[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 64 (Monday, April 15, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E349]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  HONORING THE LIFE OF BARRY HENDERSON

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                        HON. THOMAS H. KEAN, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, April 15, 2024

  Mr. KEAN of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life 
and legacy of Barry Henderson. A retired Rahway Chief of Police, Barry 
Henderson passed away on April 2, 2024, at the age of 83.
  Barry Henderson embodied the spirit of the city of Rahway, showing 
tremendous strength and heart in everything he did. Barry's status as a 
hometown hero started early as a high school star athlete and was 
solidified as he joined the Rahway Police Department in 1964, heading 
their Juvenile Community Relations Bureau, and continuously raising 
through the ranks until his promotion to Chief in 1988. Under his 
leadership, he made innovations in community policing, technology, 
training, and recruitment.
  Henderson received the New Jersey State Police Chiefs Association 
Humanitarian Award in 1997 and the New Jersey State PBA Lifetime 
Membership Award in 1984 and in 1987. Outside of his career in law 
enforcement, Henderson served for ten years on the Rahway Board of 
Education. He was a lifetime member of the Rahway Elks BPOE 1075, a 
member of the Rahway Yacht Club, and the Deutscher Club of Clark.
  He is survived by his son Edward and his wife Jennifer, his grandsons 
Shane and Brody, grandson Nicholas, granddaughter Ann Marie O'Grady 
(nee Hardoby), great grandson Jack, great granddaughter Elizabeth and 
great granddaughter Ada O'Grady, brother Robert, and many nieces and 
nephews. Our community mourns the loss of Barry Henderson, may he rest 
in peace.

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