Alfred James Henry, 84, of Nortonville, Kansas, died peacefully at home on Monday, May 3, 2021.

Alfred was born August 14, 1936, in Atchison, Kansas, the son of James H. and Edna L. (Ellerman) Henry.  On January 31, 1959, Alfred married Mary Kay Noll at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Nortonville, Kansas. 

Alfred’s family includes his wife of 62 years, Mary Kay; his children, Arlene (Don) Wheeler, Bartlesville, Oklahoma; Alicia (John) Robertson, Phoenix, Arizona; Jon (Judy) Henry, Oskaloosa, Kansas; Mark (Dane) Henry, Los Angeles, California; Paula (Lance) Larson, Nortonville, Kansas; Joe (Cheryl) Henry, Asbury, Missouri; and one daughter in-law, Jane Henry, Winchester, Kansas, two sisters, Dorothy Flory, Nortonville, Kansas and Naomi Hook, Lees Summit, Missouri, 24 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his oldest son, Wayne Henry, his granddaughter, Emily Jean Henry, parents Edna and James Henry, a sister Vivian Hoerner, and brother Donald Henry.

Alfred served in the U.S. Navy from 1954 to 1957, serving on the U.S.S. Hornet as a Naval Corpsman. Alfred and Mary began their married life in Atchison and moved to a farm north of Nortonville in 1962.  Alfred was a dairy farmer until 1985.  He took up bicycling and retired from farming to bicycle across America in 1990.  He and Mary bicycled and traveled many states, including Yuma, Arizona where they wintered for several years.  

 Funeral service will be Saturday, May 8th at 10:30 am at St. Joseph Catholic School in Nortonville, Kansas.  Burial will be at Pleasant Grove Cemetery, at Ellsworth and 238th Road, Nortonville, Kansas.    

Memorials are suggested to Nortonville Pleasant Grove Christian Church or The Atchison Family YMCA in care of Barnett Family Funeral Home, P.O. Box 602. Oskaloosa, KS 66066.   barnettfamilyfh.com