William Arthur Henry, age 92, died on January 21, 2016. He was born in Pottsville, Arkansas on March 11, 1923, the son of John Forrest Henry and Ola Belle Boggess. He graduated from Pottsville High School and the University of Arkansas in Little Rock (BS, MD) in 1946. After an internship and internal medicine residency at Baptist Hospital in Little Rock he served 2 years in the US Air Force. He then practiced medicine at the Millard-Henry Clinic in Russellville, Ark, for 2 years before moving to Springfield, Illinois where he was employed at Franklin Life Insurance where he served as Medical Director and Vice President (1952-1987) and at Horace Mann (1980-2000). He and his wife Jo (married 6/2/1950) moved to North Oaks, MN in 2008. He was instrumental in forming the American Board of Life Insurance Medicine and served as the President of that Board in 1985.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a stepmother (Margaret Jane Brooks Henry); an infant sister, Eloise; his brother (John Forrest Henry of Little Rock); and a sister (Emily Henry Oates of Morrilton). He is survived by his wife of 65 years Clara Jo Henry (Caldwell);one sister (Jane Phillips and husband John) of Tulsa, Oklahoma; a son William Keith Henry, MD (wife Carol Jane Nelson, MD) of White Bear Lake, MN; a daughter Mary Susan Kennedy, RN (husband David Kennedy) of Oak Park, Illinois; 5 grandchildren (Meghan, Daniel, Matthew, Nathan, and David) and 2 great grandchildren (Henry and Theodore). His greatest enjoyment was spending time with and supporting his family.

A celebration of his life will be held the weekend of March 11, 2016.

In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Positive Care HIV Program (http://www.hcmc.org/clinics/HCMC_CONDITIONS_80) at Hennepin County Medical Center (https://www.kintera.org/AutoGen/Simple/Donor.asp?ievent=343300&en=8gJLLTMrFaLKLPNsEcIMJQOvHcLQI2PzHdJLISNsEgJZLdI) or The Rural Health Care Initiative (http://rhcimnsl.org/content/donate) working to improve health care in rural Sierra Leone.

William Arthur Henry, age 92, died on January 21, 2016. He was born in Pottsville, Arkansas on March 11, 1923, the son of John Forrest Henry and Ola Belle Boggess. He graduated from Pottsville High School and the University of Arkansas in Little Rock (BS, MD) in 1946. After an internship and internal medicine residency at Baptist Hospital in Little Rock he served 2 years in the US Air Force. He then practiced medicine at the Millard-Henry Clinic in Russellville, Ark, for 2 years before moving to Springfield, Illinois where he was employed at Franklin Life Insurance where he served as Medical Director and Vice President (1952-1987) and at Horace Mann (1980-2000). He and his wife Jo (married 6/2/1950) moved to North Oaks, MN in 2008. He was instrumental in forming the American Board of Life Insurance Medicine and served as the President of that Board in 1985,

He was preceded in death by his parents; a stepmother (Margaret Jane Brooks Henry); an infant sister, Eloise; his brother (John Forrest Henry of Little Rock); and a sister (Emily Henry Oates of Morrilton). He is survived by his wife of 65 years Clara Jo Henry (Caldwell);one sister (Jane Phillips and husband John) of Tulsa, Oklahoma; a son William Keith Henry, MD (wife Carol Jane Nelson, MD) of White Bear Lake, MN; a daughter Mary Susan Kennedy, RN (husband David Kennedy) of Oak Park, Illinois; 5 grandchildren (Meghan, Daniel, Matthew, Nathan, and David) and 2 great grandchildren (Henry and Theodore). His greatest enjoyment was spending time with and supporting his family.

A celebration of his life will be held the weekend of March 11, 2016.

In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Positive Care HIV Program (http://www.hcmc.org/clinics/HCMC_CONDITIONS_80) at Hennepin County Medical Center (https://www.kintera.org/AutoGen/Simple/Donor.asp?ievent=343300&en=8gJLLTMrFaLKLPNsEcIMJQOvHcLQI2PzHdJLISNsEgJZLdI) or The Rural Health Care Initiative (http://rhcimnsl.org/content/donate) working to improve health care in rural Sierra Leone.