Chef Vanburen Henderson

VANBUREN HENDERSON, 92, of Huntington, passed away Friday, June 14, 2013, at the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House of Huntington. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at the Reger Funeral Chapel by Pastor John Skaggs. Burial will follow in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville. He was born June 30, 1920, in Huntington, W.Va., a son of the late Elijah and Maude Ferris Henderson. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army having served during World War II and the Korean War. VanBuren was a an executive chef, having worked at the Frederick Hotel in Huntington, the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., Greenhills Country Club in Ravenswood, W.Va., and other well-known hotels and restaurants. He was also a chef to three West Virginia governors, Cecil Underwood, Arch Moore and Sen. Jay Rockefeller, and he was privileged to be a chef to a number of famous people and government dignitaries, including Tyrone Power, Richard Nixon and John D. Rockefeller. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 65 years, Laura Treavel Mounts Henderson; three children, Jerry Lee Henderson and his twin sister Judy Marie Clem, and Carolyn Henderson; granddaughter, Bryony Elizabeth Henderson; three brothers and three sisters. Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Van Dwight and Nancy Henderson of Sacramento, Calif., and Dr. Dan W. Henderson and his wife Leigh Ann Henderson of Milton, W.Va.; two daughters and a son-in-law, Janet Crouse, and Joyce and Lee Daugherty, all of Baltimore, Md.; a host of grandchildren; and several nieces nephews and friends. Friends may call from 1 p.m. until service time Wednesday at the Reger Funeral Home. Graveside military rites will be conducted by the Veterans Honor Guard of American Legion Post 16 of Huntington. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.regerfh.com.