NOTE: Commital services at Beaver Valley Cemetery just northeast of Chadron, Nebraska will be held at 1:00 p.m., not 2:00 p.m. as previously announced in other media.
Glenn joined the Marine Corps after graduating from high school in 1968. Glenn was a combat-wounded Purple Heart recipient. He served 30 years and retired as a Master Gunnery Sergeant. In 1978, Glenn started Camp Hamilton Veterans Memorial Park, Inc. in Bakersfield, California.
Glenn is survived by his wife – the love of his life – Esther; children; grandchildren and siblings. He was preceded in death by his father and mother; his brothers, Arthur Denton and Gerald Denton, and his sister Mildred Denton Frohman.
Honorary pallbearers include Jose Barron, Oscar Barron, Raul Barron, Greg Frohman, Ronnie Denton, Dave Tiensvold, Mark Marquez, and all of Glenn’s family and friends. Visitation will be held from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., Thursday, December 7, 2023 at Chamberlain McColley's Funeral Home in Hot Springs, SD.
The funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, December 8, 2023, at Chamberlain-McColley’s Funeral Home in Hot Springs, SD.
Committal services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, December 8, 2023 at the Beaver Valley Cemetery near Chadron, Nebraska. Memorials may be given to Camp Hamilton Veterans Memorial Park. (CampHamilton.org)
Glenn E. Denton, Jr., 73, passed away November 25, 2023. Glenn was born January 31, 1950, to Glenn E. Denton and Joyce (McLatchy Leavitt) Denton. He attended Craven Creek School District 79 in a one room schoolhouse through the 8th grade. He attended high school in Rushville, Nebraska for 9th and 10th grades and graduated from Polson, Montana High School in 1968.
