Mildred "Polly" Henry

MILDRED "POLLY" HENRY
MILDRED MABLE HENRY OF CUBA, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT POTOSI,MISSOURI ON JANUARY 13, 1910. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE JOSEPH AND EVELYN (RICHARDS) MEYERS. MILDRED DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT THE PHELPS COUNTY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN ROLLA, MISSOURI ON OCTOBER 1, 2002 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF NINETY-TWO YEARS, EIGHT MONTHS AND NINETEEN DAYS.
MILDRED WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO HAROLD DELMAR "JACK" HENRY ON JULY 30, 1927 AND TO THIS UNION TWO CHILDREN WERE BORN.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY ONE DAUGHTER, JERRY ANN COLLINS AND HUSBAND BOB OF CUBA, MISSOURI, SIX GRANDCHILDREN, ROGER COLLINS AND WIFE KATHY OF CLARKSTON, WASHINGTON, POLLY COLLINS OF RENO, NEVADA, LINDA HODGE AND HUSBAND STEVE OF STEELVILLE, MISSOURI, JAY HENRY OF BOURBON, MISSOURI, ROBIN VANCE AND HUSBAND CHUCK OF POTOSI, MISSOURI AND LLOYD HENRY OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, EIGHT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND SIX GREAT, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, DELORES HENRY OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, SISTER-IN-LAW, HELEN HENRY OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, COUSINS, GLADYS KOCH OF CADET, MISSOURI AND BOB BRANAUGH OF POTOSI, MISSOURI AND MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS AND OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS AND HUSBAND SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE SON, JACKIE DALE HENRY AND TWO HALF SISTERS, FLORENCE DEPPE AND HELEN STASIAK, THE FOLLOWING BROTHERS- IN-LAW AND SISTERS-IN-LAW, OPAL AND CLARK HARGUS, MABEL AND JIM JORDEN, MILDRED AND BRYAN COLE, LESTER "PETE" HENRY, LLOYD AND CHLOE HENRY, DELBERT AND LILLIAN HENRY, THELMA AND WALKER PATTERSON, LUCILLE AND WALTER WIDEMAN AND JUNE AND BOB ARNOLD.
POLLY WAS A LONG TIME MEMBER OF THE POTOSI UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. SHE SERVED FOR MANY YEARS AS A COOK AT THE POTOSI HIGH SCHOOL, AND WAS ALSO AN AVON REPRESENTATIVE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. SHE ENJOYED GARDENING ROSES AND IRISES. POLLY SPENT TIME QUILTING AND EMBROIDERING GIFTS FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SHE WILL BE LOVINGLY MISSED BY FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD FROM 5:00 PM TO 9:00 PM ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2002 AND 9:00 AM TO 2:00 PM ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2002 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED AT 2:00 PM ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2002 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH ELDER LEONARD COMPTON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE NEW MASONIC CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE CALEB GRIFFIN, ELI VANCE, R.J. COLLINS, RICHARD SCHUERBAUM, STEVE HODGE AND CHUCK VANCE.