George Brown Henley was born in Pleasant Hill, MO on March 12, 1932 the son of George Vest and Gladys (Brown) Henley. He passed into the hands of our Lord on April 21, 2014.
George was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Pleasant Hill since his youth.
He attended Pleasant Hill schools, and graduated High School in 1950. As a youth he played saxophone in the high school band, and participated in Boy Scouts earning the rank of Eagle Scout and becoming an early member of the Tribe of Mic-O-Say which was under the leadership of H. Roe Bartle himself at the time of his induction.
George attended Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry in 1954.
He served his country in the United States Army from 1954 through 1956, and is a member of the American Legion.
George was a National Park Ranger in some of the most well-known parks in our nation including Tumacácori National Monument in Arizona, Grand Canyon National Park, Crater Lake National Park in Oregon, and Glacier National Park, near the Canadian border in Montana.
He was involved in a terrible accident, and was badly burnt at Glazier Park in 1972 when a propane tank exploded, but was able to recover fairly well, and then spent much of his career at Yellowstone National Park where he worked well into his 70s.
He was an avid conservationist, and earned a second Bachelor of Science degree in Wildlife Science in 1972 from Oregon State in Corvallis, Oregon.
George was an amateur ham radio operator who communicated by morse code with people all over the world.
He enjoyed fishing and hunting, and loved to tinker with old radios and electronics. But his real passion was traveling the world, and besides his travels in the United States between National Parks, he also traveled Europe, Mexico, Central America and South America during off-season at the parks. George was not an extravagant traveler, and generally went by bus with only a few possessions – truly experiencing the cultures where he traveled.
In his later years, he spent many winters down south in Mexico and Central America and studied Spanish at Academia Hispano Americana in 1974, and later taught English in Mexico at the Institute of Allende in San Miguel, Mexico.
George is survived by one sister, Mary Kay Fitzgerald and husband Jerry of Harrisonville, and two nephews, Patrick Fitzgerald and wife Terri of Kingwood, TX; and Scott Fitzgerald and wife Brenda of Parkville, MO. He also had 2 great neices, Janna Fitzgerald and Megan Fitzgerald of Kingwood, TX and great nephew Brandan Fitzgerald of Parkville, MO.
Those who knew George best have seen him off on many a journey, so as we see him off on this final journey, we pray that the light of the Lord will shine brightly upon his path, and he will be re-united with many loved ones in Heaven.
Graveside services for Mr. Henley are scheduled for 3:00 p.m. Friday, April 25, 2014 at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Hill, Missouri.
Arrangements: Wallace Funeral Home, Pleasant Hill, MO.
George was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Pleasant Hill since his youth.
He attended Pleasant Hill schools, and graduated High School in 1950. As a youth he played saxophone in the high school band, and participated in Boy Scouts earning the rank of Eagle Scout and becoming an early member of the Tribe of Mic-O-Say which was under the leadership of H. Roe Bartle himself at the time of his induction.
George attended Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry in 1954.
He served his country in the United States Army from 1954 through 1956, and is a member of the American Legion.
George was a National Park Ranger in some of the most well-known parks in our nation including Tumacácori National Monument in Arizona, Grand Canyon National Park, Crater Lake National Park in Oregon, and Glacier National Park, near the Canadian border in Montana.
He was involved in a terrible accident, and was badly burnt at Glazier Park in 1972 when a propane tank exploded, but was able to recover fairly well, and then spent much of his career at Yellowstone National Park where he worked well into his 70s.
He was an avid conservationist, and earned a second Bachelor of Science degree in Wildlife Science in 1972 from Oregon State in Corvallis, Oregon.
George was an amateur ham radio operator who communicated by morse code with people all over the world.
He enjoyed fishing and hunting, and loved to tinker with old radios and electronics. But his real passion was traveling the world, and besides his travels in the United States between National Parks, he also traveled Europe, Mexico, Central America and South America during off-season at the parks. George was not an extravagant traveler, and generally went by bus with only a few possessions – truly experiencing the cultures where he traveled.
In his later years, he spent many winters down south in Mexico and Central America and studied Spanish at Academia Hispano Americana in 1974, and later taught English in Mexico at the Institute of Allende in San Miguel, Mexico.
George is survived by one sister, Mary Kay Fitzgerald and husband Jerry of Harrisonville, and two nephews, Patrick Fitzgerald and wife Terri of Kingwood, TX; and Scott Fitzgerald and wife Brenda of Parkville, MO. He also had 2 great neices, Janna Fitzgerald and Megan Fitzgerald of Kingwood, TX and great nephew Brandan Fitzgerald of Parkville, MO.
Those who knew George best have seen him off on many a journey, so as we see him off on this final journey, we pray that the light of the Lord will shine brightly upon his path, and he will be re-united with many loved ones in Heaven.
Graveside services for Mr. Henley are scheduled for 3:00 p.m. Friday, April 25, 2014 at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Hill, Missouri.
Arrangements: Wallace Funeral Home, Pleasant Hill, MO.
George Brown Henley was born in Pleasant Hill, MO on March 12, 1932 the son of George Vest and Gladys (Brown) Henley. He passed into the hands of our Lord on April 21, 2014.
George was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Pleasant Hill since his youth.
He attended Pleasant Hill schools, and graduated High School in 1950. As a youth he played saxophone in the high school band, and participated in Boy Scouts earning the rank of Eagle Scout and becoming an early member of the Tribe of Mic-O-Say which was under the leadership of H. Roe Bartle himself at the time of his induction.
George attended Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry in 1954.
He served his country in the United States Army from 1954 through 1956, and is a member of the American Legion.
George was a National Park Ranger in some of the most well-known parks in our nation including Tumacácori National Monument in Arizona, Grand Canyon National Park, Crater Lake National Park in Oregon, and Glacier National Park, near the Canadian border in Montana.
He was involved in a terrible accident, and was badly burnt at Glazier Park in 1972 when a propane tank exploded, but was able to recover fairly well, and then spent much of his career at Yellowstone National Park where he worked well into his 70s.
He was an avid conservationist, and earned a second Bachelor of Science degree in Wildlife Science in 1972 from Oregon State in Corvallis, Oregon.
George was an amateur ham radio operator who communicated by morse code with people all over the world.
He enjoyed fishing and hunting, and loved to tinker with old radios and electronics. But his real passion was traveling the world, and besides his travels in the United States between National Parks, he also traveled Europe, Mexico, Central America and South America during off-season at the parks. George was not an extravagant traveler, and generally went by bus with only a few possessions – truly experiencing the cultures where he traveled.
In his later years, he spent many winters down south in Mexico and Central America and studied Spanish at Academia Hispano Americana in 1974, and later taught English in Mexico at the Institute of Allende in San Miguel, Mexico.
George is survived by one sister, Mary Kay Fitzgerald and husband Jerry of Harrisonville, and two nephews, Patrick Fitzgerald and wife Terri of Kingwood, TX; and Scott Fitzgerald and wife Brenda of Parkville, MO. He also had 2 great neices, Janna Fitzgerald and Megan Fitzgerald of Kingwood, TX and great nephew Brandan Fitzgerald of Parkville, MO.
Those who knew George best have seen him off on many a journey, so as we see him off on this final journey, we pray that the light of the Lord will shine brightly upon his path, and he will be re-united with many loved ones in Heaven.
Graveside services for Mr. Henley are scheduled for 3:00 p.m. Friday, April 25, 2014 at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Hill, Missouri.
Arrangements: Wallace Funeral Home, Pleasant Hill, MO.
George was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Pleasant Hill since his youth.
He attended Pleasant Hill schools, and graduated High School in 1950. As a youth he played saxophone in the high school band, and participated in Boy Scouts earning the rank of Eagle Scout and becoming an early member of the Tribe of Mic-O-Say which was under the leadership of H. Roe Bartle himself at the time of his induction.
George attended Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry in 1954.
He served his country in the United States Army from 1954 through 1956, and is a member of the American Legion.
George was a National Park Ranger in some of the most well-known parks in our nation including Tumacácori National Monument in Arizona, Grand Canyon National Park, Crater Lake National Park in Oregon, and Glacier National Park, near the Canadian border in Montana.
He was involved in a terrible accident, and was badly burnt at Glazier Park in 1972 when a propane tank exploded, but was able to recover fairly well, and then spent much of his career at Yellowstone National Park where he worked well into his 70s.
He was an avid conservationist, and earned a second Bachelor of Science degree in Wildlife Science in 1972 from Oregon State in Corvallis, Oregon.
George was an amateur ham radio operator who communicated by morse code with people all over the world.
He enjoyed fishing and hunting, and loved to tinker with old radios and electronics. But his real passion was traveling the world, and besides his travels in the United States between National Parks, he also traveled Europe, Mexico, Central America and South America during off-season at the parks. George was not an extravagant traveler, and generally went by bus with only a few possessions – truly experiencing the cultures where he traveled.
In his later years, he spent many winters down south in Mexico and Central America and studied Spanish at Academia Hispano Americana in 1974, and later taught English in Mexico at the Institute of Allende in San Miguel, Mexico.
George is survived by one sister, Mary Kay Fitzgerald and husband Jerry of Harrisonville, and two nephews, Patrick Fitzgerald and wife Terri of Kingwood, TX; and Scott Fitzgerald and wife Brenda of Parkville, MO. He also had 2 great neices, Janna Fitzgerald and Megan Fitzgerald of Kingwood, TX and great nephew Brandan Fitzgerald of Parkville, MO.
Those who knew George best have seen him off on many a journey, so as we see him off on this final journey, we pray that the light of the Lord will shine brightly upon his path, and he will be re-united with many loved ones in Heaven.
Graveside services for Mr. Henley are scheduled for 3:00 p.m. Friday, April 25, 2014 at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Hill, Missouri.
Arrangements: Wallace Funeral Home, Pleasant Hill, MO.
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