Patricia ‘Trish’ Henry

WAUSA – Memorial services for Patricia “Trish” Henry, 71, Wausa, will be held at a later date.

Burial will be in Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery in Lincoln. Brockhaus Funeral Home in Wausa is in charge of arrangements. Trish died Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, at Good Samaritan Society in Bloomfield.

Patricia “Trish” Henry, daughter of Dalton and Berniece (Henrickson) Gillilan, was born Feb. 10, 1951, in Osmond. She attended Goldenrod Elementary and Wausa High School.

Trish married David Ellingson in 1969 and had two children, Christopher Ellingson in 1970 and Carrie Ellingson in 1972.

On April 29, 1989, Trish married Gary Henry in Lincoln. Trish was employed as an office manager for legal counsel at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln for most of her career.

Trish is survived by her children, Christopher Ellingson, Lima, Wyo., and Carrie Klaege of Tupac, Ariz.; grandchildren, Natalie, Sydney and Chloe Klaege; sister, Sharon (Gary) Hall, Elizabeth, Colo.; brother-in-law, Fred Frank, Wausa; nieces and nephews, John Heckathorn III, Dakota Dunes, S.D.; Mike Heckathorn, Omaha; Jeff Frank, Lincoln; Stephanie Young (Paul Kingswell), Woodinville, Wash.; Andrew (Connie) Young, Conifer, Colo.; Jessi Kingswell, New York; and Sam Kingswell, Woodinville, Wash.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Dalton and Berniece Gillilan; husband, Gary; sisters, Kathy Frank and Beth Heckathorn; and brother-in-law, John Heckathorn Jr.