Compiled May 5, 2026 - Person Sheet
Compiled May 5, 2026 - Person Sheet
NameVirginia Vera Henderson 
Birth7 Apr 1924, Minnith, Ste. Genevieve, Missouri
Death26 Sep 2014, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri Age: 90
BurialCape County Memorial Park Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Spouses
Birth25 Dec 1919, Missouri3400
Residence7 Apr 1930, 2519 Glasgow Ave, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri Age: 10
Death30 Nov 2002 Age: 82
BurialCape County Memorial Park Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
FatherWilliam Elmer Cayse (1892-1985)
MotherHazel Dale (1894-1980)
Marriage30 May 1947
Notes for Virginia Vera Henderson
Virginia (Ginny) Henderson Cayse, of Cape Girardeau, passed away Friday, September 26, 2014.
She was born April 7, 1924 in Minnith, Missouri daughter of Ada Boland Henderson and Dewey Henderson. After her mother’s death in 1928 she was raised by her father and her second mother, Emilie Henderson. On May 30, 1947, she married the love of her life, William (Bill) Cayse. They were married 55 ½ years.
Ginny graduated from Ben Blewett High School in St. Louis. She also graduated from Southwest Baptist College in Boliver, Missouri.
She taught elementary school in St. Louis County before moving to Cape Girardeau. Ginny taught 12 years as a teacher’s assistant in Remedial Math and Remedial Reading at Washington School. She was also a substitute teacher for many years.
Ginny felt blessed by God all of her life by her family, church and friends. One of the joys of her life was teaching young adults through the Sunday school of First Baptist Church in Cape. Ginny taught Sunday school for 42 years at St. John’s Baptist Church in St. Ann and First Baptist Church in Cape. Since 1993 she has enjoyed the fellowship at Lynwood Baptist Church.
Loving survivors are her daughters and their husbands, Joy and John Pharis of Keller, TX, Joan and Dave Goehring of Cape Girardeau and Janet and Wayne Harding of Wentzville, MO; granddaughters and their husbands, Amy and Jeff Lane of College Station, TX, Lesley and Bryan Ross of Southlake, TX and Lauren Goehring of Cape Girardeau; great-grandchildren, Jacob and Addison Lane, Ethan Ross; other loving survivors, Jackie (Cayse) and Larry Boyer of Altoona, IA, Michele and Bill Blood, Kimberly, Brian, Laura, Olivia and Alex Laube, Kelsey, Ryan, Trevor and Austin Sage; three sisters, one brother and their spouses, Audrey and Paul Dillard, Edith Heilmann, Claire and Bob Clearwater, Hank and Mabel Henderson.
Ginny is also survived by many relatives and many wonderful friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, a brother, Wesley Henderson and a sister, Edna Brannon.
Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. on Monday, September 29, 2014 at Ford & Sons Mt. Auburn Funeral Home. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at the funeral home with Rev. Mark Anderson officiating.
Entombment will follow in Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum.
She was born April 7, 1924 in Minnith, Missouri daughter of Ada Boland Henderson and Dewey Henderson. After her mother’s death in 1928 she was raised by her father and her second mother, Emilie Henderson. On May 30, 1947, she married the love of her life, William (Bill) Cayse. They were married 55 ½ years.
Ginny graduated from Ben Blewett High School in St. Louis. She also graduated from Southwest Baptist College in Boliver, Missouri.
She taught elementary school in St. Louis County before moving to Cape Girardeau. Ginny taught 12 years as a teacher’s assistant in Remedial Math and Remedial Reading at Washington School. She was also a substitute teacher for many years.
Ginny felt blessed by God all of her life by her family, church and friends. One of the joys of her life was teaching young adults through the Sunday school of First Baptist Church in Cape. Ginny taught Sunday school for 42 years at St. John’s Baptist Church in St. Ann and First Baptist Church in Cape. Since 1993 she has enjoyed the fellowship at Lynwood Baptist Church.
Loving survivors are her daughters and their husbands, Joy and John Pharis of Keller, TX, Joan and Dave Goehring of Cape Girardeau and Janet and Wayne Harding of Wentzville, MO; granddaughters and their husbands, Amy and Jeff Lane of College Station, TX, Lesley and Bryan Ross of Southlake, TX and Lauren Goehring of Cape Girardeau; great-grandchildren, Jacob and Addison Lane, Ethan Ross; other loving survivors, Jackie (Cayse) and Larry Boyer of Altoona, IA, Michele and Bill Blood, Kimberly, Brian, Laura, Olivia and Alex Laube, Kelsey, Ryan, Trevor and Austin Sage; three sisters, one brother and their spouses, Audrey and Paul Dillard, Edith Heilmann, Claire and Bob Clearwater, Hank and Mabel Henderson.
Ginny is also survived by many relatives and many wonderful friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, a brother, Wesley Henderson and a sister, Edna Brannon.
Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. on Monday, September 29, 2014 at Ford & Sons Mt. Auburn Funeral Home. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at the funeral home with Rev. Mark Anderson officiating.
Entombment will follow in Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum.