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Submitted: 2/7/16 • Approved: 11/7/16 • Last Updated: 4/10/18 • R786671-G786671-S3
Sevaris R. "Phil" Henson
Jan. 29, 1936 Pineville, McDonald, MO - Dec. 12, 2007 Joplin, Newton, MO
Sevaris R. "Phil" Henson, 71, of 365 E 520th Ave, Pittsburg, Kansas, died at 12:55 a.m. Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Missouri.
He was born January 29, 1936 at Pineville, Missouri to Sevaris P. and Bessie M. Henson. He graduated from Pineville High School in 1954 and attended John Brown University for one year.
He married Mary E. Dedrickson on June 1, 1958 at Webb City. She preceded him in death. The couple moved to Wichita, Kansas where Phil worked in the aircraft industry. In 1960, they moved to Colorado Springs, in 1962, they moved to Weir, Kansas. They moved to rural Pittsburg in 1974.
He became manager of the Crawford County Rural Water District No. 4, where he worked for 30 years. He also ran his own trenching business.
He was a member of the Weir, Kansas Black Diamond Masonic Lodge #274 and the Kent Chapter No. 117 Order of the Eastern Star. He was of the Baptist faith and attended the United Methodist Church in Weir.
He was also preceded in death by a son Steven R. Henson, both parents, two brothers Paul Henson and Allison Henson, and a sister Zettalu Elliott.
Mary E. Dedrickson Henson
Jun 1, 1935 Joplin, Jasper, Mo - May 12, 1999 Joplin, Newton, MO
Mary E. Dedrickson Henson, 63, of rural Pittsburg, Kansas, passed away at Freeman East Hospital at Joplin, Mo.
Daughter of Oliver E. and Agnes E. Gernandt Dedrickson.
She married Sevaris P. Henson on June 1, 1958 in Webb City, Missouri.
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