Larry Henderson
Funeral Service Associate

Larry is from Indiana, moved to Tucson, Arizona in 1953 where he attended High School and the University of Arizona. He enjoyed a 37 year career with the National Park Service as a Park Ranger/Naturalist up to Park Superintendent throughout the nation, Venezuela and Carlsbad, NM until he retired in 1999.

Larry served on the Carlsbad City Council for a four year term, and began work at the funeral home in 1999.

Larry serves as Chairman of the Board of the Carlsbad Caverns Guadalupe Mountains Association, Board of the Carlsbad Community Concert Association, volunteers with the Carlsbad Hospital Auxiliary; volunteers for the Carlsbad Community Foundation; member of Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce; has held most committee leaderships positions in First United Methodist Church and represented the church at the Annual Conference for 8 years. He has served on Church teams doing KAIROS ministry programs in prisons, and provided leadership on many Christian "Walk To Emmaus" teams over the years. Larry continues to serve on City of Carlsbad Committees as needed. He is an avid hiker and backpacker, and leads group hikes into the mountains and deserts several times annually.

Larry has been married to Signe for 46 years. They have two grown sons: Eric and Scott, and four grandchildren.