Schendel Pest Services was founded in 1947 by Bob Schendel, a Kansas native who served as an entomologist for the U.S. Army at Fort Belvoir, Virginia during World War II. After the war, Mr. Schendel started Schendel Pest Services in the garage of his home in Topeka and quickly built a respected pest control business throughout the state of Kansas. During those early years, Schendel specialized in servicing commercial accounts including Beatrice Foods (now ConAgra), Newman Hospital of Emporia and completing FDA sanitary inspections at poultry processing companies throughout Northeastern Kansas.