Dr. Patrick Hugh Henry

HENRY, OETTING

Posted By: Sarah Fletcher (email)
Date: 3/22/2016 at 09:52:30

Dr. Patrick Hugh Henry, 82, a resident of Iowa City since 2004, died on March 11 of Parkinson's disease at Oaknoll Retirement Residences..

A native of Arkansas, Dr. Henry had a long and distinguished career as a medical teacher and clinical researcher.Following graduation from the University of Arkansas School of Medicine,he trained at Duke University in Internal Medicine, and then became an investigator at the National Cancer Institute in Maryland for six years.

In 1969, he became chief of the University of Missouri School of Medicine's Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, a post he held for 13 years. He moved to St. Louis in 1982 to become Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Mercy Hospital, a post held until his retirement in 2004, following which he moved to Iowa City, to be near his daughter, Marguerite, and her family. During his years in Iowa City, he volunteered teaching medical students at the School of Medicine for several years and was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church.

A graveside funeral for the family was held in Iowa City on March 13.

Dr. Henry will be greatly missed by Dr. Suzanne Henry, his wife of 56 years, and by their children Dr. Marguerite Oetting and her husband ,Dr. Tom Oetting, and their children, Drew, Lilli, and Blake, by their son, Patrick and his wife,Valeria, of Seven Oaks, England, and their daughters Bella Nina and Alexandra, and by their daughter Chriscinda, her husband Fabian,and their daughter, Elsa, of Montreal, Canada.

Tributes can be sent to the Patrick Henry, M.D. Lectureship, care of Bill Logan, M.D., Department of Medicine, Mercy Hospital St. Louis, 621 S. New Ballas Road, Ste 3019, St. Louis, MO 63141.

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