Born March 2, 1950, in Heber City, Utah to Dan and Jeanine McKenzie. He passed away from the effects of the horrible disease dementia, surrounded by his family on Sunday morning April 21, 2024.

Dennis loved his family, and he never met a stranger. He graduated from Wasatch High School in 1968, where he was Senior Class President and a basketball star. While in school, he met the love of his life, the beautiful Peggy Edwards. Following high school, Dennis attended Weber State College and worked for the IRS in Ogden. His work career was filled with adventure. He worked in the mines and tunnels of the Wasatch Back and the Nevada test-site for many years and loved every minute of it. He poured many foundations in the Heber Valley working for his good friends, the Davis's and later in life became a proud Union carpenter and worked on projects from Park City to Las Vegas.

Dennis married Peggy on June 20, 1969, in the Salt Lake Temple. They made their forever home in the Heber Valley the following year. They were blessed with three daughters that Dennis raised to be tougher than any boy in town. Dennis loved his daughters with his whole heart, and this love carried onto his 10 grandchildren.

Dennis had a pure love of horses; he was the president of the Heber Valley Riding Club and owned racehorses. He loved the outdoors, BYU and the Atlanta Braves. He never missed an opportunity to watch his daughters compete, which carried onto his grandchildren as he supported them on the field, the court, or in the arena. He passed on his love for the outdoors to his grandchildren and could often be found taking them on a horse ride, four-wheeler ride, or just out back to shoot the BB guns. He filled their minds with stories of the good old days of going to the sheep-herd with his grandpa or on the logging truck with his dad.

He loved to serve the people of his community in Charleston. He served on the town council and was an active member of the Charleston ward where he loved serving in the Young Men's and always had a pocket full of candy for anyone.

Dennis is preceded in death by many, many loved ones. He is survived by his wife Peggy, his children Angie and Tom Bonner, Cobi and Jared Clement, and Denni and Harold Wilson, and his 10 grandchildren McKenzie (Karter), Preslee (Adam), Brett (Jentry), Max, Wyatt, Halee, Chett, Nash, Daxon, and Braylee.

The family would like to send a special thank you to Polly, his hospice nurse, who was more than a nurse. She became like one of the family and the caring staff at the Covington in Lindon.

Funeral Services will be held Monday April 29, 2024, at 10:00 am, in the Charleston ward house located at 3450 S 3500 W Charleston Utah. Friends may call on Sunday the 28th from 6:00-8:00 pm and prior to the funeral from 9:00-9:45 am, at the same location.

His interment will be close to his home in Charleston. At the town Cemetery.

A webcast of the service is available by following this link: https://view.oneroomstreaming.com/index.php?data=MTcxMzg0Nzc1NjMwNTk1MCZvbmVyb29tLWFkbWluJmNvcHlfbGluaw==