Robert W. Henman

Mr. Robert Wilson "Bob" Henman, age 100, of Versailles, Indiana entered this life on January 24, 1913 in Piqua, Ohio. He was the loving son of the late Cory and Livonia Lambert Henman. Bob was a descendant of the Dilbone Family an early Miami County Ohio Pioneer Family that was massacred by the Indians in 1813. He was raised in De Graff, Ohio and was a 1932 graduate of De Graff High School. He received his bachelor's in education from the University of Kentucky in 1941 and received his life license in vocational agriculture and related science in 1955 from the University of Kentucky. Mr. Henman worked for the U.S. Entomology Department in Connecticut for the Summer of 1940 working on the Dutch Elm Disease project. Bob was inducted into the United States Army on June 30, 1941 at Fort Hayes, Ohio. He rose to the rank of Private, serving in Company D. 1534 Service Unit and the 87th Bombardment Squadron 5th Air Support Commandin Bowman Field, Kentucky during World War II. He was honorably discharged on August 16, 1943 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana receiving the World War II Victory Medal and the American Defense Service Medal. Bob served in the Signal Corps for six months in 1942 and attended the Case School of Applied Sciences. He worked at the Cincinnati Crosley Radio Plant as an inspector of field radios, which were used for field communications. On March 10, 1943, Bob was united to his beloved wife, Mary Frances Marksberry in Cincinnati, Ohio. This happy union of sixty two years was blessed with two sons, Karl and Gary. Bob had also attended Blackburn College in Carlinville, Illinois and the Urbana Ohio Junior College for further education. Bob and Mary Frances moved to Milan in 1948 and he worked for the Dearborn County Soil and Water Conservation District and worked on a research project in Coshocton, Ohio. Bob then began a 32 year teaching career, teaching vocational agriculture, general science, chemistry and biology. He had taught at Defiance, OH, Dearborn County, Moores Hill, Dillsboro, Bright, Guilford, Milan, and Fairmount, IN and retired in 1975. Bob was a member of the Lawrenceburg Masonic Lodge No. 4 F. & A.M., Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Valley of Indianapolis, the Murat Shrine, Jefferson County Farm Bureau, Versailles Lions Club, the 4-H, Historic Hoosier Hills Woodland Organization (tree farmers), and the Calvary Baptist Church in Madison where he had served as Deacon. Bob had formerly belonged to the First Baptist Church's of Milan and Dillsboro and had served as a Deacon. He was awarded the 4-H Leadership Service Plaque for 20 years of service. Bob loved fishing, traveling, enjoyed the trees and nature, raising llamas, genealogy, and loved animals. Robert died Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 9:55 p.m. at the Hanover Health & Rehab Center in Hanover, Indiana. A LOVING FAMILY Robert will be missed by his loving sons:Karl Henman and his wife, Karen of Terre Haute, Indiana, Gary Henman of Versailles, Indiana; his grandchildren: Brandon and Kathryn Henman; several nieces, nephews and other relatives. He was preceded in death by his parents, Cory and Livonia Lambert Henman; his wife, Mary Frances Marksberry Henman died, July 20, 2005; his brothers, William and Ralph Henman. FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at 11:00 a.m., by the Rev. Mike Hamby at the Calvary Baptist Church, 2632 Michigan Road in Madison, Indiana. Entombment will follow in the Grandview Memorial Gardens Mausoleum near Madison, Indiana. VISITATION Friends may call Monday from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana and Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. until time of the service at the Calvary Baptist Church, 2632 Michigan Road in Madison, Indiana. SPECIAL SERVICES A Masonic Service will be conducted on Monday, April 1, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, by Lawrenceburg Masonic Lodge No. 4 F. & A.M. A Final Salute will be conducted on Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. at the Calvary Baptist Church by Jefferson Post 9, of the American Legion. Full military honors will be conducted at the Chapel at the Grandview Memorial Gardens Mausoleum by Jefferson Post 9, of the American Legion.. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to the Calvary Baptist Church. Cards are available at the funeral home.

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