Kenton L Denio

Kenton L Denio obituary, Smith Center, KS

Kenton L Denio

Kenton Denio Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Rentschler Family Mortuaries - Clark Gashaw Chapel - Osborne on Jan. 14, 2025.

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Kenton Lee Denio Kenton Lee Denio, age 65, of Osborne, Kansas, passed away on January 12, 2025. Kenny, as most of his family and friends called him, was born to Grace Arlene (Miller) Denio and Cecil Eugene Denio at the Osborne County Memorial Hospital on May 24, 1959. Kenny graduated from Osborne High School and completed his associate degree in Child Development. Kenny worked in several different jobs; but his true passion was to help at school as a para-professional assistant to teachers in the Osborne School System.In 2022 an illness prevented Kenny from continuing his work at the school. That did not keep Kenny from following Osborne athletics and his beloved Chiefs and KU Jayhawks.
Kenny was preceded in death by his parents and one niece, He is survived by his sisters Patricia Sallee of Smyrna, TN; and Sonja Deist of Wichita, KS; and a brother, Larry Denio, and wife Tammy of Monroe City, MO. Kenny is also survived by nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews and many friends.

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