Seymour Tribune
Friday, April 22, 2005
Fred A. Henley
Fred A. Henley, 67, Centerville, Ohio, died Wednesday, April 20, 2005.
Mr. Henley was a member of Incarnation Parish in Centerville, Ohio, and a former long-time member of Sycamore Country Club. He was an inventor, systems analyst, software administrator, engineer and developer for the past 42 years and was actively involved in the development and implementation of many successful computer and systems solutions for many industries. He authored and co-authored processes such as Chrysler Corporation’s Aztec system (Just In Time), Time-Series Phasing, Bills of Material Processing in the manufacturing industry and systems such as the Electronic Medical Claims processes, being a pioneer in that process and documented as the first to do so in the United States. He began his software career with Chrysler Corp. in Indianapolis in 1958 and was promoted to the Power Train Group in Detroit in 1961 to develop the Chrysler Corp. automobile schedules for the 1962 model year. In 1963, he joined the software-consulting firm of Fleming, Medura and Conrad, Harper Woods, Mich. While with FMC as a consultant, he assisted in the development of Vlasic Pickles Inc.’s electronic nationwide order entry system, an inventory process control system for Peninsular Steel Corp., the community grading system and process for the Detroit Board of Education and a reporting selection system for R.L. Polk and Co. In December, 1964, he was the MIS Director for the Airtemp division of Chrysler Corp. in Dayton, Ohio. From 1964 through 1966, he also served on the MIS policies and procedures committee responsible for establishing software commonality and compatibility among the computer installations in Chrysler Corp. In late 1966, he was the MIS Director for the Stamping Division of Chrysler Corp. In 1967 started Computer Guidance, a software development company which implemented the first software installations for many of Dayton’s larger corporations, such as BG Danis and Coca-Cola. He designed manufacturing and production control systems for NCR and introduced their new Century Series computer in 1967-68. In 1982, establishing Med System Management, he was responsible for the development of the first software to file electronic claims to the insurance media. As CEO, he oversaw the receivables and facilities management for over 600 physicians in Ohio, Michigan, and California.
He was a son of Ray C. and Barbara Henley, who preceded him in death. 
Survivors include his wife, Jan, a son, Greg, a daughter-in-law, Debbie, and a granddaughter, Emily; two brothers, Tom Henley, Seymour; Terry Henley, Troy, Ohio; three sisters, Sandra Barnes, Flagstaff, Az.; Rayetta Akers and Laura Stahl, both of Seymour; a step-brother, Bob Combs and step-mother, Jane Henley, mother-in-law, Mary Anderson, a brother-in-law, Jim Sutherland.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Church of the Incarnation, Centerville, Ohio. Burial will take place at Calvary Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
Friends may call from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at Tobias Far Hills Funeral Chapel, Kettering, Ohio.