Jack Denney

JACK E. DENNEY ROCKLEDGE Jack E. Denney, passed away Tuesday, Au gust 19, 2008. Jack, a native Floridian, born in Deland, FL, September 25, 1932. His family moved to Co coa when he was very young. He graduated from Cocoa High School in 1950, where he played in the band. Jack learned to weld from his father in their machine shop. Later on, the Denneys opened one of the first filling stations in Cocoa where Jack would work and help his father. Jack served in the U.S. Army and he played his trumpet in the Army band. After his Honorable Discharge from the Army, Jack returned home and worked for Rockwell during the Apollo Pro gram. He received the coveted Snoopy Award and many other awards during his aerospace career. Jack was a certified welder of exotic metals and was specifically chosen for these crucial missions during the Apollo era. Jack worked on the Shuttle program for U.S.B.I. on their Solid Rocket Booster Retrieval Ships. Several years later, he transitioned to Lock heed, then United Space Alli ance. Jack was employed in predictive maintenance "ferro graphy", the analyzing of parti cles present in fluids indicating mechanical wear. His favorite pastime was fish ing on the St. Johns River. He also enjoyed hunting, flying planes, airboats, dune buggies, and riding his motorcycle. He was always mechanically inven tive, helping countless friends and neighbors with an easier way of making or repairing something. Jack was a Mason, belonging to Brevard Masonic Lodge #113 F&AM, and a 32 Scottish Rite Mason and he was involved in many areas of the community including the Mos quito Beaters. Jack is survived by his loving wife of 43 years, Judy; and two daughters, Amber DAmato and Kristina Bradshaw; and an aunt, Hazel Denney. Services will be held Tues day, August 26th, at 4 p.m. at the Rockledge United Methodist Church, 1935 Fiske Blvd. The family requests dona tions, in lieu of flowers, for the St. Johns Riverkeeper, 2800 University Blvd. N., Jackson ville, FL 32211. www.stjohnsri verkeeper.org