Iva Henry

Iva Henry, 76, of Hope, died early Sunday afternoon, Dec. 31, 2006, at her residence.

She was born on Feb. 10, 1930, in Beaverton, the daughter of the late Cecil and Carrie (Rawn) Grice. On June 20, 1947, she married Clyde R. Henry in Beaverton. He predeceased her on Nov. 24, 1990. Iva and Clyde built their home on N. Five Mile Road shortly after their marriage, and spent their lives filling it with family, friends and memories and love. She retired from Midland County as a cook at Pinecrest and worked occasionally as a cook at the Midland County Jail.

Surviving are her seven children, Susan Sampson of Hope, Clyde R. Henry of Illinois, Ann Marie Henry and Tom Aeschliman of Beaverton, Cecil John Henry and his wife Patricia of Hope, Jean McDonald and her husband Everett of Mount Pleasant, Mary Beth Henry of Byron, Ga. and Melissia Shuler and her husband Joseph of Hope; her grandchildren, Michael Sampson, Jeremy Sampson and his fiancée Katie Wooley, David and Carrie Castro, Lydia, Amanda and Lucas Henry, Cecil and Lawrence Henry, Steven McDonald, Madison Henry and Taylor, Joseph and Matthew Shuler; her sisters their spouses, Dorothy and Harry Whisler of Texas and JoAnn and Ron Cameron of Gladwin; her brother-in-law, Courtney Filmore and his wife Marilyn of Hope; and her sisters-in-law, Carol Grice of Midland and Ruth Grice of Gladwin. Iva was predeceased by her sisters and their spouses, Beulah Matthews and her husband Tom and Elsie Haley and her husband Tom; her brothers; Kenneth Grice, Ronald Grice and Lee Grice and his wife Jean; and her brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Lawrence Henry, Russell and Marge Butler, Winiford Kenyon and Muriel Karner.

Funeral services will take place 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007, from the Ware-Smith-Woolever Funeral Chapel, 1200 W. Wheeler St., Midland. Deacon Frank Alex of St. Anne Catholic Church in Edenville will officiate, with committal services to follow in the New Hope Cemetery, with Pastor Roger Saltee of the Sanford First Baptist Church officiating.

Iva's family will receive friends at the funeral home today from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. and Thursday from 10 a.m. until the time of services.

Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider Mid Michigan Hospice or the Meridian Scholarship Fund.

If you can't visit with the family in person you may send your condolences through

www.waresmithwoolever.com.