Cyril Clayton Denny

Cyril Clayton "Bunk" Denny, 95, of San Antonio, Texas, passed away August 7, 2012.He was born April 15, 1917, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the youngest son of the late Margaret G. and John T. Denny. He was the sixth born of seven siblings.

Bunk graduated a year early from Baton Rouge High School in 1933. After high school he worked his family farm and other jobs before he attended Louisiana State University where he earned a B.S. Degree in Geology in 1938. After graduation, he went to work for Standard Oil in Venezuela (now Exxon Mobile) and Continental Oil in Lafayette (now Conoco).

On April 17, 1942, he married the love of his life, Margaret Hill. He enlisted in the Army in 1942 and achieved the rank of Captain with the 261st Army Air Corps Unit. He served in the Air Corps for four years where he took aerial photographs and trained pilots to prepare for combat in WWII. After he was honorably discharged from the Army in April 1946, he went to work for Chevron Oil Company in New Orleans, LA, and later moved to the Chevron Headquarters in Denver, Colorado.

Bunk retired from Chevron Oil Company in June 1977 as Chief Development Geologist, Western Division after 30 years with the company. Bunk spent much of his free time hunting big horn sheep, antelope, game birds, and fishing in the Rocky Mountains. He also spent many summer days playing golf throughout the Denver area and his winter days on the slopes of Loveland where he skied regularly. He also trained Field Trial Champion Weimaraners and was an avid rose gardener who loved to share his life story and a dozen of his roses with everyone he met.

He spent the past 20 years with family in San Antonio where he continued to garden. His daughter Charlotte D. Canaday of San Antonio; grandchildren, Robey and Amy Canaday of Dallas, and Margaret Canaday of Edmond, OK; and sister, Melrose Willie of Baton Rouge; and numerous nieces and nephews, survive him. His wife, Margaret Hill Denny; his parents, and his five older siblings preceded him.

A private ceremony will be held to scatter the remains of Mr. and Mrs. Denny at Mount Evans in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado where they both loved spending time together.

The family would like to thank The Forum at Lincoln Heights and Odyssey Hospice for their care and attention.