Shelby  County  Indiana
Obituaries

Hensley

The  Chronicle-Tribune
Marion, Grant County, Indiana
Friday, December 20, 2013
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          Helen M. Hensley,  88, passed away December 16, 2013 in University Nursing Center, Upland.  She was born in Charleston, Illinois on March 14, 1925 to the late  Mitchell and  Genola (Brown) Ledbetter.  Mrs. Hensley worked during World War II as Rosie the Rivetor helping out with the war effort.  On March 30, 1946 she married  Andrew T. Hensley  and he preceded her in death on July 21, 2011.  She worked at Topliff's Five and Dime Store and as a cook at the Moose Lodge.  She loved to play Bingo and Dice and enjoyed traveling on the bus to Casinos.  She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Gas City.
          Survivors include sons,  Thomas A. (Mary) Hensley,  Marion,  Danny (Tammy) Hensley,  Fairmount; daughter,  Janis (Larry) Camden,  Jonesboro; sister,  Wanda Miller,  Frankfort; sister in law,  Freda Beavers,  Frankfort; 13 grandchildren; 24 great grandchildren; 10 great-great grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her brother,  Ralph Bevers [sic—Beavers]; brother in law,  Bill Miller;  and son  Mike Hensley.
          Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, December 20, 2013 in Owen-Weilert-Duncan Funeral Home, Gas City Chapel, 200 North 7th Street, Gas City, Indiana with Pastor Terry Bishir officiating.  Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Gas City, Indiana.  Visitation will be 11 to 2 p.m., Friday, December 20, 2013 in the funeral home.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming  and Betty Kitchen

The  Indianapolis  Star
June 21, 2013
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          Newton E. Hensley,  age 86, Brownsburg, passed away June 19, 2013 at St. Vincent Hospital, after a short illness.  He was a veteran of WWII, a member of the Brownsburg Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite, Murat Temple Shrine, the Brownsburg American Legion, and St. Malachy church.  Newt was born in Terre Haute, the son of  Horatio and  Jewell Pearl Hensley.  A son  Bruce Hensley  preceded him in death.  He is survived by his wife,  Irene;  children,  Tom (Sarah) Hensley,  Judy (Steve) Lalioff,  Janice (Mark) Adams,  Darleen (Otto) Prow,  Becky (Jake) Yung,  Susie Moloy,  and  Mike Hensley;  grandchildren,  Joan Jamtaas,  Todd Yung,  Angi Riley,  Judd Moloy,  Ryan Moloy,  Jared Prow,  L.B. Merritt,  Mary Hensley,  Alison Prow  and  Amy Kelly;  great grandchildren  Logan Riley,  Joe Riley,  Jake Riley,  Sydney Moloy,  Livia Moloy,  Alexa Moloy  and  Jakob Silvers.
          Visitation will be 4-8 p.m., Friday, June 21 at Matthews Mortuary , Brownsburg, with funeral services there at 11 a.m., Saturday, June 22.  Burial will be in Brownsburg Cemetery.  Contributions may be made to St. Malachy Church.
Contributed by Phyllis Fleming and  Betty Kitchen

The  Chronicle-Tribune
Marion, Grant County, Indiana
Monday, July 25, 2011
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          GAS CITY -- Andrew "Tom" Hensley,  85, passed from this life on Thursday evening July 21, 2011 surrounded by his family.  He was born on August 15, 1925 in Linton, Indiana, the son of the late  William and  Jane (Miller) Hensley.  He entered the Navy during WWII and survived the D-Day Campaign.  He was proud to have served his country.  He married  Helen Ledbetter Hensley  on March 30, 1946, who survives.  Tom worked at Owens-Illinois until retirement in 1984.  He loved playing horseshoes, fishing, hunting, and gardening, which he did with many of his family.  He enjoyed spending time with his family and friends, playing cards, dice, and other games.
          He is survived by his wife,  Helen Hensley,  Gas City; sons,  Tom (Mary) Hensley and  Danny (Tammy) Hensley,  both of Fairmount; daughter,  Janis (Larry) Camden,  Jonesboro; daughter-in-law,  Nancy,  GA; brothers,  Earl,  Steve,  and  Ralph,  all of Linton, William, Pueblo, CO, and  Don Miller,  Marion; sisters,  Beverly (Larry) Richardson,  Lebanon,  Doris Porter  and  Karlene Daugherty,  both of Linton; eleven grandchildren; and several great and great-great grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by his father and stepmother, William and Hazel Hensley; mother and stepfather,  E. Jane and  Paul Miller;  son,  Mike Hensley;  2 brothers; 1 sister; and a great-grandson.
          Services are at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Needham-Storey-Wampner Funeral Service, Storey Chapel, 400 E. Main Street, Gas City with Pastor Terry Bishir officiating.  Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Gas City with military honors provided by the Grant County Honor Guard.  Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday in the funeral home.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming and  Betty Kitchen

The  Chronicle-Tribune
Marion, Grant County, Indiana
Friday, April 1, 2011
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          Mike  left this life after a long struggle on the evening of March 29, 2011 in Milledgeville, Georgia.  He was born in Marion, Indiana to  Thomas A. and  Helen M. Hensely  [sic–Hensley], who survive, and was raised in Gas City.  After graduation from the Indiana Deaf School, he moved to Stuart, Florida where he lived and worked for more than 20 years.  He moved 15 years ago to Milledgeville, Georgia with his job, at Grumman's of which he retired from in 2008.  Mike's favorite pastimes were fishing and riding his Harley of which he was really good. He enjoyed spending time with his family and friends.
          He is survived by his wife,  Nancy McPherson Hensley  of Milledgeville, Georgia; two daughters,  Darlene (Jerry) Caldwell,  Marlene (Daniel) Marsh , Zephyrhills, Florida.; son,  SFC Clint (Cinnamon) Bitzer,  Tallahassee, Florida; 10 grandchildren.  Also surviving are two brothers,  Alan (Mary) Hensley,  Danny (Tammy) Hensley;  a sister,  Janis (Larry) Camden  from Indiana and several nieces and nephews.
          Services will be held Saturday, April 2, 2011 in Milledgeville, Florida in the Williams Funeral Home.  Interment will be private.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming  and Betty Kitchen

The  Bloomington Herald-Telephone
Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana
September 24, 1975
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          LINTON -- William Thomas Hensley,  70, a resident of Linton, died Tuesday at Greene County General Hospital.  Born May 29, 1905, in Greene County, he was the son of  Andrew and  Mary Saulsberry Hensley.
          Survivors include the wife,  Hazel;  four daughters,  Mrs. Louis Davis,  Lebanon,  Mrs. Beverly Richardson,  Lebanon,  Mrs. Doris Haskett,  Linton, and  Mrs. Karleen Daugherty,  Linton; five sons,  Earl Hensley,  Linton,  William Hensley, Jr.,  Denver, Colo.,  Steven Hensley,  Linton,  Ralph Hensley,  Linton, and  Thomas Hensley,  Gas City; one stepson,  Robert Miller,  Marion; one half-sister,  Mrs. Maxine Oldson,  Denver, Colo.; two half-brothers,  Lloyd W. Hensley,  Switz City, and  Claude Hensley,  Washington; 25 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
          Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Friday at the Welch and Cornett Funeral Home in Linton with the Rev. Roger Dillinger and the Rev. Bill Gilliand officiating.  Burial will be in the Bohley Cemetery in Linton.  Friends may call after noon on Thursday.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming  and Betty Kitchen

The  Shelbyville  Republican
Thursday July 18, 1940
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Mrs. George Hensley, 82, Native of County, Dies
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          Word was received yesterday of the death of  Mrs. George [Rebecca] Hensley, a native of Shelby county, who has resided in Detroit, Michigan, for the past fifteen years.
           Mrs. Hensley died at her home in Detroit, Saturday, after a year's illness.  She was born in Boggstown eighty-two years ago.
           She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Tom Beynon, of this city, two brothers, Joe German, of Shelbyville, and  William German, of Martinsville.  She also leaves several nieces. Mr. Hensley died several years ago.
Contributed by Barb Huff  for Susan Gayle

The  Shelbyville  Republican
Monday September 17, 1934
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TO  HOLD  HENSLEY
SERVICE  TUESDAY
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          George Hensley, who passed away in his home on the Boggstown road Saturday morning will be held at the Charles M. Ewing chapel Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock.  The Rev. Paul E. Million will officiate and cremation will take place in Indianapolis.
          Mr. Hensley was born in Indiana on March 8, 1858, being at the time of death 76 years, 6 months and 7 days old.
          Survivors are the widow,  Mrs. Rebecca Hensley; three brothers, John  and  Lon Hensley, of Los Angeles, California and  Cyrus Hensley  of Idaho, and one sister, Lucy Hensley, of Los Angeles, California.
          For the past twenty-five years, Mr. Hensley had been employed at the Indianapolis & Cincinnati railroad's car barn there. 
Contributed by Barb Huff  for Susan Gayle

The  Daily  Democrat
Wednesday, May 11, 1927
Page 8, column 3
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WORD  RECEIVED
OF  MAN'S  DEATH
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          Word has been received here of the death of  Harry S. Hensley, 60 years old, which occurred at his home in Indianapolis Tuesday.  Funeral and burial will take place Thursday afternoon.  Mr. Hensley was known by a number of people in Shelbyville, having visited here on numerous occasions.  His wife is the former  Miss Sallie Nelis, who was a resident of this city a number of years.  Besides the widow, he is survived by one sister, Mrs. Flora Riley, of Indianapolis.  Mrs. Hensley, wife of the deceased will be remembered here by many people as the daughter of  Thomas and Elizabeth Nelis.  Mrs. Emma Mitchell, of this city and  Mrs. Della Dugan,  of Hartsville are sisters of  Mrs. Hensley and William Nelis,  of Jackson township is a brother.

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MARION COUNTY MARRIAGES
Harry B. Hensley, b 31 Jan 1872
Sallie S. Heck, b 20 Aug 1865
Married Nov. 6, 1919
Book 106     Page 290
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Submitted by Barb Huff

The  Shelbyville  Republican
Wednesday, June 26, 1918
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MORRISTOWN  MARINE
KILLED  IN  FRANCE
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Willard E. Hensley, Who En-
Listed at Indianapolis One
Year Ago, Died During An
Engagement.
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FELT  HIS  DANGER
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Letter Which He Had Written May 25
Was Received by Friend Today --
Was Member of Sixth Regiment.
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          Mrs. Prudence Hensley,  of Morristown, received a telegram Tuesday night from the war department, informing her that her son,  Willard E. Hensley,  had been killed in action in France.  The message stated that the young man had died in an engagement extending from June 6 to June 8.
          Young Hensley was 23 years old.  He enlisted in the Unisted States marine corps at Indianapolis on June 13, 1917.  He was a member of the 97th company, 6th regiment.  He had been in France for several months.  When the message bringing the news of his death was received at Morristown, Mrs. Hensley was visiting with relatives at Needham, Johnson county.
          The telegram received by the mother brought word that the body would be brought to this country after the war.
          A letter which the young marine had written was received this morning by  Miss Eva Talbert,  a friend, of Morristown.  The letter had been written May 25.  In it he told of the great danger in which the company was at the time, and hinted of a thought that he might never return to his home in Morristown.  Continuing he spoke of the scenes about the village to which he lived and spoke of the good times which he had enjoyed in and about Morristown.  Letters which were received from him about two weeks ago told of some hard fighting in which the marines had been engaged on the Cantigny front, where the Germans had been pressed back by the American fighters.
          Young Hensley had attained the rank of a sergeant, and had been on the firing line since March.  He was a graduate of the high school at Morristown, and before enlisting in the marines had been employed in a hardware store there.  His is the first Hanover township boy to be killed France, and the fourth Shelby county boy to die on the firing line in the present war.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The  Shelbyville  Republican
Wednesday, April 4, 1917
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CIVIL  WAR  VETERAN
DEAD  AT  HIS  HOME
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“Squire” Andrew Hensley, Union township,
To Be Buried Thursday Afternoon
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Justice Of Peace 28 Years
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          “Squire” Andrew Hensley, one of the most prominent men in northeast Shelby county, died at his home in Union Township at 5 o'clock Tuesday evening.  He had been ill for some time, but death was due to a stroke of paralysis which he suffered several days ago.
          Mr. Hensley was born in Marion county, February 21, 1843.  When he was three weeks old his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hensley, Sr., removed to Union township, where the son spent most of the remainder of his life.  He was married March 23, 1868, to  Miss Dorothy Wicker.  Six children survive.  They are; Franklin, of near Charlottesville; Samuel, of near the old homestead; Mrs. P. J. [Rosetta] Theobold,  Mrs. C.C. [Nora J.] Cherry,  Mrs. M. T. [Pearlie J.] Moore, and  Mrs. Frank [Minnie May] Hankins, of Morgan county.
          Mr. Hensley fought through the civil war as a member of Company A, of the 41st Indiana Volunteer Cavalry.  He was in the department of the Cumberland, under General Sherman and fought in such engagements as Chickamauga and Resaca and gained a reputation as a fighter of bravery and daring.  He served Union township as a justice of the peace for 28 years.
          The funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Little Blue River Church, the Rev. Elmer Mater officiating.  Burial will be made in the Bennett Cemetery.
Submitted by Barb Huff  for Susan Gayle

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