Services for Claude Henry Henson, 89, Lawrence, will be at 9 a.m. Monday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mr. Henson died Thursday, June 19, 1997, at his home.
He was born Nov. 23, 1907, in Bates County, Mo., the son of James and Ida Belle Weber Henson.
In 1934, Mr. Henson moved to Lawrence, where he worked with Kansas Power and Light for four years. He worked for Connie Constant Line Construction for four years, and then returned to KPL in 1949. He retired from KPL in 1973 as line foreman.
He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Mt. Oread Aerie No. 309.
He married Ethel Lucille Luckan in January of 1929 in Butler, Mo. She died Sept. 3, 1980. In October 1982, he married Kathryn Hahn in Norman, Okla. She also preceded him in death.
Survivors include two sons, Wilbur, Tonganoxie, and Clifford, Lawrence; a daughter, Pauline Reitzel, Bonner Springs; a stepson, James Hahn, Lawrence; a stepdaughter, Billie Laughlin, Lawrence; nine grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, four stepgrandchildren and five stepgreat-grandchildren.
Friends may call from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the funeral home, where the family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday.
The family suggests memorials to the Lawrence Senior Center, sent in care of the funeral home.
