┌── Alfred Erastus "Al" Henshaw
│ 1868-1932
┌── Reuben Edgar Henshaw ──┤
│ 1900-1986 │
│ └── Constance Beatrice "Bea" Goodwin
│ 1878-1950
Dewey Wilford Henshaw ───┤
B: 1935 │ ┌── Samuel Patterson
D: 2013 │ │
└── Irene Etta Patterson ──┤
1905-1996 │
└── Martha Henrietta Wayne
M: Inez Marie Lowe
└── Marla Kaye Henshaw (1963-) 1,2
M: Bettie June Darrah
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Born May 5 1935, Parma, Canyon County, Idaho.1,3,4,5
Dewey started riding with the local Boise area horse trainer, James Nazworthy, and got to ride on several Northwest tracks, along with such greats as Eddie Arcaro and Bill Shoemaker, and knew Idaho local retired jockey Gary Stevens. On Labor Day weekend 1956, in his final race as an apprentice at 21 years of age, Dewey's mount clipped the heels of the horse in front of him and Dewey was thrown. He did several somersaults and landed each time on his head. He was in a coma for 40 days with severe brain injuries and not expected to ever walk, talk or see again if he did survive at all. He dodged the odds and did come out of the coma, but was badly handicapped for the rest of his life.6
He married Inez Marie Lowe, May 5 1961, Canyon County, Idaho.1,6,7 Inez, daughter of Charley L. Lowe & Anna Bartley March, was born Jun 1 1935, Dora, Ozark County, Missouri.1,8
Dewey and Ines divorced.1 Inez died Aug 10 1992, Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho; buried B72 L26E Sp6, Canyon Hill Cemetery, 2024 N Illinois Ave., Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho.1,8
He then married Bettie June Darrah1,9 [Bettie June Woods], 19921,9, Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho1,9. (Jun 1993).10 Bettie, daughter of Edmun Woods & Hazel Palmer, was born Oct 13 1931, Sterling, Logan County, Colorado.3,10
Bettie had been previously married to William Walter Darrah, May 21 1949, who had died Oct 15 1991.10
In 2000 Dewey and Bettie were residing in Meridian, Ada County, Idaho.3,11
About 2003 Dewey entered a medical care home due to health problems and the onset of Alzheimer's, partially due to an injury he incurred in September 1956 as a jockey.1
Dewey Wilford Henshaw died Apr 12 2013, Meridian, Ada County, Idaho; age 77.4,6,12,13,14
Dewey's death was reported in the "Idaho Statesman" on April 16-17, 2013,12,13 and in the "Idaho Press Tribune" on April 16, 2013:14
Dewey Wilford Henshaw, 77, of Meridian, died Friday, April 12, 2013 at a local care facility of natural causes. Arrangements are under the direction of Cremation Society of Idaho.
Dewey's obituary was published in the "Idaho Statesman" on April 16-18, 2013,4
Wilford Dewey Henshaw Dewey Wilford Henshaw
1935 ~ 2013Dewey Wilford Henshaw went to be with his Lord Jesus on April 12, 2013. He was born on May 5, 1935 in Parma, Idaho to Reuben Edgar Henshaw and Irene Patterson Henshaw. He graduated from Homedale High School and was a professional jockey until a riding accident ended his career. He later married Inez Marie Henshaw.
He is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Marla and George Freeman of Nampa; three grandsons, Shawn, Glen and Josh; his wife of twenty years, Bettie Darrah Henshaw; four step children, Sherylynn and Jery Gibson, Sam and Joan Darrah of Boise, Lon and Patty Darrah of Caldwell, Layton Darrah of Boise; one sister, Mabel Glosenger of Oregon; two nieces, Beckie Sommers of Greenleaf and Monica Henion of Washington. He was preceded in death by his father, Reuben Henshaw, his mother, Irene Henshaw; one brother, Dan Henshaw of Tacoma; and one sister, Dorothy Hatch of Nampa.
We will miss him. When we look at a rainbow, we will be reminded of him; when we watch a horserace, we will be reminded of the career he loved so much.
In 2004 Bettie was living in Meridian, Idaho.1
Bettie died Nov 5 2013, Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho; cremated, buried Kohlerlawn Cemetery, 76 6th St. N, Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho.10
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