Trent Edward Kroll, 80, longtime resident of Fallon, passed away September 6th with family by his side after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was known all around town as “The Candyman”. He owned the vending company, T. K. Vending, for over 50 years, serving Fallon, Fernley, and Hawthorne. Always on call, his customer service was second to none, rushing out to fix out of order machines and doing everything he could to make his customers happy. He was famous for his generosity to one and all. If you were lucky enough to pass by while he was filling one of his machines, you were guaranteed to be offered a free snack. During his recent local hospital stays, hospital staff commented about how he fed them often before he retired three years ago.
His passion was muscle cars. From the moment he was able to drive, he always had beautiful cars, even collecting pieces and parts for building a ’23 T-bucket from the ground up with a friend in high school. He enlisted the unpaid help of his younger brother and sister to sand the aluminum firewall every day after school which they did happily since they adored their big brother! His car collection grew over the years and if the weather was good, he could often be seen driving one car after another throughout the town. He loved showing off his cars and talking about them with anyone who would listen, including the ambulance drivers that brought him home for the very last time.
Trent was born in Tonopah, NV, where he lived until the age of nine. His family then moved to Fallon where they lived in the Harmon District. He attended the Harmon School as a child, except for that entire year he managed to ditch before his antics were discovered. At the ripe old age of 17, he was allowed to drive a local school bus, bringing Harmon District kids to school in town. He graduated from Churchill County High School in 1964, where he played football and was a member of the State Championship team of 1963 that was inducted into the CCHS Hall of Fame in 2023.
High school was where he met the love of his life, Judy Kaiser. The high school sweethearts married on August 31,1966 and they were lucky enough to share 59 wonderful years and two daughters. Later in life, he loved providing daycare and spoiling his two grandsons as they grew up.
Trent had a big heart, always trying to help others, and words cannot express what his loss will mean to his family. It will forever leave a void in their lives. He was predeceased by parents, Robert and Wanda (Hill) Kroll and his sister, Karen (Kroll) Bane. He is survived by his wife Judy, brother Frank (Mary) Kroll, sister Kate Kroll, his daughters Sherry (Mike) Munoz and Alana (Bryan) Hughes, and grandsons Brent and Brody Hughes.
A memorial service will be held at the Epworth Methodist Church on Saturday September 27th at 11:00 am followed by a potluck reception. A private interment will be conducted at an earlier date.
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