David Henderson

David Allen Henderson

David Allen Henderson, son of Francis Marion Henderson and Nellie Jane Taylor peacefully passed away on December 13, 2021, at 8:15 P.M. Mountain Standard Time from natural causes. He was born on December 27, 1947, in Raleigh, North Carolina.

David graduated from Needham Broughton High School in North Carolina in 1966. Following his graduation, he served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the Northern California mission from 1967 to 1969. Upon his return, he attended Brigham Young University.

He married Zeltha Janeel Ashmead in the Salt Lake Temple on June 4, 1971, after two years of courtship, followed by fifty years of marriage.

David served in the Army from (1971-1981). During this time, he lived in Colorado, Georgia, North Carolina and Utah.

David graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Sociology in 1973.  He later received his master’s degree in1987 from Utah State University.

David spent his life teaching Seminary and Institute to those with special needs. He taught in schools all over Cache Valley and in the Granite School District in Salt Lake City.

David loved his family. He was a wonderful husband, father and grandfather. His jokes and laughter brought joy to all. He was deeply dedicated to the gospel and cared about individuals’ needs. He never got caught up in labels, judgments, or behaviors. He simply and totally loved and accepted all individuals with a Christ-like love.

David is survived by his wife Janeel, son Dallen (Amy), and daughter Laneel (Brian) Perry, nine grandchildren, three sisters; Janet Walsman, Norma Henderson, Nancy Ferrin and three brothers: Nelson Henderson, John Henderson, and Tom Henderson He was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Julia and his brother William.

Funeral services will be held Monday, December 20, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. at the Fruit Heights 7th Ward, 24 South Country Lane, Fruit Heights, Utah.  Friends may visit with family Sunday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Lindquist’s Kaysville Mortuary, 400 N. Main St., Kaysville, Utah, and Monday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the church.

Interment will be at the Kaysville City Cemetery.

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