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Mary Henley
Mary F. Henley, 73, of Kearney, Mo., suddenly passed away Sunday, April 17, 2011, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. Mary was born Aug. 7, 1937, in Newton, Iowa, to Charles and Vivian Stelplugh Fries. Charles passed at a very early age and Vivian married J.R. Jackson; together they lovingly raised Mary in Chillicothe, Mo. Mary graduated from Chillicothe High School in 1955. After graduation she moved to Kansas City, where she worked as a bookkeeper for a car dealership. At one neighboring dealership a young man named Don Henley from Marshall, Mo., was working selling cars. Don thought that the pretty little redhead would make a fine wife. He was right. Mary Fries married Donald Henley on Nov. 12, 1960. Together they owned and operated Henley Motor and Equipment Co. in Kearney for more than 20 years until they retired in 1999. Mary and Don shared 47 wonderful years as husband and wife until Don's passing in 2008. Mary was an active member of Kearney Community Covenant Church. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and friend. Mary will be missed by everyone whose life she touched and cared for.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Don, and her parents. Mary is survived by one daughter, Gayle Sembroff and her husband, Michael, of Liberty; one grandson, Aaron of Liberty; one brother, Kenneth Fries and his wife, Nancy, of Chillicothe, Mo.; a sister-in-law, Virginia Henley of Gladstone; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, April 22, at Kearney Community Covenant Church, 1820 S. Jefferson St., Kearney. Burial will follow in Glenridge Cemetery in Liberty. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 21, at Fry-Bross & Spidle Funeral Home in Kearney. Memorial gifts may be made in Mary's honor to Kearney Community Covenant Church.
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