Howard Senzell

January 24, 2021

Howard Senzell, formerly of Evansville, passed away recently in Santa Rosa, California, after a battle with ALS/ Lou Gehrig’s disease. Howard attended Dexter School, Bosse High School, and was in the second graduating class at Harrison High School. His lifelong interest in sports writing began in eighth grade when Howard, with help from Evansville Press sports editor Dick Anderson, covered the Notre Dame versus Evansville Aces game at Roberts Stadium on February 23, 1960. (Aces won 92-87). At Indiana University, Howard wrote for both the Indiana Daily Student and the Bloomington Herald Telephone, covering sports of all kinds. Summers were spent working for the Evansville Press covering Audubon Raceway and Ellis Park. His career covering horse racing continued as a columnist for the prestigious Racing Form at Suffolk Downs in Boston, Monmouth Park in New Jersey, and eventually settling in California covering the west coast circuit of Del Mar, Santa Anita and Los Alamitos. He later was instrumental in a thoroughbred business—a horse rehab and training facility... which featured graded stakes winners Dahar and Estrapade among others. Howard had keen interests in animal welfare and loved to play tennis and softball with his wife Kathy. Howard retired in Santa Rosa and is survived by wife Kathy, daughters Jamie Rae and Leigh, son Justin, and nine grandchildren, which were the lights of his life. A sister Sally and brother Mark also survive him. Due to pandemic issues, Howard’s extended family honored his memory via a Zoom service. Ziemer Funeral Home East Chapel is helping the family with local arrangements.