Denton, Forest S.

1944 - 2013  (68 years)

• Name	Denton, Forest S.
  Birth	12 Apr 1944	Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	DENT.F001
  _FGRAVE	105088585
  Death	10 Feb 2013	St. Francis Medical Centr, Cape Girardeau, Missouri   [1]
  Funeral	15 Feb 2013	Frank & Bright Funeral Home, Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  _MEMR	Watkins and Sons Funeral Home, Dexter, Stoddard County, Missouri   [1]
  Burial	15 Feb 2013	Bunker Cemetery, Rinard, Wayne County, Illinois   [2]
  		Headstone, Denton, Forest S.
  Person ID	I10868	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	Denton, Hershell B.,   b. 23 Oct 1923, Flora, Clay County, Illinois d. 8 Mar 2010, Clay County Hospital, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Strange, Bernice Evelyn,   b. 12 Aug 1926, Clay County, Illinois d. 18 Sep 2019, Flora Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	29 Nov 1943	Louisville, Clay County, Illinois   [3, 4]
  Age at Marriage	He : 20 years and 1 month - She : 17 years and 3 months.
  Family ID	F1619	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sullivan, Diane
  Children	1. Denton, Tracy > 2. Denton, Shirley > 3. Denton, Tina
  Family ID	F5233	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Hart, Wanda
  Marriage	2001	Bloomfield, Stoddard County, Missouri   [1, 3]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 56 years and 8 months - She : ??.
  Family ID	F5234	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 12 Apr 1944 - Flora, Clay County, Illinois Marriage - 2001 - Bloomfield, Stoddard County, Missouri Death - 10 Feb 2013 - St. Francis Medical Centr, Cape Girardeau, Missouri Funeral - 15 Feb 2013 - Frank & Bright Funeral Home, Flora, Clay County, Illinois _MEMR - - Watkins and Sons Funeral Home, Dexter, Stoddard County, Missouri Burial - 15 Feb 2013 - Bunker Cemetery, Rinard, Wayne County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Forest S. Denton (1944-2013)

  
  

• Notes

  Forest S. Denton, son of Bernice Evelyn Strange Denton and the late Hershell B. Denton, was born in Flora, Illinois on April 12, 1944. He passed away at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on February 10, 2013, at the age of 68 years. He was first married in 1965, to Diane Sullivan in Louisville, Illinois and three children were born. In 2001, he married Wanda Hart in Bloomfield, Missouri. He had lived in and around Flora, Illinois most of his life until moving to Puxico twelve years ago. He had worked as an electrician and plumber and was of the Pentecostal faith. Surviving are his wife; Wanda Denton; two daughters, Shirley Acree and Tina Kilgore; one son, Tracy Denton; one step-daughter, Anita Weedman; one step-son, Keith Moore, nine grandchildren; and four step-grandchildren; four sisters, Sharon Atchison, Karen Denton, Terri Ettleson, and Toni Carder. Other relatives and friends also survive. He was preceded in death by his father and one nephew, Bryce Ettleson. Visitation was held at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter, Missouri, and later at the Frank & Bright Funeral Home in Flora, Illinois. Funeral services were held at the Frank & Bright Funeral Home in Flora, Illinois with Bro. Jeff Hough of Johnsonville, Illinois officiating. Interment was in the Bunker Cemetery near Rinard, Illinois.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1466] http://www/findagrave.com, Obituary, Denton, Forest S., 68, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105088585/forest-s_-denton), none. (Reliability: 2). [S2933] http://www/findagrave.com, Headstone, Denton, Forest S., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105088585/forest-s_-denton), none. (Reliability: 2). [S1465] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Denton, Hershell B., 86, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49436602/hershell-b_-denton), none. (Reliability: 2). [S2875] Frank & Bright Funeral Homs, Obituary, Denton, Bernice E., 93, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203109478/bernice-e_-denton), none. (Reliability: 2).