Obituary - Irene (Smith) Henry

Funeral services will be 6 a.m. Wednesday, July 13, 2011 (as a special request and instruction from Irene here funeral services will begin at 6 a.m. ) at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri. Visitation will be Tuesday evening from 5-7 p.m. at Schowengerdt Chapel. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Butler.

Mable Irene Henry, age 79 of Rich Hill, Missouri died Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at her daughter’s home in Butler, Missouri. She was born March 27, 1932 to George and Mary Julia Ward Johnson in Deepwater, Missouri.


Irene is survived by her husband, Johnie Henry of Rich Hill, Missouri; two sons, Steven Cox and wife Glenda and Norris Smith and wife Eva all of Butler, Missouri; three daughters, Linda Roberts and husband Tommy of Butler, Missouri, Debbie Miller and husband Rex of Belton, Missouri and Rosalee Smith and fiance Randy Mayfield of Rich Hill, Missouri; 12 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren and many nephews and nieces. She was preceded in death by her parents; first husband, Norris Smith; four brothers, George, Roy, Kenneth and Howard; one sister, Betty Ridley; and a granddaughter, Lacey Diane Smith-Thomas.