Dennis Franklin Herrin & Joyce Carol Ogden

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1944 Dennis and Joyce (Ogden) Herrin

Husband: Dennis Franklin Herrin (1 2)

Born: 23 JUL 1920 in Hico, Hamilton Co., Texas (3 4)
Married:
Died: 19 SEP 1998 in Palmer Pioneer Home, Palmer, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska
Father:
Mother:
Spouses:

1944 Dennis Herrin

Wife: Joyce Carol Ogden

Born: 27 JUN 1924 in Elgin, Kane Co., Illinois
Died: 19 DEC 2004 in Palmer Pioneer Home, Palmer, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska (6)
Father:
Mother:
Spouses:

1939 Joyce Ogden

Children

01 (M): Dennis Franklin Herrin, Jr. (7 8)
Born: 29 APR 1945 in Elgin, Kane Co., Illinois (9)
Died: 11 JUN 1976 in Turnagain Pass, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska (10)
Spouses:

1963 Dennie Herrin

02 (F): Carol Joyce Herrin
Born: (Private)
Died:
Spouses:

1966 Carol Herrin

03 (M): Patrick Gerald Herrin
Born: (Private)
Died:
Spouses:

1966 Pat Herrin

04 (M): John Craig Herrin
Born: (Private)
Died:
Spouses:

1967 Craig Herrin

05 (F): Kathy Ann Herrin
Born: (Private)
Died:
Spouses:

1969 Kathy Herrin

06 (M): Rodney Jay Herrin
Born: (Private)
Died:
Spouses: Catherine Lynn Van Valkinburgh

1977 Rod Herrin

Additional Information

Dennis Franklin Herrin:

Name: Bunny
Name: Hookem
Name: Whitey
Cause of Death: Heart Failure
Buried: 26 SEP 1998, Hico, Hamilton Co., Texas
Occupation: See Obituary
Residence: between 1967 AND 1972, Kenai, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska
Residence: between 1973 AND 1978, Eagle River, Greater Anchorage Area Borough, Alaska
Residence: between 1978 AND 1998, Palmer, Matanuska Susitna Borough, Alaska
SSN issued: Railroad Board (Issued Through) ⁵

Notes:
Headline: Obituaries
Publication Date: September 26, 1998
Source: The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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Subjects:
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Obituary:
PALMER, Alaska - Dennis Franklin Herrin, 78, died Saturday, Sept.
19, 1998, in Palmer.
Funeral: 11 a.m. Saturday at Rutledge Funeral Home in Hico.
Burial: Hico Cemetery.
Dennis Franklin Herrin was born July 23, 1920, in Hamilton. After leaving high school, he worked in a large CCC camp in Gatesville. In
1940, he joined the Navy and was on the Neutrality Patrol in the Atlantic Ocean before World War II, where he was privileged to meet Prime Minister Winston Churchill and King George of England. He served aboard a number of various kinds of ships during his eight-year Navy career, most notably the battleship USS New Mexico, the Promethius, and two sea plane tenders, the Cook Inlet and the Valcour. He was engaged in numerous major battles in the South Pacific during the war. He was the lightweight boxing champion of the South Pacific Theatre of Operations. He loved the Navy.
After leaving the Navy in 1948, he worked as a heavy duty mechanic and in supervisory positions in the mining and railroading fields in various parts of the United States, including the uranium mines near Grants, N.M. He was also master mechanic at the big Kennecott open pit mines in Ruth, Nev., and at the Santa Maria Railroad in California. He also owned and operated an A & W Root Beer business in McAllen. After coming to Alaska in 1967, he worked on oil rigs in Port Heiden and in Cook Inlet, and was also a part of the building of the pipeline on the North Slope. He retired from the Alaska Railroad in 1986, and enjoyed his home near Palmer since 1978. He lived in Kenai from 1967 to 1972, in Eagle River from 1973 to 1978, and in Palmer since 1978.
He was a member of the Masonic Order and a member of Kerak Temple of the Shrine in Reno, Nev., and was a charter member of VFW Post
2509 in Palmer. He bred, trained and raced sled dog teams from 1976 to 1988, and was race marshall at Montana Creek Dog Mushers for many years.
He was preceded in death by a son, Dennis Jr.
Survivors: Wife of 53 years, Joyce; sons, Patrick, Craig and Rodney; daughters, Carol and Kathy; 10 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and sisters, Dollie Knudson and Marcelle Burriss, both of Fort Worth.
Rutledge Funeral Home Hico, (254) 796-4722

Joyce Carol Ogden:

Buried: between JUL AND OCT 2005, Ashes scattered July 9, 2005 at Potosi Hot Springs, Pony, Madison Co., Montana and October 7, 2005 Summit Lake Area, Turnagain Pass, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska

Notes:
See the Ogden/Stone Families for further information on Joyce's family

(01) Dennis Franklin Herrin, Jr.:

Cremation: Anchorage, Alaska
Buried: UNKNOWN, Ashes scattered at Potosi Hot Springs, Tobacco Root Mountains, Pony, Montana ¹¹
Graduation: 1963, Butte, Montana

Footnotes

Joyce Herrin [48].
Social Security Death Index [80].
Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Original data - Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.
SSDI [82].
Social Security Death Index [80].
Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Original data - Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.
Ibid.
Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Original data - Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.
Cathy Herrin [16].
Death dates and place highly accurate as I filled out the paperwork.
Joyce Herrin [48].
Immediate Family History [43].
Joyce Herrin [48].
Ibid.
Ibid.

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