Henderson, Melvin 1899-1963

HENDERSON, BRITSON, JOHNSON

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Date: 7/30/2008 at 19:53:01

The Des Moines Tribune, Monday, Dec. 9, 1963

HENDERSON FUNERAL SET

Services for Melvin Henderson, 64, of 409 S.E. Ninth St., who died Saturday of emphysema at Broadlawns Polk County Hospital, will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Hamilton Funeral Home. Burial will be in Woodland Cemetery.

Mr. Henderson, a retired farmer, was born in Hamilton County and had lived in Des Moines 10 years.

Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Catharine Britson of Roland and Mrs. Bertha Johnson of Lemon, Cal. and three brothers, Lewis and Arthur, both of Des Moines, and Norman of Granada, Cal.