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Susan Henry Obituary
Susan Jo Henry, 72, of Lafayette, passed away on July 3, 2015 in Lafayette. She was born on July 11, 1942 in Lafayette to the late Floyd J. Fuqua and Mary R. Walker LaPlante. Susan graduated from Lafayette Jeff High School in 1960. In 1972 in Lafayette, she married Maurice E. Henry. He preceded her in death on February 1, 2008. She worked as an executive secretary for Duncan Electric, General Foods, and retired from Kettelhut Construction, Inc. Susan was a member of the Moose Lodge and was attending Church Alive Worship Center. She was great at planning family parties and enjoyed scrapbooking and writing poetry.
Surviving are her children, Melissa (Bobby Millikan) Kingma of Dayton, Melinda (Glenn) Locke of Lafayette, Teresa (Kenny) Pearson of Lafayette, and Cynthia (Thelma) Henry of Rossville; a daughter-in-law, Lisa Kingma of Brookston; a sister, Lucinda (Bill) Klein of Texas; and 2 brothers, George (Regina) LaPlante of Texas and Rick Fuqua of Lafayette. Also surviving are 10 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her sons, Richard Kingma and Anthony Henry and 3 grandchildren, Cassie Kingma, Josh Kingma, and Wes Kingma.
Visitation will be held on Friday, July 10th from 5 to 8 p.m. at Fisher Funeral Chapel. Services will be on Saturday, July 11th at 1 p.m.at Fisher Funeral Chapel with Pastor Owen Mason officiating. Interment will follow in Rest Haven Memorial Park.
Memorial Donations may be made to Susan G. Koman Breast Cancer Foundation in memory of Susan. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
You may light a Candle of Hope in remembrance of Susan by visiting www.fisherfuneralchapel.com
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
Memories and Condolences
for Susan Henry
Roger Priest
July 10, 2015
A piece of the world
Became unseen
but is not gone.
God bless Susan's family.
Roger & Ellen Priest
Wanda Fleming
July 9, 2015
Missy and Mindy,
Sorry for your loss. Praying for peace and comfort to be with you.
Dianne (Dowswell) Robertson
July 8, 2015
Susan set the bar for courage, optimism and fighting spirit pretty high. Her Florida cousins send their thoughts and love to Cinda, George and to her family.
July 8, 2015
so sorry to hear----may U RIP
Sharon Oberlie Neal
July 7, 2015
My deepest sympathy to Susan's family. She has fought a difficult battle and lost. Susan earned her wings.
Donna Mahoy/Granger
July 7, 2015
So, so sorry for your family's loss. Susan and I were best friends as young girls, overnights, double-dates, sock-hops.I smile as I write this.
Gary Martin
July 7, 2015
It saddens me deeply that I have lost another classmate in peace Susan.
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