The death occurred peacefully at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, of William Arthur “Bill” Henry of Charlottetown, aged 85 years. Beloved husband of Susan (nee Fraser), father of Lynn, Bonnie, Sarah, and Jenn (Jeff Grandy), and proud grandfather of David and Ella Gallant, and Fraser Grandy. Predeceased by his parents William and Evelyn (nee Bryanton), and sister Janice (Angus) McBeath.

Although his studies and vocation would eventually take him far from PEI, Bill was a staunch Islander through and through, often telling lively tales of his boyhood growing up in Charlottetown attending West Kent School and Prince of Wales College. From there he entered Dalhousie University in Halifax, where he earned a history degree, received his commission as an officer in the Canadian Forces, and met Susan, the fellow student he would marry in 1963. Bill was deeply proud of his decades-long service in Canada’s military, especially his significant and often perilous peacekeeping work in Cyprus, Egypt, Lebanon and across the Middle East. With his young family, he also lived in Holland and in many different cities across Canada, moving every two years to embrace new responsibilities. As proud as he was to be in the military, over the years Bill became prouder still of his children—four very different daughters who all grew up with the sense that no education or career path was closed to them. Bill’s last posting took him back to his beloved PEI, and it was here, after retirement, that he gardened, read voraciously, kept close watch over the people and animals in his Brighton neighbourhood and discovered the great joy of his later years: being a devoted grandfather to David, Ella and Fraser.

Resting at MacLean Funeral Home Swan Chapel. A Celebration of Life will be held on Thursday, July 24 from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. at The Haviland Club. A private interment will be held in Sherwood Cemetery. If so desired, memorial donations may be made directly to Island Nature Trust or War Amps PEI. Online condolences may be made at www.macleanfh.com

Donations may be made directly to:

Island Nature Trust

PO Box 265

Charlottetown, PE C1A 7K4

War Amps PEI

PO Box 788

Charlottetown, PE C1A 7L9