Rodney D. Henry

1936 - 2021

Rodney D. Henry, age 85, died March 1, 2021, as a result of bladder cancer. He was born January 1, 1936, the son of the late Robert B. Henry and Olive Naomi Erisman Henry in Quakertown, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Quakertown High School, 1953; Wesleyan University, BA 1957; and University of Pennsylvania Law School, LLB 1960. He served as a Judge Advocate in the United States Air Force, from 1961 to 1964, where he was separated from active service with the rank of captain. He met his wife, Janenne J. Henry, who survives him, a native of Manhattan, Kansas, at Earnest Harmon Air Force Base, Stephenville, Newfoundland, when she was a teacher at an Air Force dependents' school. He practiced law in Quakertown from 1964 to 2021, for the last 20 years as a partner with his son, Carter P. Henry. For 24 years he was the Treasurer of Richland Library Company. He was a singer, a reader. He read German literature with Dr. Viehmeyer at Schwenkfelder Library for many years. Recently, he had renewed college friendships via the Internet and in person with nine fellow Wesleyan graduates.

Along with his wife, he is survived by his daughter, Melinda Henry, of Mies, Vaud, Switzerland, his son and daughter-in-law, Carter and Sarah Henry, of Quakertown, and his grandchildren, Grace and Patrick. He was predeceased by his sisters, Professor Barbara H. Long and Patricia A. Davis. Services are private. Arrangements are in the care of the C. R. Strunk Funeral Home, Inc. (www.crstrunk.com) Quakertown.

Contributions in his memory may be sent to Richland Library, 44 South Main St., Quakertown, PA 18951, or to United Friends School, 1018 West Broad St., Quakertown, PA 18951.