DR. B. D. HENRY DIES SUDDENLY
Oral Specialist Victim of Heart Failure—World War Captain.
ENDICOTT, Wash., Dec. 1.—Dr.
Byron David Henry, 60, whose
health had faltered recently, died
of heart failure today at his home.
He had returned but yesterday
from a vacation jaunt to Portland
and Pendleton, Ore.
He was born at Hamilton, Pa.,
and attended Jefferson medical
school at Philadelphia, from which
he graduated in 1899. He came
here, three years later.
He practiced in general medicine
and surgery until several years
ago, when he went to Europe to
study under specialists and returned to devote his practice to
eye, ear, nose and throat troubles.
Four years ago he set up an
additional office at Colfax, home
of St. Ignatius hospital, the largest
in Whitman county.
During the World war Dr. Henry
was a captain in the medical corps.
H« was a member of Masonic
bodies and the Shrine.
Besides his widow, Ruth, he is
survived by a daughter, Mrs. Dean
Irwin, Pendleton; a son, Byron W.,
at home; a brother, Dr. D. W.
Henry, Endicott; and three sisters,
Mrs. A. P. Setler, Valier, Pa., and
Mrs. Gertrude Crossman and Mrs.
Alzada Neal, Hamilton, Pa.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday at 10:30 a. m. in the
Methodist church here, the Rev.
William Martin, Pomeroy, Wash.,
officiating. Burial will be in Peace
Abbey mausoleum, Fairmount
cemetery, Spokane, Thursday at
4:30 p. m., when services will be
conducted by the Spokane com-
mandery, Knights Templar.