Henry Charles Bigler, born September 27, 1928, passed away in the early morning hours of Sunday, November 18, 2018 after a brief illness. Henry was born at the family home South of Humansville, near Plum Grove Church, to Fred Carson Bigler and Lucy Lea (Hamons) Bigler. He was the eighth of twelve children born to Fred and Lucy. During the financial hardships created during World War II, he moved to Kansas City as a teenager to live with older siblings and to work at Union Station unloading trains. He would later serve in the U.S. Army during the occupation of Germany, in the early 1950's. In 1958, Henry married Betty Jane Powers in Kansas City. Henry and Betty would move to Clinton where they would raise nine children. He worked for Champion Oil before starting at Stewart-Nattinger and would work there for over thirty years, retiring in 1993. He would later work several years at Radio Shack. Henry was a long time member of the Clinton VFW where he enjoyed weekly bingo and playing cards.

Henry is survived by his wife of sixty years and all nine children. Julie Morgan (Marty), Jane Ballou (Steve), Bruce, Brian, Melody Paddock (Kelly), Shawn, Tristan (Jessica), Travis (Dara) and Lindley (Amanda), all of Clinton. He is also survived by eighteen grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren. A great-grandchild, Andra May Turner passed away in 2004. Three siblings survive, Harriet Knifong, Raymond Bigler, and Mildred Hager as well as a brother-in-law Bob Howard and a sister-in-law Doris Fields and her husband Elmer.

Graveside service will be on Saturday, December 1, 2018 at Englewood Cemetery at 9:30am and a Celebration of Life will follow at 10:30am at the Clinton VFW. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Clinton VFW Post # 1894 Scholarship Fund. Fond memories and condolences may be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com .

Arrangements have been entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral Home, Clinton.