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 1912 - 1929 (16 years)
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| Name |
Wayne Cleve Henry |
| Birth |
16 Dec 1912 |
Guide Rock, Webster County, NE  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
15 Jan 1929 |
Guide Rock, Webster County, NE |
| Burial |
Guide Rock, Webster County, NE |
| Person ID |
I13943 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
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| Notes |
- THESE NOTES ARE TAKEN FROM THE GUIDE ROCK SIGNAL, JANUARY 24, 1929.
WAYNE CLEVE HENRY, THE SON OF ULRIC AND VERNA PAYNE HENRY, WAS BORN
DECEMBER 16, 1912 SIX AND ONE-HALF MILES SOUTH AND EAST OF GUIDE ROCK
WHERE HE ALWAYS RESIDED AND WHERE HE PASSED AWAY JANUARY 15, 1929 AT THE
AGE OF SIXTEEN YEARS AND ONE MONTH. BESIDES HIS PARENTS, BROTHER GLEN
AND SISTER IONE, HIS AGED GRANDMOTHER, HARRIET M. HENRY AND HIS UNCLE
WINFIELD HENRY, ALL OF WHOM LIVED TOGETHER, SURVIVE AND MOURN HIS EARLY
DEPARTURE FOR A BETTER HOME. HIS OTHER GRANDFATHER, MR. WILLIAM A. PAYNE
LIVES AT CULBERTSON.
AFTER ATTENDING HIS HOME SCHOOL, HE WENT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL IN GUIDE ROCK
WHERE HE STOOD AMONG THE BEST IN HIS CLASS AND WAS HELD IN THE HIGHEST
ESTEEM BY HIS CLASSMATES WHO CHOSE HIM AS THEIR FIRST CLASS PRESIDENT.
THE SUPERINTENDENT AND TEACHERS DECLARE THAT HE WAS ONE OF THE MOST
OUTSTANDING AND PROMISING PUPILS OF THE ENTIRE HIGH SCHOOL.
DURING HIS LONG ILLNESS AND WHILE HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL AT OMAHA HE WAS
IN CONSTANT RECEIPT OF LETTERS FROM HIS MANY FRIENDS AND WAS VISITED BY A
NUMBER INCLUDING ONE OF HIS TEACHERS WHO CONSIDERED HIM SO PROMISING, SO
LOVABLE AND IDEAL AND WHO REPORTS THAT HE WAS SO DEEMED BY THE NURSES AND
ALL AT THE HOSPITAL.
HE LOVED ATHLETICS AND HIS STUDIES AS HELPFUL IN DEVELOPING STRENGTH OF
BODY AND MIND. FULL OF HOPE FOR THE FUTURE TO THE VERY LAST HE WAS
PLANNING FOR THE HIGHEST AND BEST AND NO ONE GAVE GREATER PROMISE FOR A
BRIGHT AND SUCCESSFUL LIFE. HE OFTEN CONSULTED THOSE WHOM HE DEEMED THE
BEST QUALIFIED TO ADVISE HIM AS TO A CHOSEN PROFESSION.
HE WAS SO APPRECIATIVE FOR EVERY KINDNESS SHOWN, SO UNASSUMING WHEN GIVEN
A PLACE OF HONOR, EVER SEEING THE GOOD IN OTHERS, OPTIMISTIC TO THE END,
PLANNING, TRUSTING, HOPING, BELIEVING; BUT THE INCURABLE MALADY
(LEUKEMIA) THAT HAD INFECTED HIS YOUTHFUL BODY SAPPED HIS VITALITY AND
THE UNFINISHED TASKS WILL BE CONSUMATED IN A MORE CONGENIAL REALM.
HE WAS A MODEL BOY IN EVERY WAY LOVED AND HONORED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM AND
THOSE WHO KNEW HIM BEST LOVED HIM MOST. HE WAS AS TENDER-HEARTED AS
ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN HIS SOLICTOUS CARE OF INJURED BIRD OR BEAST. HE WAS
SO SIMPLE IN HIS WAYS AND LOVES THAT THERE ARE NONE WHO EVER SAW HIM DO
AN UNKIND ACT OR NOTED ANY LACK OF GRATITUDE FOR EVEN THE SMALLEST FAVOR
SHOWN. HE WILL BE MISSED HERE BUT HE WILL MAKE HEAVEN THAT MUCH RICHER.
MANY, MANY HAVE SAID THAT YOU CANNOT SAY TOO MUCH FOR WAYNE BUT--
"THOUGHT IS DEEPER THAN ALL SPEECH, FEELING DEEPER THAN ALL THOUGHT;
SOULS TO SOULS CAN NEVER TEACH, WHAT UNTO THEMSELVES IS TAUGHT."
AFTER A SHORT SERVICE IN THE HOME ON ACCOUNT OF THE INABILITY OF THE AGED
GRANDMOTHER TO ATTEND THE LATER SERVICE WHICH WAS HELD AT THE METHODIST
CHURCH ON THURSDAY AT 2 O'CLOCK, THE REV. B.F. EBERHART PREACHING THE
SERMON. A LARGE CONCOURSE FOLLOWED THE REMAINS TO THE GUIDE ROCK CEMETERY
WHERE THE BODY LIES AWAITING THE RESURRECTION.
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