John Robert Henry (1961)
DORRELL, HENRY, JOHNSON, JONES, LAHEYE, ROSS
Posted By: Treva Patterson
Date: 7/14/2006 at 12:51:56
The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, June 21, 1961LORIMOR FUNERAL FOR JOHN HENRY, 87
Funeral services were held last Friday from the Methodist church in Lorimor for John Robert Henry.
Mr. Henry died June 13 at the Porter Nursing home in Indianola. He was 87 years of age.
The son of Robert and Mary Laheye Henry, he was born July 19, 1873, in Boston, Mass. At the age of three years he came with his family to Des Moines, where he grew to manhood.
He was united in marriage to Margaret Jones on May 23, 1894. They were the parents of 12 children, three of whom died in infancy.
In 1919, Mr. Henry moved to the Lorimor community where he farmed until his retirement. His wife preceded him in death on April 7, 1928.
He is survived by his nine children; Robert of Cedar Falls, Ray of Tempe, Arizona, Art of Des Moines, Mrs. Blanche Ross of Lorimor, John of Lorimor, Mrs. Marie Johnson of Afton, Bill of Murray and Mrs. Robert Dorrell of Indianola. He also leaves 27 grandchildren and 47 great grandchildren.
Officiating at the funeral was Dr. Walker of Indianola and Rev. Don Frank of Macksburg. Burial was in Blair chapel cemetery near St. Charles.
_________________________Transcriber's note: Obituary says "survived by nine children" but only lists eight.
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