Obituary of Harriet HENSON, Scott County, Illinois
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Copyright 1999 Beth Presley
Name of Deceased: Harriet HENSON
Name of Newspaper: Jacksonville Journal Courier
Date of Newspaper: October 1986
Obituary:
Harriet Henson, 61, of Waverly dies
Harriet Louise Henson, 61, of Waverly died Saturday afternoon,
to October 18 at Passavant Hospital.
She was born May 24, 1925 in Scott County, a daughter of Claude
and Stella Cockerill Ratliff. She married Maurice Henson Sept. 5,
1939, and he survives.
Also surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Joan) Sanders of
Jacksonville and Mrs. Earl (Phyllis) Shoemaker of Waverly; six
sons, Jim of Redding, California, Gene of Jacksonville, John of
Mulberry, Arkansas, Roger of Carrollton and Robert and Ronald,
both of Waverly; seven sisters, Stella Lomelino, Margaret to
Currier and Lula Belle Lackschiede, Hall of Jacksonville, Betty
Hughes of White Hall, Anna Snodgrass of Patterson, Mary Lomelino
of Murrayville and Rose Perkins of Chapin; six brothers, Leroy
Bunch of Virden, George of Virginia, Donnie of Murrayville,
Charles of Murrayville, Tommy of Chapin and Scott of Woodson;
29 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by an infant son.
She was a member of the Bellwood Baptist Church and was secretary
of the Apple Creek CB Club.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Neece Funeral Home
in Waverly with burial in a Pullam Cemetery at Modesto. Friends
may call after noon Monday with the family to meet friends from
7 to 9 p.m. Memorial's are suggested to the Waverly rescue squad.
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Beth Presley
Walls, Mississippi