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Clifford Denton

Male 1912 - 1994  (81 years)


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  • Name Clifford Denton 
    Nickname Chink 
    Born 11 Aug 1912  Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 14 Jul 1994  St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3367  Rossville
    Last Modified 20 Apr 2017 

    Father Jesse Denton, Sr.,   b. 6 Jan 1886, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jun 1965, Hawthorne, Los Angeles County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Martha Matilda McCoy Denton,   b. 1881,   d. 4 Aug 1955  (Age 74 years) 
    Family ID F1663  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Kathryn Zemek Denton 
    Married 24 May 1933  St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Gary L Denton,   b. 12 Aug 1938, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 May 2006, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     2. Thomas Patrick Denton
     3. Marlene K Denton Sack
     4. Larry D Denton
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2017 11:05:43 
    Family ID F1664  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Denton, Clifford
    Obituary- Denton, Clifford
    Clifford ‘Chink’ Denton
    ST. MARYS — Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the Verschelden Chapel in St. Marys for Clifford "Chink” Denton, 81, St. Marys. He died Thursday, July 14, 1994, at his home.

    Mr. Denton was a jobber for Philips Petroleum Co. for 35 years. He also owned and operated Denton Salvage until he retired in 1975.

    He was born Aug. 11, 1912, in Rossville, the son of Jesse and Matilda McCoy Denton. He had lived in St. Marys since 1933.

    He was married to Kathryn Zemek on May 24, 1933, in St. Marys. She survives.

    Other survivors include three sons, Larry D. Denton and Gary L. Denton, both of St. Marys, and Thomas P. Denton, Silver Lake; a daughter, Marlene K. Sack, St. Marys; a brother, Lloyd Denton, Sun City West, Ariz.; 12 grandchildren; and eight great¬grandchildren.

    Burial will be at Mount Calvary Cemetery in St. Marys. Mr. Denton will lie in state after 10 a.m. today at the funeral chapel where the rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. today. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.



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