Maxine HENRY

HENRY, WRIGHT

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 3/14/2010 at 11:41:21

Maxine Henry died from a heart attack May 29, 2002, at her home in New Virginia, Iowa. She was 82. She was born in Ellston and lived in Indianola from 1961 until 1975 when she moved to rural New Virginia. Mrs. Henry was a teacher in Eagle Grove and Indianola before she retired. She was a member of the New Virginia United Methodist Church. She was also a member of the National Silver Haired Congress in Washington, D.C., vice president of the National Council of Silver Haired Legislators, and president of the Iowa Aging Coalition. Mrs. Henry served for 23 years in the Older Iowans Legislature, serving as house speaker for a time. She was a member of the Clarke County Retired School Personnel Association and president of the Osceola Women’s Club. She was legislative chair for both the retired teachers and the statewide General Federation of Women’s Clubs. She was president and secretary for the Warren County Democrats, president of the trustees for Heather Manor and served on the Iowa State Education Association executive board. She was a member of the education sorority Kappa Kappa Iota and served as scholarship chair at her church. Mrs. Henry was serving in her fourteenth year on the board of the Annett Nature Center. She was a volunteer extraordinaire. She was a retired teacher, environmentalist, volunteer and politician. She helped in getting support for national bills on Capitol Hill, working in politics, both at the state and federal level.

Preceding her in death was her husband, Clinton P. Henry in 1985 and a grandson, Scott Henry. Mrs. Henry is survived by a daughter, Nancy Henry Wright of Indianola; two sons, Bruce Henry of Des Moines and Jerold Henry of Sartell, Minn.; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a step great-grandchild; other relatives and friends. Funeral services were June 1 at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola. Interment was in the I.O.O.F. Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Indianola. Memorial contributions maybe made to the Henry Scholarship at New Virginia United Methodist Church or Friends of Warren County Conservation.

ca. May 2002