HENRY, Claude - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Claude O. Henry, 70, of 606 South Perry St., Attica, died on Sunday, Jan. 18, 1976, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lafayette. He had been seriously ill since last March. Born Jan. 18, 1906, at Wingate, he was the son of Squire and Minnie Lane Henry. He resided most of his life in Attica. In May, 1934, in Veedersburg, he married Adrea K. Hittle, who survives. He was a graduate of Wingate High and was a former supervisor with Meadow Gold Milk Co., and parts department employee with Danley Auto Supply in Attica. He was a member the National Guard, Christian Church of Attica and Wabash Lodge 708 F&AM. He often visited with the editor of this newspaper, and told of his experience as a boy at Wingate when he helped around the old Wingate News office. One of his chores was to haul the "boiler plate" down to the depot in a coaster wagon for shipment back to Indianapolis. "Boiler-plate" was a patented printing plate of news and features supplied by the Western Newspaper Union and it was a real boon to small newspapers. Other survivors include a son David Lee of Attica; a brother Carl Henry of Lizton; and three grandchildren. Two brothers and two sisters preceded him in death. Services at the Dale Maus Funeral Home with Rev. Don Green officiating. Burial in Riverside cemetery. - jlr