A former Montgomery County Sheriff passes away. Retired Sheriff Art Schenk passed away on Saturday, June 24th.
Visitation is tonight from 6:00pm to 8:00pm and a graveside service will be tomorrow at 10:00am at Mount Hope Cemetery. Sheriff Schenk joined the sheriff's department in 1962 before being elected as sheriff in 1969. He held the office for 20 years until 1989 making him the longest serving sheriff in Montgomery County history.
During this time, his department was the first in the county to use fingerprint technology and the first to have a K9 unit.
