DAVID HENDERSON
David Lewis Henderson, age 75, of Sherwood Oaks in Cranberry Township, formerly of Ben Avon and Butler, died May 3, 2020, of complications from metastatic breast cancer.
He was born June 14, 1944, in Newark, OH, and was raised in St. Clairsville OH.
David attended Carnegie Institute of Technology, class of 1967. He served in the U.S. Army in Karlsruhe Germany from 1968-1970.
As a registered architect, his entire career was spent with Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann Associates (now Stantec) in the Butler and Pittsburgh offices. He retired as a principal in 2006.
His projects primarily included commercial and educational buildings in the Western PA region.
He was an active member of the Community Presbyterian Church of Ben Avon and served as a ruling elder and as moderator of the Pittsburgh Presbytery Foundation Board. Volunteer activities included North Boros Meals on Wheels and committees at Sherwood Oaks.
He enjoyed reading, gardening, traveling and his 1952 MGTD. His hobby of the last 20 years was building over 40 polyhedra of several classes.
He is survived by his wife, Rev. Dr. Jean Hyde Humason Henderson, whom he married February 17, 1968; daughters, Sarah Hyde Henderson (Alan Munter) of Gaithersburg MD, and Anne Davis Henderson of Washington, DC; grandsons, Carl David and Daniel Edwin Munter; nephew, David Todd Lee; niece, Elizabeth Ann Lee; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Richard and Linda Lee of Roxboro, NC; half-brother, James Henderson of Dunedin, FL; and several cousins and cousins-in-law.
He was predeceased by his parents, Lewis Pollock Henderson and Audrey May Davis Henderson of St. Clairsville, OH; and his sister-in-law, Nancy Todd Humason Lee of Fredericksburg, VA.
A memorial service will be held at the Community Presbyterian Church of Ben Avon, 7501 Church Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, 15202, when religious gatherings are again permitted. Burial will be private at the Sewickley Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to the Community Presbyterian Church of Ben Avon; the American Cancer Society, 320 Bilmar Drive, Pittsburgh, PA, 15205; or The Employee Appreciation Fund at Sherwood Oaks, 100 Norman Drive, Cranberry Township, PA, 16066.
Arrangements are being handled by McDonald-Linn Funeral and Cremation Service, LLC. 529 California Ave., Avalon, PA, 15202.
Please view the families online guestbook www.mcdonald-linn.com.