Obit for HENDERSON, Philip Lawrence (b.1894 d.1985), Watonwan Co., MN 
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St. James Plaindealer
21 Nov 1985
Page 2:2
    
     Philip Lawrence Henderson, 90 died Saturday in Watonwan Memorial hospital
     Rev. Vernon Jahnke and Rev. Erling Hansen officiated at the funeral 
service Tuesday morning in First Lutheran church. Special music was offered by 
vocalist DeWayne Stark and organist Sandra Sunde.
     Pallbearers were Verland Bedford, Kenneth Henderson, Basil Guggisberg, 
Kermit Thorson, Donald Geneva and Dick Yurek. Honorary pallbearers were Sanford 
Anderson, Chester Klopp, Ellsworth Beckman and Wayne Olson.
     Burial was in Long Lake Lutheran church cemetery, with military honors 
by the St. James American Legion and VFW posts.
     The son of Martin and Christina (Erickson) Henderson, he was born 
December 1, 1894 in Long Lake township, and attended rural schools.
     He served in the Army in World War I in France and Germany, and 
following his discharge attended school at Waseca.
     On June 16, 1931 he married Helen Helvig of Butterfield at St. James. He 
was a grain buyer for J and L Grain Co., which became Archer Daniels Midland 
Co. of Minneapolis. He retired in 1968.
    A member of the St. James American Legion and VFW posts he also belonged 
to the World War I barracks. He was a member and former trustee of First 
Lutheran church.
     Henderson’s hobbies were fishing, hunting, gardening and watching sports 
on television.
     He was preceded in death by an infant son Daryl, two sisters and four 
brothers.
     Survivors include his wife; sons, Philip of Golden Valley and Lowell of 
San Diego, Calif.; four grandchildren, Beth Ann, Brooks, Todd and Scott; and 
a sister Ella Guggisberg of St. Paul.