Dewey Rand Henderson of Wellsville, Utah, formerly of Taylor, passed away on Saturday, July 2, 2016, at his home of pancreatic cancer. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 9, in the Wellsville LDS 10th Ward Chapel located at 48 W. 4150 South in Wellsville. A viewing will be held at the church prior to the service from noon to 1:30 p.m. Interment will be in the Wellsville City Cemetery. Rand was born June 22, 1960, in Laramie, Wyo., to Dewey R. and Lorena Totter Henderson. He went to high school in Laramie and Lehi, Utah, and graduated in 1978. He served a mission in Puerto Rico during the years 1979-1981. He returned to Utah and attended Brigham Young University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science. He went on to the BYU law school and earned his Juris Doctorate degree in 1986. He clerked for a state appellate court judge in Phoenix, then moved to San Diego, Calif., where he clerked for a federal appellate bankruptcy judge and briefly worked for a law firm. He returned to Arizona and was a deputy county attorney for Navajo County until he opened his own law firm. He was a member of the bar in Arizona, California and Utah. He served as president of the Cache Valley Bar Association for one year and helped organize free legal services in Cache County. Rand and his wife, Lisa, served as the Cache Valley BYU Alumni Chapter chairs for five years. He enjoyed fishing, skiing, swimming and family history, though his hobbies suffered as he went through law school and then as he raised his family. He was devoted to his family and to his church service. He served as a bishop’s counselor 5 years and on the stake high council for four years in Arizona. He was affiliated with the Boy Scouts ever since he earned his Eagle and guided many young men through their progression toward Eagle, including his son Joseph and nephew Tanner Pickard. He was awarded the BSA District Award of Merit and a Scoutmaster training award in Arizona, and attended Wood Badge there. In Utah he served as the BSA Elk-Horn Unit commissioner for five years and also on the Elk-Horn District Committee Board. Rand moved his family back to Utah and continued to expand his business. He served as a temple worker in the Logan Temple for one year until he was diagnosed with cancer. He was preceded in death by his father, Dewey Russell Henderson; his paternal grandparents, Dewey W. and Emma Cranney Henderson; and his maternal grandparents, John R. and Elizabeth Van Sant Totter. Survivors include his wife, Lisa Dupree Henderson; his four children, Brianna Henderson, Laura Henderson (Kolby) Vogel, Brittany Henderson and Joseph Henderson; his grandchild, Liam Vogel; his siblings Dawn Henderson Mosley of Ladera Ranch, Calif., Fawn Henderson (Carey) Penrod of Trabuco Canyon, Calif., Kendra Henderson (Michael) Pickard of Moscow, Idaho, and Eric (Allison) Henderson of Battle Ground, Wash.; and numerous nieces and nephews. Nyman Funeral Home of Providence, Utah, was in charge of the arrangements.
