Obituary - Hugh Henderson

Hugh Calvin Henderson, 97, of Clovis, Calif., died Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, at Golden Cross Health Care in Clovis.

He was born Sept. 11, 1915, in Tyler, Texas, to Luther and Sarah Henderson. Calvin married Evelyn Maxine Cantwell in Ellinwood, Kan., on Dec. 5, 1936. The couple celebrated their 76th anniversary earlier this month.

In 1938, the couple moved to Holden, Wash., a mining community in the central Cascades that was accessible only by ferry on Lake Chelan. Calvin worked in the mine’s mill. The couple’s three sons were born in Wenatchee while Calvin worked for the mine.

Calvin worked for t...