Henry Oden, a former editor for The Wall Avenue Journal in Washington, died April 15 on the age of 85.
An obituary states, “After graduating from Southern Methodist College, he started his 35-year journalism profession at The Wall Avenue Journal, bringing precision, perception, and integrity to his enhancing, influencing the views of numerous readers. An fanatic of barbecue and bicycling, he loved driving all through Virginia’s countryside, aways in the hunt for the right beef brisket. After retiring in 1998, Henry and Georgia moved to Lake Anna, VA, the place he continued to contribute to the Journal’s presidential election protection for a number of cycles whereas immersing himself in his area people.”
A former Journal colleague, Wealthy Jaroslovsky, wrote, “Henry was an ideal journalist — a type of folks the general public by no means knew, however who did extra to set the usual and improve the standard of the Journal’s Washington report than many people extra publicly recognizable names. I labored with him for 18 years, and he was an exquisite editor and colleague. He ultimately headed the information desk in Washington (the one which was not too long ago dismantled), the place he was faultless in his judgment and fierce in his protection of DC buro reporters.”