DOVER — Individuals who knew Bobby Hensley are remembering him as type and a constructive particular person.
Bobby L. Hensley Jr., 55, was found deceased Thursday, Nov. 4 in a tent on Moose Lodge property, 45 Chestnut St., in accordance with police. An post-mortem was carried out Friday, with the outcomes listed as “pending toxicology.”
The incident was referred to as an “unattended loss of life,” by Dover police Lt. Scott Pettingill.
A member of the general public noticed a deceased man in woods close to the 45 Chestnut St. constructing and referred to as police, in accordance with Pettingill.
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With all the eye being delivered to the plight of the homeless with the evacuation of the Willand Pond encampment, Julie Henderson, a buddy of Hensley, herself unhoused, has determined to carry a candlelight vigil in his reminiscence.
“I’m homeless however I attempt to assist others,” stated Henderson, who stated she lives in her automobile. “I do outreach like bringing individuals water, blankets, meals, Narcan, ensuring they’re all proper. I met Bobby after I began going to the practice station in Dover, the place homeless individuals typically collect. Bobby was all the time good to individuals. He was all the time grateful for no matter assist he obtained. I helped him arrange the tent behind the Moose Lodge. He was handicapped, in a wheelchair and his leg had been amputated.”
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The candlelight vigil will probably be held on Friday, Nov. 12, at 5 p.m. in entrance of Dover Metropolis Corridor. Persons are inspired to carry an indication, a candle and to decorate warmly. The announcement of the vigil may be discovered on the Fb group “Concerned Citizens for the Homeless of Dover, NH.”
Henderson desires to honor Hensley’s reminiscence and in addition to lift consciousness for handicapped homeless individuals.
“Bobby had a variety of well being issues,” she stated. “He had an an infection in his leg the place he had the amputation. It obtained so dangerous it was septic. He tried to get assist, however could not. He’s not the one handicapped particular person on the market and folks ought to know that. Some are veterans. I feel if somebody had put him in a hospital, even in a lodge, he is likely to be alive. He didn’t need to die like that.”
Hensley hoped to get a prosthetic leg
Sally Naredla, a cellular health-care nurse and scientific coordinator for Higher Seacoast Neighborhood Well being, supplied some perception into Bobby Hensley’s character.
“I met Bobby when he was in a 90-day rehab program at Turning Level (Southeastern NH Companies),” Naredla stated. “He had lately grow to be sober from alcohol and had simply undergone a below-the-knee amputation of his left leg. Regardless of being in a wheelchair and mainly having hit all-time low, he was all the time extremely constructive, type, upbeat and so respectful of myself and the remainder of our medical staff.”
Neredla stated Hensley had lately heard about an engineer at MIT who had designed some new type of prosthesis and he was decided to both meet that particular person or no less than study extra about the right way to get his personal prosthesis.
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“I consider he had began to fulfill with an orthopedist specializing in prosthetics and he instructed me he was planning to enroll to do a 5K subsequent 12 months, as a result of he was so decided to get a prosthesis, study to stroll in it, after which do this 5K subsequent 12 months,” stated Naredla. “He was a semi-professional boxer and talked quite a bit about his work as a boxer and coaching different people in boxing. He was completely decided to maintain his physique wholesome and get himself again to strolling once more, utilizing a number of the similar motivational strategies he used when he labored in boxing. He was all the time so type and constructive in all my interactions with him.”
“I’m so saddened to listen to that, within the days earlier than he handed, he was actively making an attempt to get into rehab once more. I do know there may be such a scarcity of rehab beds, particularly for individuals who want a medical detox. Maybe if he had gotten right into a rehab, this by no means would have occurred.”
