The Hendee Family Tree

Robert Gordon Hendee

Person Chart

Parents

Father	Date of Birth	Mother	Date of Birth
Hal Willliam Hendee	20 Mar 1894	Lula (May) Minyon Brooks	14 Aug 1900

Partners

Partner	Date of Birth	Children
Barbara Ellen E Stiffler	27 Jan 1930	Brenda Hendee (Shinaver) Diane Hendee Gary Hendee James Hendee

Person Events

Event Type	Date	Place	Description
Birth	31 Aug 1926	Michigan
Place of Residence	1930	Woodland, Barry, Michigan
Place of Residence	1935	Rural, Barry, Michigan
Place of Residence	1940	Portland Township, Ionia, Michigan, United States
Marriage	29 Jul 1949
Death	22 Jun 2015		Y
Burial		Danby Cemetary

Notes


Robert Gordon Hendee Portland, Michigan Age 88, passed away on Monday, June 22, 2015. He was born on August 31, 1926 in Woodland, MI the son of Hal and Lula (Brooks) Hendee. Mr. Hendee was a member of the First Baptist Church in Portland, a member of the Portland V.F.W. Post #4090, and was a member of the International Union of Operating and Engineers #324 for 50 years, and was Treasurer of the retiree club for many years. Robert enjoyed traveling, hunting, fishing, playing cards, and loved his horses. He enjoyed being with his grandchildren and great grandchildren. Preceding him in death were his wife of 62 years, Barbara; siblings, Fred (Mae) Hendee, Raymond Hendee, Dwayne Hendee, Gayla Stafford, Arlene Thelen, and Lenora Hendee; brothers-in-law, Dale Stiffler, and 2 infants. Surviving are his children, Brenda (Ronald Shinaver, Jr) Dumas, Diane Hendee, Gary (Luann) Hendee, and James Hendee; grandchildren, Duane (Amy) Hendee, Craig (Marissa) Hendee, Kimberly (Bob) Loomis, and Jesse Dumas; great grandchildren, Katelyn, Nicholas and Tyler Hendee, Matthew Hendee, Sam Bucio, and Caleb Loomis; in-laws, Ted (Orpha) Stiffler, Robert (Connie) Stiffler, Gladys Stiffler, Jerome Thelen, Dorothy Hendee, and Joyce Peterson; many nieces and nephews. The Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, June 26, 2015 at Lehman Funeral Homes, 210 E. Bridge Street, Portland, with Pastor Gary Coleman of the First Baptist Church presiding. Interment will follow at Danby Township Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, and 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Thursday at Lehman Funeral Homes, 210 E. Bridge Street, Portland. In Lieu of Flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church of Portland, in memory of Mr. Hendee.
This is my dad's graduation picture (1944) -- he was drafted into the Navy right out of high school. That is also his Navy portrait. Dad was a Navy SeaBee (Construction Battlion). Dad attained the rank of Gunner's Mate 3rd Class (which he said was like a sargeant in the Army). He was the man in charge of the armory on Okinawa, he handed out weapons to men who went on patrols. The other 2 pictures are of dad on Okinawa in 1945, the last island before the planned Invasion of Japan. -- Dad was alsways handy with carpentry stuff and made several footlockers for the Airforce guys on Okinawa. To pay back the favor, they took him for a ride in a B-29 bomber and did a fly over of what used to be Hiroshima. He said all that was left was a big crater in the ground.-- They said "the A-bomb" save thousands of American lives. As my dad explained it, the SeaBees went in in the first wave with the Marines in an amphibious assault and he would have been in that first wave. But the "bomb" ended the war and they never hadto have the very bloody invasion of Japan. So my dad's life is one of those lives the bomb saved. -- The war ended, he came home, he met my mom and they got married in 1949. They started a family and I am one of their children. So not only did the bomb save dad's life, it saved mine too, as had dad went ashore in the first wave assault on the idland of Japan chances are good he would not have survived. But because he survived, I was born in 1962 and life continued on. -- As far as the bomb and the Japanese attacking Pearl Harbor in 1941, dad would always say... "they started it, and by God we finished it"... on the back side of mom and dad's grave they posted a brass plaque honoring his time spent in the US Navy.

Robert Gordon Hendee
Portland, Michigan

Age 88, passed away on Monday, June 22, 2015. He was born on August 31, 1926 in Woodland, MI the son of Hal and Lula (Brooks) Hendee.

Mr. Hendee was a member of the First Baptist Church in Portland, a member of the Portland V.F.W. Post #4090, and was a member of the International Union of Operating and Engineers #324 for 50 years, and was Treasurer of the retiree club for many years. Robert enjoyed traveling, hunting, fishing, playing cards, and loved his horses. He enjoyed being with his grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Preceding him in death were his wife of 62 years, Barbara; siblings, Fred (Mae) Hendee, Raymond Hendee, Dwayne Hendee, Gayla Stafford, Arlene Thelen, and Lenora Hendee; brothers-in-law, Dale Stiffler, and 2 infants. Surviving are his children, Brenda (Ronald Shinaver, Jr) Dumas, Diane Hendee, Gary (Luann) Hendee, and James Hendee; grandchildren, Duane (Amy) Hendee, Craig (Marissa) Hendee, Kimberly (Bob) Loomis, and Jesse Dumas; great grandchildren, Katelyn, Nicholas and Tyler Hendee, Matthew Hendee, Sam Bucio, and Caleb Loomis; in-laws, Ted (Orpha) Stiffler, Robert (Connie) Stiffler, Gladys Stiffler, Jerome Thelen, Dorothy Hendee, and Joyce Peterson; many nieces and nephews.

The Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, June 26, 2015 at Lehman Funeral Homes, 210 E. Bridge Street, Portland, with Pastor Gary Coleman of the First Baptist Church presiding. Interment will follow at Danby Township Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, and 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Thursday at Lehman Funeral Homes, 210 E. Bridge Street, Portland.

In Lieu of Flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church of Portland, in memory of Mr. Hendee.

This is my dad's graduation picture (1944) -- he was drafted into the Navy right out of high school. That is also his Navy portrait. Dad was a Navy SeaBee (Construction Battlion). Dad attained the rank of Gunner's Mate 3rd Class (which he said was like a sargeant in the Army). He was the man in charge of the armory on Okinawa, he handed out weapons to men who went on patrols. The other 2 pictures are of dad on Okinawa in 1945, the last island before the planned Invasion of Japan. -- Dad was alsways handy with carpentry stuff and made several footlockers for the Airforce guys on Okinawa. To pay back the favor, they took him for a ride in a B-29 bomber and did a fly over of what used to be Hiroshima. He said all that was left was a big crater in the ground.-- They said "the A-bomb" save thousands of American lives. As my dad explained it, the SeaBees went in in the first wave with the Marines in an amphibious assault and he would have been in that first wave. But the "bomb" ended the war and they never hadto have the very bloody invasion of Japan. So my dad's life is one of those lives the bomb saved. -- The war ended, he came home, he met my mom and they got married in 1949. They started a family and I am one of their children. So not only did the bomb save dad's life, it saved mine too, as had dad went ashore in the first wave assault on the idland of Japan chances are good he would not have survived. But because he survived, I was born in 1962 and life continued on. -- As far as the bomb and the Japanese attacking Pearl Harbor in 1941, dad would always say... "they started it, and by God we finished it"... on the back side of mom and dad's grave they posted a brass plaque honoring his time spent in the US Navy.

Sources

Description	Page	Quality	Information	Evidence
Hendee Web Site	https://www.myheritage.com/person-1500007_345001571_345001571/robert-hendee	Don't know	Primary	Don't know
Robert G Hendee in household of Hal W Hendee, "United States Census, 1930"		Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Robert G Hinder in household of Hal W Hinder, "United States Census, 1940"		Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Robert Gordon Hendee, "Find A Grave Index"		Don't know	Don't know	Don't know

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Pictures

Robert Gordon Hendee

Robert Gordon Hendee 1944

1952 USS John R Pierce (DD-753)

Robert G & Barbara Hendee

Robert Gordon Hendee, Okinawa

Robert G Hendee 1944 Navy CB

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