VELMA MCHENRY DAY
Velma McHenry Day, 92, of Connersville, passed away on Tuesday, November 23, 2021. She was born on June 26, 1929, in Jackson County, Kentucky to Jerry T. Isaacs and Melva Gabbard Isaacs Witt.
Velma married Ralph E. McHenry Sr. on October 23, 1953, in Connersville, they were able to spend 44 years together before he passed away in 1997.
Velma was a past President of the Eagles Auxiliary, a member of the Women of the Moose, Amvets Auxiliary, Fayette Memorial Hospital Auxiliary and White Shrine of Jerusalem.
She was the manager of Nickel Nook Restaurant for 12 years, then went on to work at D&M and retired in 1981.
Velma enjoyed working in her garden and bead crafting. Above all, the most important job Velma had was being a mother and grandmother. She cherished her time spent with her family.
She will be greatly missed by her daughters, Sandra Sandman, Shannon (fiancé David Counceller) McHenry and Fern (fiancé Lowell Scott) McHenry; seven grandchildren, Kim Spivey, Scott Houghland, Leonard Hobbs Jr., Rhonda Kidd, James Houghland, Robyn Blevins and Olivia Ammerman; 12 great grandchildren and 10 great great grandchildren; a brother, Paul Isaacs; sisters, Hazel Callahan, Fern (Luther) Seale, Alva “Tippy” Toler and Marsha Newton Zornes; and a special friend and caretaker, Lynda Swango.
Along with her parents and late husband, Ralph E. McHenry Sr., she was preceded in death by her husband of nine years, Irvin “Red” Day; a son, Ralph E. McHenry Jr.; daughters, Brenda Gayle Houghland and Barbara “Bobbie” Hobbs; a son in law, Jim Sandman; brothers, Frank Isaacs, Vernon Isaacs, Dewey Isaacs, Delbert Isaacs and Herschel Isaacs and a sister, Yvonne Richmond.
Visitation for Velma will be held on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, from 4 pm until 8 pm at Urban Winkler Funeral Home, 513 W. 8th St. Connersville, Indiana 47331. The funeral service will be held on Wednesday, December 1, 2021, at 11 am with Eric Hopkin officiating. Burial will follow in Dale Cemetery.
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