Charles Eugene Henson (1923-2009)

HENSON, DRESSLER, MARTIN, ALLSPACH, MCEWAN, LUKAVSKY, GUILLAUME

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 9/18/2009 at 16:16:45

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Tuesday, September 15, 2009.

Charles Eugene Henson, 86, of Davenport, died Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009, at Clarissa C. Clark Hospice Center in Bettendorf. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, at Bacon Funeral Home in Nevada.

Visitation will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16, at Bacon Funeral Home in Nevada.

Born May 15, 1923, in Story County, he was the son of Charles Raymond and Ethel Gladys Henson. On Aug. 26, 1944, he married Evangeline Gladys Dressler in Anita.

A 1941 graduate of Maxwell High School, he farmed for many years in the Colo area, later operating a trucking business.

He was a member of Nevada Assembly of God Church for many years before moving to Davenport in 2003. Family was everything to him; he enjoyed watching his grandchildren and great grandchildren participate in many events.

He is survived by his children, Sandra Martin (Robert), of Columbus Junction, Larry Henson (Barbara), of Davenport, and Randy Henson (Lin), of Kearney, Mo.; one sister, Wilma Allspach, of Baxter; and grandchildren, Mike Henson, of Bettendorf, Steven Henson, of Bettendorf, Tiffany McEwan, of Denver, Iowa, Jeff Martin, of Columbus Junction, Michelle Lukavsky, of Columbus Junction, Vicky Guillaume, of Columbus Junction, Chad Henson, of Lathrop, Mo., and Kyle Henson, of Overland Park, Kan.

Sixteen great-grandchildren were his pride, Matthew, Ally and Megan Henson; Tyler and Paige Henson; Chase and Mackenzie McEwan; Bryce and Rachel Martin; Bailey, Brady and Tanner Lukavsky; Isaac Guillaume; Chance Henson; and Kyla and Megan Henson.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, and an infant son, Gary Eugene.

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