Robert Harold Hendren

Robert “Bob” Hendren died peacefully on January 4, 2025. He was 79 years old. 

Bob grew up in Carmel, Indiana. He was the youngest child of Gilbert and Shirley Hendren. He is predeceased by his beloved older siblings, Gilbert, Michael, and Nancy.

Bob went to Wabash College. Always a free spirit, Bob took time away from college to travel and work in Germany and Turkey before returning to finish his bachelors degree. He then served in the US Army during the Vietnam war. Upon completion of his military service Bob worked in the family business in Indianapolis, the Hendren Printing Company. He then attended law school at Florida State University, after which he was a practicing attorney for 45 years. During his law career, he worked as a public defender, an administrator with the state of Indiana, and in private practice.

Bob was passionate about music and art, and was an accomplished musician; playing guitar, banjo and dobro and singing traditional songs as well as his own many compositions. He found his greatest joy in gathering and playing with other musicians, and he was instrumental in creating the traditional music club “Traditions” in Indianapolis, presenting national and regional acts including the great Ralph Stanley. He also created hundreds of abstract artworks with pencils, paints and pastels. 

He is survived by his daughter, Samantha Hendren of Indianapolis, IN, and son, Christopher Hendren of Ellijay, GA. Donations in his memory may be given to the Disabled American Veterans organization (https://www.dav.org/).