Cut Bank--Dan Philip Henderson, 69, a Marine veteran and Purple Heart recipient, died Wednesday in Mesquite, Nev., of a heart attack.
Henderson was born May 4, 1929, in Tiber. In 1936 he moved to Cut Bank, where he graduated from high school in 1948. He was a Marine in the Korean War in 1950, when he was wounded. He received the Purple Heart and was honorably discharged in 1952. On May 16, 1953, he married Helen A. Ebert in Cut Bank. He was a contractor for 40 years and joined his son in farming in 1978. He retired from the Cut Bank Fire Dept. after 20 years of service.
Henderson was a member of the Cut Bank Elks for 36 years, as well as the Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion.
Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Dani Renee Patten of Phoenix; a son, David L. Henderson of Cut Bank; a sister, Nina Shephard of Bellingham, Wash.; two brothers, Jack Henderson of Sun City, Ariz., and Pete Henderson of Loring; and two grandchildren.
Cut Bank--Dan Philip Henderson, 69, a Marine veteran and Purple Heart recipient, died Wednesday in Mesquite, Nev., of a heart attack.
Henderson was born May 4, 1929, in Tiber. In 1936 he moved to Cut Bank, where he graduated from high school in 1948. He was a Marine in the Korean War in 1950, when he was wounded. He received the Purple Heart and was honorably discharged in 1952. On May 16, 1953, he married Helen A. Ebert in Cut Bank. He was a contractor for 40 years and joined his son in farming in 1978. He retired from the Cut Bank Fire Dept. after 20 years of service.
Henderson was a member of the Cut Bank Elks for 36 years, as well as the Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion.
Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Dani Renee Patten of Phoenix; a son, David L. Henderson of Cut Bank; a sister, Nina Shephard of Bellingham, Wash.; two brothers, Jack Henderson of Sun City, Ariz., and Pete Henderson of Loring; and two grandchildren.
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