WILLIAM DENNY JR. obituary

ROCKY BOY William

Denny Jr., 66, a resident of

Rocky Boy, died Sunday, June 4,

2006, at Northern Montana

Hospital due to complications

from a stroke.

His wake

service

began

Monday

night at the

family's residence

and

was to transfer

to the

Rocky Boy

Lutheran

Church this

afternoon.

His funeral

service will

be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at

Our Saviour's Lutheran Church

at Rocky Boy. Interment will follow

at the Jr. Denny Cemetery in

Rocky Boy.

William was born May 17,

1940, on the north slope of

Haystack Butte in Rocky Boy to

William Sr. and Hattie Oats

Denny. He was a kind and compassionate

person who loved

Rocky Boy's Reservation. He

raised his family there and

instilled in them all a hard-work

ethic. He was a member of the

Native American Church and

helped many people through his

prayers and songs. He was very

well known throughout the

Indian Country. He had six children,

12 grandchildren and six

great-great-grandchildren and

two more on the way.

William was preceded in

death by his parents; brothers,

Richard, Sherman, James

“Tuffy” and Earl; son, Curtis

Buckles; and a baby sister.

Survivors include his children,

Wilma Jean (Gilbert) Tyner of

Rocky Boy, Jeri Lynn Denny of

Roosevelt, Utah, Clinton Ray

Denny of Fort Duchesne, Utah,

Johnna Marie (Keith) Blackhair

of Fort Duchesne, Utah, and

Jerid Monroe (Maryanne) Denny

of Great Falls; 12 grandchildren;

sisters, Caroline St. Marks of

Idaho, Helen Louise (Keith)

Capps of Idaho, Winona Denny of

Alaska and Hope Denny of Rocky

Boy; brothers, Daniel Denny of

Rocky Boy, Hartford Denny of

Rocky Boy, Grant Denny of

Rocky Boy and Willy Jim Denny

of Louisiana; and many nieces

and nephews and extended family

and adopted relatives.

Arrangements have been

entrusted to Holland & Bonine

Funeral Home.