Terry G. Henck passed away Wednesday, August 7, 2019 in his home. He was born January 22, 1962 to Harold (Bud) and Audrey (Jean) Henck in Cumberland, WI where he lived his entire life.  

Terry was a jack of all trades and everybody’s handy-man. Over the years he has waited on many of the locals and visitors of our community at Spankys, County Line and most recently the Anderson Thompson Post 98 American Legion.  

Outside of his family Terry had several passions, most notably racing and local government. He raced dirt track for 28 years and took pride that he built his later cars himself from the chassis, the motor, to the body. Terry had many loyal fans at several of the tracks in Wisconsin and northern Minnesota. He even managed to teach his “daughter” her numbers fetching him wrenches. To the day Terry passed away he wanted to get back out there again. He also served as a Barron County Supervisor for nearly 20 years. During his tenure he served on many committees. Terry was the current chair for the property committee and adamant to protecting our waterways by enforcing the setback laws. He also was a past member of the Barron County highway department. Terry was pivotal in the creation of Township days as it was his brainchild. He worked very hard with the commissioner to initiate this. It is still held every year helping find solutions and materials available to every township in our county. He was not only an advocate for Barron County, he also served at the state level on the board of directors and the executive board. From this Terry served us nationally and traveled to Washington D.C. to Tacoma, Washington and in between on our behalf. Transportation was very important to him, primarily the infrastructure. Anything from culverts, guardrails, bridges, roads, harbors and airports, he was well versed. Terry was honored to be elected by the citizens of Crystal Lake Township. He was diligent in learning everything he could from the beginning and all the changes that came along so he could best serve those citizens. He could talk (and did) for hours about county related issues. He was proud to work with Jeff French, Mark Servi, Dave Gifford, John Muench and Jack Nedlund. He always said, “I love him like a brother – but I’ll never tell him” when talking about any one of them.  

Terry loved and respected the great outdoors. Never would he get skunked when fishing. He would take his 1947 John Deere B for drives through the woods or down to the neighbor’s pond to watch the thousands of geese in the fall. Terry took great pleasure going through the woods and pasture behind the house finding many different apple trees, plums, blackberries, raspberries, chokecherries and varieties of nut trees. When terry wasn’t poking around the house, he loved to “Cable up” with his brother, Rick and “O” (his other brother) to enjoy four wheeling, shooting guns, escape from the hustle and bustle of life and eating like kings.  

Terry was preceded in death by his dad, Bud and his grandparents. He is survived by his wife, Brenda; his “daughter”, Anna; her fiancé, Adam Jansen; two beautiful granddaughters, Amiyah and Kynlee Nyhagen whom he adored; his mother, Jean (Jerry); brother, Rick (Kim); several in-laws, nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. We will miss him very much. Rest with God our love. 

A celebration of life is scheduled for Terry on Thursday, August 15, 2019 from 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. at the Anderson Thompson Post 98 American Legion, 1225 Veterans St., Cumberland, WI.  

Arrangements are entrusted to Rowe Funeral Home, 

Last Update: Aug 13, 2019 6:17 am CDT