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Gene Henning
GENE HENNING
Cedar Rapids
Gene Darrol Henning, 82, died April 9, 2015, at Grundy County Memorial Hospital of natural causes.
Gene was born April 27, 1932, in Iowa City, Iowa. He was raised in rural Parkersburg by his parents, Harold and Bertha (Stevens) Henning. Bertha died when Gene was 9 years old. In 1951, Harold married Marguerite Fernow when Gene was 16 years old, adding a younger brother and two older sisters to his family. Gene graduated from Parkersburg High School and Coe College. He lived and worked in Cedar Rapids; Denver, Colo.; Roswell, N.M.; and retired in Grundy Center to be near family.
Gene was display manager at Killians in Cedar Rapids and Sears in Roswell but said "the best job I ever had" was at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art. There, Gene was able to share his love and knowledge of art with guests of the museum and the Grant Wood Studio.
Gene was preceded in death by his parents and stepmother.
Surviving to miss him are step-siblings, Louise (Dale) Morgan of Cedar Rapids, Dorothy (Glen) Rapp of Denver, Colo., and Austin (Judy) Fernow of Grundy Center; cousins, Ron (Miriam) Neessen of rural Waterloo, Carol (Dave) Goodwin of Bourbonois, Ill., and Lowell (Ruth Ann) Trepp of Reinbeck; and many nieces and nephews.
Services rendered by the Cremation Society of Iowa. A celebration of memories and private burial in the family plot in the Parkersburg Cemetery will be held at a later date.
Memorials may be directed to the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Valley Hospice or the Grundy County Memorial Hospital.
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