On the evening of December 9, 2012, Denny passed away at St. Peters Hospital, while surrounded by his loving wife of 47 years.<\/p>\n
Denny was born on June 8th<\/sup>, 1937 in Regent, ND by Muriel & Alonzo Gray.\u00a0 At the age of 8 his father passed away and the family moved to Wibaux, MT.\u00a0 His mother was remarried to Leonard Job who became his father.\u00a0 Denny graduated from Wibaux High School with the class of 55\u2019.\u00a0 In 1960 he was drafted by the US Army and held an administrative position in Hawaii until 1962.\u00a0 After his honorable discharge, he worked for various construction companies including Studor Construction & Melko Construction.\u00a0 In 1965 he met the love of his life Vivyann \u201cViv\u201d Finco in Roundup, MT while road building for Studor Construction.\u00a0 They were married May 8th<\/sup>, 1965.\u00a0 Soon after they married, they had a daughter, Deanna.\u00a0 He went to work for The City of East Helena in 1970, in their maintenance department.\u00a0 In 1972 Denny went to work for GSA, in the building maintenance department.\u00a0 In 1973, Denny and Viv adopted their son, Troy.\u00a0 In 1993, Denny retired from the GSA.\u00a0 After retirement he worked part time for Enterprise Car Rental and with his son on various projects.\u00a0 Denny always had to be busy and was constantly working or fixing something.<\/p>\n In his earlier years, Denny and Viv purchased a recreational cabin in Lincoln, MT, where he enjoyed riding motorcycles and snowmobiles with family and friends.\u00a0 His favorite snowmobile ride was the night poker run held by the Ponderosa Snow Warriors.\u00a0 Denny and Viv were avid dancers and even won an award for their swinging skills at Montana Al\u2019s.\u00a0 He enjoyed walking his adopted dog \u201cSnoop\u201d and sometimes walked him over 4 miles a day.\u00a0 He liked to hunt and fish with his grandsons and Rory Hoffman.\u00a0 In the last few years he has enjoyed traveling several times to the Oregon Coast and Reno, NV to spend time with family.\u00a0 He also enjoyed annual events like Depot Days in Wallace, ID and Hot August Nights in Reno.\u00a0 He loved the Holidays and being surrounded by family and friends.\u00a0 His greatest joys were his wife and grandchildren.<\/p>\n He was a member of the American Legion-Post #2, and had great pride and respect for our Military Veterans, especially his Grandson Dustin who spent 6 years in the Navy.<\/p>\n The most important parts of his life were his wife of 47 years, his children, and grandchildren.\u00a0 He was always there to lend a helping hand when needed.<\/p>\n Denny was proceded in death by Alonzo Gray (father), Bernie Job (brother), Muriel Job (mother), Leonard Job (step father).<\/p>\n Denny is survived by Vivyann Gray (wife), Deanna Hoffman (daughter), Troy Gray (son), Dustin Hoffman (grandson), Trevin Hoffman (grandson), Ashley Bird (granddaughter),\u00a0 Darlene Huseby (sister), Marilyn \u201cTootie\u201d Weyer (sister), Claudia Bakken (sister), and Shirley Gundlach (sister).<\/p>\n Special thanks needs to go out to Butch & Ronda Huseby, Brian & Dana Huseby, Brent & Donna Huseby, Shirley Gundlach, Darlene Huseby, Shane & Shelly Moderie, Ross Battershell, Eleanor Vargas, and Joe Kokoruda for their support during his last days.<\/p>\n This man will be missed by many family and friends.<\/p>\n \u00a0A graveside service, with military honors, will be held at 11:00 am Friday December 14, 2012 at the Montana State Veterans Cemetery at Fort Harrison.\u00a0 A reception will follow the graveside service at the American Legion, Post #2; 3095 Villard Ave. Memorials in Dennis\u2019 name are suggested to Frontier Home Health & Hospice, 800 Front St., Helena, MT 59601 or Lewis & Clark Humane Society, P.O. Box 4455, Helena, MT 59604. Please visit www.aswfuneralhome.com to offer the family condolences or share a memory of Dennis.<\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Gray-Dennis.gif","youtube_video_url":"","family_email":"","family_first_name":"","family_last_name":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case\/3235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}