Longtime Rumsonite Peter “Pop” Henderson, also of Palm Beach, FL, passed away peacefully on Nov. 24 following a severe stroke. He was 90.
Born and raised in South Orange, Pop was the youngest of seven children. He attended Seton Hall University, “where he liked to tell his kids he was the last one cut from the National Championship basketball team.” He was a captain in the U.S. Army at Fort Monmouth and started his career at Henderson Brothers, Incorporated, the family-owned specialist firm on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), where his great grandfather John C. Henderson first purchased a seat in 1862.
Pop worked his way up to become president of Henderson Brothers, overseeing all trading in a multitude of stocks including Ford Motor Company, American Express and Berkshire Hathaway. Henderson Brothers was the oldest and eventually became the second largest Specialist firm on the NYSE until it was bought by Labranche & Co. in March of 2000.
Pop was pre-deceased by: his wife, Maureen; his four brothers, Charles, Robert, Joseph and John.
He is survived by: his sisters, Mary Seaman-Meyer and M. Anita Gassert; his loving children, Peter (Gracie), Goose (Kristina), Ted (Wendy), Jim (Carol), Doug and Margot (Aaron); his grandchildren, Peter, Alex, Shamus, Ryan, Trevor, Liza, Charlotte, Paige, Teddy, Connor, Emily, Madeline, Graham, Pierce, Hadley, Campbell, Piper, and Victoria; and his great-grandchildren, Michael, Kennedy, Harper, Kiera, Lilly, Madeline, Elise, and Ryan.
Funeral services will be held at Holy Cross Church in Rumson at 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 29. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Parker Family Health Center in Red Bank in Peter’s memory.
— Edited obituary prepared by family via John E. Day Funeral Home
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