- Date Of Birth: November 4, 1926
- Date Of Death: September 26, 2012
- State: Michigan
Henry J. Dishburger, age 85, of Midland, beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend has left us here on earth to join his Savior Jesus Christ in Heaven on Wednesday morning Sept. 26, 2012.
The son of the late Walter W. and Mabel C. (McNulty) Dishberger was born in Texas City, Texas on November 4, 1926. Henry went on to Stephen F. Austin University where he received his Bachelor of Science Degree in 1950 and was selected as a Distinguished Stephen F. Austin University Alumnus in 1993.
He received his Masters’s Degree in Science in 1952 from Oklahoma State University. Henry served in the United States Navy during World War II in the Pacific Theater. He was employed with the Dow Chemical Company in research and development for Agrochemicals; retiring in 1990 after 35 years of service. He was a 60-year member of the American Chemical Society where he was Chairman, Vice Chairman, and Treasurer of the Agrochemicals Division of the American Chemical Society.
Henry was a member of Sunrise Baptist Church where he served as Treasurer and a Trustee, a Trustee of the Bay Area Baptist Association and Michigan Southern Baptist Foundation, Executive Committee of the Baptist State Convention of Michigan, and five years of loyal service as a Trustee of the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He had a heart for supporting small mission churches throughout Michigan. He was an avid golfer who loved playing as many different Michigan courses with his friends as he could. He twice accomplished the rare golfing feat of shooting his age; at 74 and later at 78.
Surviving is his wife of 61 years the former E. Merle Cox whom he married on January 28, 1951, in Nacogdoches, Texas; son, Paul T. Dishburger of Newnan, Georgia; DeAnn (Steven) Lee of Waynesville, Ohio, Denise (Tom) Clark of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; grandchildren, Jasmine Lee, Alicia Clark, Travis Dishburger, Jana Clark, Carolyn Dishburger; brother, Walter W. (Ruth) Dishberger, Jr. of Conroe, Texas; many nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, Henry was preceded in death by brothers, Thomas L. and Jackie Dishberger; sister, Elizabeth Sonnier.
