Pinnacle Bank chairman Roy Dinsdale drove the state visiting company's branches - Longview News-Journal

Roy Dinsdale could often be found in his Ford Crown Victoria with polka music playing, a cup of iced tea in hand and a pack of Juicy Fruit gum in his pocket.

As executive chairman of Pinnacle Bancorp, the holding company of Pinnacle Bank, he usually drove 70,000 to 80,000 miles a year visiting branches around Nebraska.

Dinsdale died Wednesday at the age of 95. He carries a legacy in Nebraska as the executive chairman of Pinnacle Bancorp and Dinsdale Brothers, a farming and agricultural firm headquartered in Palmer, where he was born and raised.

Sid Dinsdale, Roy’s son, said his father impacted communities around the state through his work and passions.

“He lived a great full life — was so well respected and loved by family, friends and colleagues,” he said. “He was a 'goer.' He was a business guy up until he couldn’t be anymore.”

Pinnacle Bancorp was created in Palmer, a village about 20 miles north of Grand Island. Roy Dinsdale’s father, George, and uncle, Tom, opened the State Bank in 1938. It was the forerunner of what's known today as Pinnacle Bank and Bank of Colorado, Sid Dinsdale said.

Roy Dinsdale began his part in the business venture in 1958 when he and his brother, John, commonly called Jack, expanded their family’s company to a bank in Neligh.

For decades, the siblings continued to open banks in rural Nebraska communities. Pinnacle Bank now has branches in eight states.

Over the decades, the bank has stuck to its community banking model, with local officers in...

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