Donald M. Senechal

Donald M. Senechal, 66, died at his home in Bismarck, on August 21, 2013. Funeral services will be held on Monday, August 26, 2013, at 11 a.m. at the United Church of Christ, 1200 East Highland Acres Road, Bismarck, with Rev. Donna Dohrmann officiating. Burial will be the same day at 3:30 p.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in rural Drake, ND. Visitation will be Sunday, August 25, 2013, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., at Parkway Funeral Service, 2330 Tyler Parkway, Bismarck, and will continue on Monday one hour prior to the service at the church. Don was born to Marvin and Dora Erdman Senechal of Drake, North Dakota, on November 17, 1946. He graduated from Drake High School in 1963. He earned bachelors' and masters' degrees in agricultural economics from North Dakota State University. On August 27, 1966, he married Peggy Nordstrom, of Minot. They moved to Fargo, North Dakota, where their daughter, Anna, was born in 1971. In 1973, they moved to the Boston, Massachusetts, area where they lived until 2003. They then returned to the Drake area, and lived there and in Bismarck. Don was the founding principal and chairman of The Windmill Group, LLC. He provided management consulting services to leading food and agribusiness organizations in the commercial and public sectors globally during a 35 year consulting career. Prior to founding The Windmill Group, he held CEO and senior executive positions with leading international management consulting firms. He was a founding principal of Senechal, Hale & Co. from 1988 to 2004 and President/Executive Vice-President of Agribusiness Associates from 1983 to 1988. He also served as a senior consultant at Arthur D. Little. Don enjoyed fishing and hunting, especially in North Dakota. He was a voracious reader, and enjoyed classic rock and roll. Don is survived by his wife of almost 47 years, Peggy, and his daughter, Anna, and son-in-law, Colin Rodgers, of Austin, Texas. He is also survived by three sisters, Lora Senechal of Toronto, Ontario, Marlene Senechal and her husband Robert Moilanen of Minnetonka, Minnesota, and Alice Senechal of Grand Forks. He is also survived by eight nieces and nephews, and a grand-nephew. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to North Dakota State University Development Foundation - Donald Senechal Scholarship Fund, 1241 North University Drive, Fargo, North Dakota, 58102.

Donald M. Senechal

November 17, 1946 - August 21, 2013