Gaylord Dennis Obituary

Gaylord Dennis, 79, of Oscoda passed away peacefully on Friday, Sept. 6, 2013, at his home at Turning Brook in Alpena, following a courageous battle with kidney disease.
Gaylord was born on Jan. 13, 1934, in Nashville, Mich., to the late Glen and Artie (nee Shull) Dennis, and served in the United States Army following the Korean War. He married the former Katherine Lundy on Sept. 25, 1954.
Gaylord worked for General Motors Oldsmobile Division in Lansing and the Proving Grounds in Milford for over 40 years.
He was a member of St. Andrews Episcopal Church, the Masonic Lodge in Howell and Lions Club in Williamston.
Surviving are his wife of 58 years, Kay; a son, Jim (Annette) Dennis of Oscoda; a daughter, Marjorie (James) Hamblet of South Dakota; six grandchildren, Evan Dennis, Eric Dennis, James (Arika) VonKannon, Renee (Steven) Shogren, Julie (Michael) Wilkins and Stephen (Christina) Hamblet; seven great-grandchildren; and a brother, Hubert Dennis.
Mr. Dennis was preceded in death by a sister, Betty Courtney.
Memorial visitation will take place at St. Katherine's Episcopal Church in Williamston on Friday, Sept. 13, from noon until time of memorial service at 1 p.m., with the Rev. Ron C. Byrd Sr. officiating. Arrangements have been handled by the Bannan Funeral Home.
Inurnment will be at St. Katherine's Episcopal Church in Williamston.

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Published by Iosco County News-Herald from Sep. 9 to Sep. 17, 2013.

Memories and Condolences
for Gaylord Dennis

3 Entries

John Church

September 3, 2025

Kay and Gaylord we´re with Mary and I I at a Gettysburg Pennsylvania church unknowing that the spot that the pastor asked me to sit in one of the pews was a very spot that president Lincoln sat before he gave the famous Gettysburg address. The four of us were in shock. The four of us did many things as we travel the state and country representing the bicentennial project of the state of Michigan as a member of that fifth Michigan regiment Civil War band. Sadly, the current band has no knowledge of our existence, but we were the original and we were proud to serve our state at Washington DC Gettysburg, and around the state of Michigan. I really miss Gaillard and I´d love to K and her children and grandchildren

John Church

March 11, 2025

Gaylor and Kay along with my wife Mary and I John Church we´re good friends at the members of the fifth Michigan regiment Civil War band in Livingston county. Our band was the bicentennial project in 1976 for the state of Michigan and we traveled around the state of Michigan as well as performing in Washington DC in front of the White House and at Gettysburgwhere after a performance, the minister at Gettysburg invited us to his church to visit the building well the other band members were hot and tired. It was really a rough day so OK Gaylord Mary and I went to the church to discover that it was Historical search, and with the elaborate fruit shoes, they were draped pairs of thick paired colors with gold caps in the end as they draped over certain areas just waiting up for a person to sit, and it turns out that these were the various spots were past presidents visit the church prayed before they went off to Gettysburg and do whatever celebrations or speeches or whatever the puzzle was giving at the time and the minister had me sit in this royal purple area, where the two ropes are ready the other side of me, and as he was discussing the historical nature of the presidency asked me which president where I was sitting at, and I looked at him and K and Gaylor and my wife Mary had no idea and the minister said that this is the exact spot where prayer that Abraham Lincoln Delton prayed prior to giving his famous Gettysburg address so I guess I was one of the very very few to sit there. In fact I may have been the only one allowed to sit there, but because we were representing the country and the bicentennial, and so that the minister fellow was that important for us to be recognized for what we gave to the community and Gaylor and Kay had the opportunity, but I end up sitting there and we made history. I miss Kay and Gaillard so much. I love them to pieces. They were the best friends on our many adventures with the band. Love to the family, John.

tracy hupcik

September 19, 2013

I had the pleasure of working for Mr. Dennis with the lawn and snow service I worked for he was always so friendly and loved to talk .to his family my thoughts and prayers are with you he was a great man.

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