Leonard Renkenberger Jr.

Leonard Renkenberger, Jr., died on November 18, 2012, at his home in Ingleton on Miles. He was born in Beaver, PA, on November 11, 1934. The only son of the late Leonard Renkenberger, Sr., and Mary Edna Piersol Renkenberger. Mr. Renkenberger was a graduate of Shenandoah College in Winchester, VA. He was retired from the Defense Nuclear Agency of the Department of Defense, where he served as a facilities engineer. A British car enthusiast; he was one of the founders of the North American MGA Register and the Triumph TR6 Owners Club, both of which became international organizations. He was member of the Chesapeake Chapter of the New England MG ‘T’ Register and the Rolls Royce Owners Club and traveled extensively in his classic and antique autos. Mr. Renkenberger was skilled in restoration work and restored a number of British cars and wooden boats. He was well-known for compiling several service and restoration manuals for British sports cars, one of which is well known internationally. He was a member of the Miles River Yacht Club, where he kept his fifty-year-old wooden sailboat, a member of the Chesapeake Bay Chapter of The Antique and Classic Boat Society, and a member of Old Bay Chapter of the Antique Outboard Motor Club. Mr. Renkenberger was a member of the Borzoi Club of America and participated with several of his Borzoi hounds in AKC events. He was a member of the Talbot County Public Works Advisory Board and was active in the Ingleton on Miles Association He is survived by his wife, Ruth Retzer Renkenberger; his son, Leonard Robert Renkenberger and his wife, Janet, of Germantown, MD; his daughter, Shirl DeLawder and her husband, Sean, of Frederick MD; a granddaughter, Alexis Marie Hundertmark; and grandson, Sean Jordan DeLawder, both of Frederick, MD; and a cousin, Margie Turner of Weirton, WV A graveside service will be private for the family. A memorial service will be held for friends and family at Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home, P.A. 200 S. Harrison St. Easton, MD 21601 on Saturday, December 1 at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to Talbot Hospice Foundation, 586 Cynwood Drive, Easton, Maryland 21601 or Pets on Wheels of Delmarva, Inc., PO Box 3413, Easton, Maryland 21601.

Leonard Renkenberger Jr.

November 11, 1934 - November 18, 2012