Doyle Vern Hendrickson
Doyle Vern Hendrickson, age 89, a longtime resident of Sedalia, Missouri, passed away March 21, 2022, surrounded by family, at the Bothwell Regional Health Center in Sedalia, Missouri.
Funeral services were held Friday, March 25, 2022, at Heckart Funeral Home in Sedalia, Missouri, with Pastor Deb Galey officiating.
Burial was at New Bethel Cemetery in Sedalia, Missouri.
A memorial has been set up to support the Shorthorn Youth Development Fund in care of Heckart Funeral Home.
Doyle was born January 3, 1933, to John D. Hendrickson and Irene (Tracy) Hendrickson in Buffalo County. He graduated from Ravenna High School in 1950, and served in the US Army from 1953 to 1955. He married Alice Hinkson on August 28, 1955, who survives at the home. Doyle was a lifelong farmer, first farming in central Nebraska and then in the rural Sedalia, Missouri, area from 1972 to present.
Doyle’s credo was to love what you do and do what you love. He was a passionate Shorthorn cattle breeder as the owner of Nile Valley Farms. During his lifelong career he was honored with many awards from his peers.
Doyle enjoyed wood carving and created dozens of caricatures mostly from material harvested from his farm. Some of his favorite subjects included cowboys, Christmas themes, and Native American warriors in ceremonial regalia.
He was a member of New Bethel United Methodist Church south of Sedalia, Missouri, serving as trustee and president of the cemetery board.
In addition to his wife Alice, survivors include two sons, John Hendrickson and his spouse Sue, of Centralia, Illinois, James Hendrickson and his spouse Debbie, of Oxford Michigan, and one daughter, Julie Carpenter and her spouse Mark Carpenter, of Sedalia, Missouri. Also surviving are three grandchildren Kyle Hendrickson, of Hillsborough North Carolina, Jesse Hendrickson, of Brooklyn, New York, and Allyson Sampson, of Sedalia Missouri. Other survivors include three step-granddaughters, Christina, Ruby, Kim, and their six children and six grandchildren.