and truly loved his job. Matthew was badly burned at age 3 and suffered and struggled throughout his life with many, many surgeries and open wounds on his leg. He loved the outdoors and had a cabin on the Elkhorn River, which he really enjoyed. His love of fishing, boating, hunting and barbeques was only equaled to his love of woodcarving. Matt was active in the wood carving community and was an extremely talented and gifted carver. His greatest loves in life were his faith, his family, his friends and his dogs. He was well read and could talk endlessly on any subject matter for literally hours on end with topics ranging from faith, to bird species, to repair of anything mechanical…. often to the point of listener’s exhaustion. His heartfelt kindness and love of others will be deeply missed. He died in his sleep on Friday, February 8, 2019. Vencil, Matthew J. age 56 years of Omaha, NE Preceded in death by parents Don and Peggy and brother Dan; survived by siblings Steve (Deb) of Valley; Lori (Rick) Elliott of Omaha; Meri Turner of Elkhorn; Debra Pfeffer of Elkhorn; Sarah Meyer of Austin, TX and Scott (Ronda) of Waterloo; many nieces and nephews. Visitation Wednesday 10 to 11:30 AM with a Wake service at 11 AM followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 11:30 AM, all at St. John’s Catholic Church in Valley; Private inurnment; Memorials to the family; Condolences to www.reichmuthfuneralhomes.com Reichmuth Funeral Home 21901 W. Maple Rd. 402-289-2222

Matthew John Vencil

February 1, 1963 - February 8, 2019