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Notes for Max H Henryson and Roberta Watson

1920 Roberta Watson (age 2, born in Illinois, single), daughter, lived in Mercer, Mercer County, Illinois, in a household with Robert L Watson (age 49), Besse L Watson (age 44), Frances E Watson (age 15), Edward Watson (age 13), and Jean Watson (age 8). Roberta Watson's parents were both born in Illinois. [1]

1930 Roberta J Watson (age 12, born in Illinois, single), daughter, lived in Aledo, Mercer County, Illinois, in a household with Robert L Watson (age 59), Bess L Watson (age 53), Edward W Watson (age 23), Jean Watson (age 18), and Opal Wolfe (age 51). Roberta J Watson's parents were both born in Illinois. [2]

1941 Bobbie Watson and Max H Henryson were married on April 19, 1941, in Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri. [3]


Marriage of Henryson / Hcnryson
The Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Illinois, May 19, 1941. [4] [5]

1999 Bobbie Henryson died on May 12. She was born on September 15, 1917. [6]

1999 Bobbie Henryson, daughter of Robert L Watson and Bessie L Wolff, died on May 12. She was born on September 15, 1917 in Aledo, Mercer, Illinois. [7]


Obituary for Max H. Henryson
The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, February 13, 2008. [8] [9]

2009 An obituary for Max Henryson reported [10]:

Max H. Henryson was born to Martin and Luttie (Carpenter) Henryson on six-six-eleven, as he liked to say, in Story City, Iowa. He grew up with his brother and sister on the family farm.

He won state and national awards for showing both sheep and himself. He was a Farm House Fraternity graduate from Iowa State University in 1938, and on an oil tanker in the Pacific in WWII. He married Bobbie Watson in 1941, moving to Corning, IA, in 1959 after working in Winterset, Leon, and Bedford. He spent 33 years serving farmers as a FHA Administrator.

Our proud Norwegian will live on in his trees, wit, stories, and our hearts. He’s off to his next great adventure at U of I Medical School; we only wish he could be a more active participant. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Sara Henryson, 1023 Kirkwood Avenue, Iowa City, IA, 52240, and we will send them to the hospice program at the Iowa State Penitentiary (Not tax deductible), or plant a tree anywhere (you can call it Max) but TAKE CARE OF IT! We will miss him desperately, but he said he was tired. Please join us at Bickford Cottage in Iowa City, on Thursday, February 14, at 1:00 P.M. to celebrate his life.

Max is survived by two children; Judy Youngberg of Osage Beach, MO, Sara Henryson (Gordon Goldsmith) of Iowa City, two grandchildren; Kel Youngberg (Dawn) of Bluegrass, IA and Leslie Palzkill (Jim) of Dewit, IA, six great grandchildren.

Max was preceded in death by his parents, wife, son-in-law Gus Youngberg and two siblings; Lloyd Henryson and Judith Askelson.


Footnotes:

[1] United States Federal Census, 1920, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[2] United States Federal Census, 1930, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[3] Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[4] The Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Illinois, May 19, 1941, page 16, [NewspapersClip].

[5] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com, [AncestryRecord].

[6] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, [AncestryRecord].

[7] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, [AncestryRecord].

[8] The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, February 13, 2008, page 14, [NewspapersClip].

[9] U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, [AncestryRecord].

[10] Iowa genweb, [URL].