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Dennis Gaynor Obituary

Published by The Times on Mar. 24, 2019.

Dennis Bryan Gaynor

HAMMOND-GRIFFITH, IN/EDEN PRAIRIE, MN - Dennis Bryan Gaynor of Hammond/Griffith, IN and Eden Prairie, MN, passed away Tuesday March 12, 2019 peacefully at his home at the age of 69, son of Mary and Merle Tom Gaynor Jr.

Beloved husband, father, son, brother and uncle, Dennis was a kind loving person to everyone and loved to read.

He was a Teacher, Professor and Dean of Colleges. Dennis attended Hammond Gavit and Griffith High Schools, graduating in class of 1967, and graduated from Ball State University, 1971 and Purdue University, where he received his Doctorate degree.

He is survived by his wife Carmella, children Glenda (Kevin) Robicheau and Dustin Gaynor, mother Mary Gaynor, sisters Cheryl (Gregory) Marren and Linda (Mark) Redar, and many nieces and nephews. Dennis was preceded in death by his father Merle Tom Gaynor, Jr. Dennis always had a smile on his face and never met a stranger. He will be greatly missed and loved by all his family.

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Bob Moore

September 5, 2022

I am saddened this Labor Day Monday, 2022, after an internet search to catch up with a former civilian coworker from the United States Military Entrance Processing Command headquarters at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in North Chicago -- to learn the man who hired me as a graduating senior at Northwestern University had transitioned on my birthday, March 12, 2019.

I spent two years working with Dennis in the marketing section of the testing directorate, and life in the office or on TDY was never a dull moment with Dennis. He would introduce you to everybody that he knew and then would engage in interesting conversations that were so engaging you had to wrap it up over a lunch or a dinner.

Dennis had a gift for taking difficult topics and bringing them down to a level that most everyone could understand. By the time I left USMEPCOM I had developed my own 30-second elevator speech on psychometrics with educators and school board members, with Dennis giving his trademark link through his glasses and I was on target.

If our conversations were not about marketing the ASVAB to schools, then it's always had a new life story update about Carm and the kids, his church community it is very tight Deerfield Wisconsin married friends (move over June and lol).

I will always be grateful for Dennis for giving me a job that allowed me to finish my 30 credit hours to graduate, and trusting me enough to go on no fewer than 20 educator conventions to Market the ASVAB.

To God be all of the glory, honor, and praise for allowing my path to cross that of an extraordinary man named Dennis, who it always introduced himself as Dennis Gaynor, just like Mitzi he'd always add.

Bob Moore
Management Analyst
HQ, USMEPCOM
North Chicago, IL
(now Brown Deer, WI)
Text or Call 773-818-2352