Jan. 10, 1939, at Vienna, a son of Clyde Avery and Mabel (Frey) Honse, and passed from this life Thursday, July 28, 2022, in Phelps Health, Rolla. He was married on Dec. 26, 1958, to the former Miss May Vera Backues, by Travis John, Sr. at his residence in Vienna, with Bonnie Backues and Edwin Honse serving as witnesses. To this union two children were born.