Henrietta attended Sacred Heart Catholic School from 1928 to 1938; on Dec. 1938 she was elected to Secretary of the Jr. Sodality of Sacred Heart School. She attended Hallettsville High School from 1939 to 1940. After graduating from Hallettsville High School, she attended Baldwin's Business College in Yoakum. She then went to Houston to work at the YMCA in the Physical Department from 1943 to 1978. In 1978 she moved back to Hallettsville and worked at Better Beverages Bottling Company until her mom got sick. Henrietta was put in the Hallettsville Nursing & Rehabilitation Center on August 4, 2010, after suffering mini strokes at home.

Henrietta is survived by her caretakers, Anita Migl and Dot Kehoe; and several cousins and their families. She was preceded in death by her parents and several uncles, aunts and cousins.

Funeral Mass Service: 10 am, Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Hallettsville. Rosary: 9:30 am, Saturday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Officiate: Msgr. John Peters. Burial: Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery. Memorials: Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Hallettsville or Hospice of South Texas.