Henke, Robert A.

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Robert Arthur Henke

Robert Arthur Henke was born on July 5, 1923, in Manhattan, New York, to Alberta Caroline Davidson, age 20, and Hubert Whitmyre Henke, age 25. He attended Rye Schools, Genesee Wesleyan and Clemson College in South Carolina.

Robert enlisted March 18,1943 and served in the U.S. Army during World War II.

He married Eleanor Yarter on September 23, 1946, in Greenwich, Connecticut. He had four children during his marriage. In 1950 they were living in Rye on Milton Road with Eleanor’s parents. Robert was working as a heat treater at an electric motor company.

Robert and his family would soon move to Argyle, NY. He was a member of the Argyle Unitarian Presbyterian Church, Argyle Post 1518 of the American Legion and was President of the Argyle Central PTA.

Robert A. Henke, 32, a veteran of World War II, died Sunday morning in the Veterans Hospital at Albany, N. Y., after an illness of several months.

At the time of his death, he was survived by his wife, Eleanor Yarter Henke; two sons, Robert A., Jr., and Guy W.; two daughters, Roxanne A. and Gale L. all of the home address, his mother, Mrs. George Magner of Rye, and father, Hubert Henke of New York City; two sisters Mrs. Robert O’Keefe and Miss Carol Magner, and a nephew, Scott O’Keefe all of Rye.

Funeral services were held at the Kilmer Funeral House with the Rev. William Muir, pastor of the Argyle Unitarian Presbyterian Church officiating. Interment was in Prospect Hill Cemetery.