Denny, 73, passed away Monday, April 14, 2003, at Brendan House in Kalispell.

He graduated from the University of Montana in Missoula, where he earned his degree in Forestry and jumped at Missoula from 1950-51 and Grangeville 1952. He worked most of his life as a forester. His last job was with Stoltz Land and Lumber Company in Columbia Falls.

Denny served in the U.S. Army. He was a member of the American Foresters and a past member of the Lions Club. Denny was one of the three founders of the Back Country Horsemen of America in 1973.