Lake County Obituaries

Mary Matilda Henry

Submitted by Dorothy Henry

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Lake County Bee, October 4, 1946

NATIVE OF UPPER LAKE DIES; LAID TO REST THURSDAY 
Residents of Upper Lake and vicinity were saddend by the news of the passing of 
Mrs. Mary Matilda Henry, Monday, September 30. Mrs. Henry had not been in good 
health for some time and death was not unexpected and came peacefully. 
Miss Mary Matilda Morrison was born at Upper Lake on June 2, 1862 and spent her 
entire life in that community. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L. 
Morrison, pioneer residents of Lake County, and a sister to Fred Morrison of 
Lucerne. Three brother and one sister preceded her in death. They are Andrew, 
George and Willie Morrison, and Mrs. Elsie Graham. 
Mrs. Henry was the widow of the late Frank Henry, who died in 1935. They were 
the parents of three children, one son passing away in infancy, and a son and 
daughter are surviving. 
Survivors are the son and daughter, Sam Henry and Rosella Smith, a brother Fred 
Morrison. Five grandchildren Mrs. Jerome Casey, Mrs. Jack Parrish, Mrs. Henry 
Crabtree. Pat and Sammy Henry and five great-grandchildren. 
Funeral services were held under the auspices of the Jones Mortuary, Thursday, 
at the Upper Lake Cemetery by the side of her husband. 
Friends extend deepest sympathy to the family in the sorrow.