Charles Henkey & family

Charles Henkey, son of Henry and Mary Henkey, husband of Mary Ellen Laney. Worked at the Brown Shoe Company most of his life. His daughter Dorothy recently said to me, "He was the sweetest man".

Child #1

Edward L. Henkey

Born: 10 Nov 1912 or 1913 in Missouri

Married: Stella C. Gorzinski (died Jan 2004, buried Calvary Cemetery in St Louis, MO)

Lived in: Dupo, Illinois

Died: 14 June 1964

Buried: 17 June 1964 in Calvary Cemetery in St Louis, MO

Child #2

Harry Melvin Henkey

Born: 3 Feb 1921 in St Louis, MO

Married: 29 Mar 1947 to Dorothy Nichols (born 12 Jan 1919 in Topeka, Kansas)

Lived in: Florissant, Missouri

Died: 12 May 1995 in St Louis, MO

Buried: in Jefferson Barracks Cemetery in St Louis, MO

Child #3

Living

Child #4

Alice Ruby Henkey

Born: 18 Jul 1929

Married: Lindey Shaver

Died: 07 Apr 2000

Buried: 11 Apr 2000 in Jefferson Barracks Cemetery in St Louis, MO

Child #5

Jacqueline Sexton (twin)

Born: 29 Aug 1931

Married: August Nickens (born 26 Nov 1928; died 25 Feb 1989)

Died: 25 Jun 2008

Buried: 12 Aug 2008 in Calvary Cemetery in St Louis, MO

Child #6

Clarence Sexton, Junior (twin)

Born: 29 Aug 1931

Married: no

Died: Dec 1986 in St Louis, MO

Note: The two youngest were step children to Charles.