AIKEN, SC - Claude Riley “Bud” Henderson, 83, died June 6, 2018 after a brief illness.
Mr. Henderson was born August 30, 1934, in Franklin, PA. He was an outstanding athlete all his life. He was a high school state wrestling champion, winner of several golf tournaments, an outstanding bowler, and a minor league baseball pitcher. He also played tennis and umpired youth baseball games.
He was a graduate of the University of Maryland with a degree in journalism and served two years in the U. S. Army.
He spent most of his adult life as a newspaper editor, winning several awards for his writing.
He took time out from the newspaper business in 1983 to open a gymnastics academy in Wilmington, North Carolina, where he trained several state champions and national qualifiers.
He is survived by his wife, Peggy; three sons, David of Connecticut, Daniel of Connecticut and Douglas of North Carolina; and three daughters, Meghan, Nikki and Traci, all of Ashtabula, Ohio; two step-daughters, Stephanie Wohleber, Lorain, OH, Andrea Wohleber, Washington, DC.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Claude and Martha Henderson; two sisters, Jane Hanna and Shirley Parisi and a son, Dennis Henderson.
SHELLHOUSE – RIVERS FUNERAL HOME, 715 EAST PINE LOG RD., AIKEN, SC To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Claude R. "Bud" Henderson, please visit our flower store.
Mr. Henderson was born August 30, 1934, in Franklin, PA. He was an outstanding athlete all his life. He was a high school state wrestling champion, winner of several golf tournaments, an outstanding bowler, and a minor league baseball pitcher. He also played tennis and umpired youth baseball games.
He was a graduate of the University of Maryland with a degree in journalism and served two years in the U. S. Army.
He spent most of his adult life as a newspaper editor, winning several awards for his writing.
He took time out from the newspaper business in 1983 to open a gymnastics academy in Wilmington, North Carolina, where he trained several state champions and national qualifiers.
He is survived by his wife, Peggy; three sons, David of Connecticut, Daniel of Connecticut and Douglas of North Carolina; and three daughters, Meghan, Nikki and Traci, all of Ashtabula, Ohio; two step-daughters, Stephanie Wohleber, Lorain, OH, Andrea Wohleber, Washington, DC.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Claude and Martha Henderson; two sisters, Jane Hanna and Shirley Parisi and a son, Dennis Henderson.
SHELLHOUSE – RIVERS FUNERAL HOME, 715 EAST PINE LOG RD., AIKEN, SC To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Claude R. "Bud" Henderson, please visit our flower store.
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