- Date Of Birth: June 3, 1947
- Date Of Death: December 21, 2021
- State: Idaho
Denton L Evans, 74, of Menan, Idaho, passed away peacefully December 21, 2021, at the Idaho Falls Community Hospital, from complications due to multiple strokes and severe pneumonia.
He was born June 3, 1947, in Vernal, Utah, to Ashel John Evans and Gladys Darlene Davis. He was the third of four children.
Denton graduated from Uintah High School in Vernal, Utah, in 1965. He then attended Brigham Young University for one year, after which he served a two-year LDS mission to the Central Atlantic States, which included Virginia, North Carolina, and West Virginia.
Upon completing his LDS mission, he returned to BYU and received his Bachelor’s Degree in Communications and Speech, along with a teaching certificate.
He is survived by his former wife, Marsha Ann Evans, who he married on September 10, 1971, in the Salt Lake City, Utah Temple. Denton is also survived by his sister, DaShel (Merlyn) Watkins of Orem; sister-in-law, Lydia Evans of Kaysville; six sons and two daughters, Paris (Tina) Evans of Shelley, Troy (TyAnna) Evans of Rexburg, Jason (Camille) Evans of Rexburg, Ryan Evans of Las Vegas, Erik (Natalie) Evans of Burley, Luke Evans of Menan, Michelle (Richard) Sedgwick of Hobbs, and Bethany Evans of Menan; 26 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren, all of whom he loved dearly.
Denton was a true blue BYU Cougar and loved going to their football games. He loved animals, fishing (his beloved Henry’s Lake with family and friends), eating good food, guns, hunting, boating, jet-skiing, four wheelers, waterskiing, wakeboarding, movies, westerns, and sports.
Denton was preceded in death by his parents; older brother, Ashel Almond Evans; and younger brother, Richard Davis Evans, who only lived one week.
