Glenn E. Denton was MGySgt Glenn Denton Jr.'s father. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Denton Sr.'s tree memorial has been replanted and moved. He served in North Africa, Sicily, and France. The elder Denton would get a twinkle in his eye talking about France at the end of the war. He was a Bronze Star recipient. He died in a Veteran's Hospital in South Dakota in 1974. The original tree was planted in 1988.