Santa Clara – Our loving husband, father and friend, Gordon Keith Denison passed away April 13, 2021 due to complications from a stroke, sepsis and heart failure. He was born December 10, 1954 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Keith Bench and Margaret "Peggy" Smith Denison.

Gordon served an LDS Mission to Canada-Montreal. He attended the University of Utah where he attained his bachelor's in finance and business. He married the love of his life, Sandy Knudson on September 14, 1977. They were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple. They made their home in Salt Lake City for eight years. In 1985, they moved to Santa Clara, Utah where they raised three beautiful children, having lost a son to SIDS in 1986.

Gordon worked as an Insurance Underwriter and Counselor with various companies. Sandy worked as an RN and Assistant Head Nurse at the LDS Hospital and in the NICU as an RN at St. George Regional Hospital.

Gordon and Sandy enjoyed traveling together through the years and later retirement. Gordon enjoyed reading, motorcycling, four-wheeling, and boating at Lake Powell. He especially enjoyed being surrounded by family and his many life-long friends. He was very knowledgeable in many subjects, his favorite being history. He also enjoyed watching documentaries. He had a dry sense of humor and loved to tell stories.

Gordon is survived by his wife, Sandy; children: Jenny (Daryck) Strain, Ryan (Bonnie) Denison and Laura (Andrew) Long; six grandchildren: Megan Strain, Everleigh, Annie and Waylon Long and Sophia and Isaaic Denison; sister, Kathryn (David) Olsen; nieces: Leslie (Hans) Tuft and Lisa Anderson; nephews: Michael (Natalie) Anderson, Tyler Olsen, Andrew Olsen; and a large extended family, and four dogs. He is preceded in death by his father, Keith Denison; mother, Margaret Denison-Halls; stepfather, Austin Verl Halls; son, Jeffrey Gordon Denison and nephew Daniel Olsen.

A visitation will be held in St. George, Utah on Friday, April 16, 2021 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Metcalf Mortuary, 288 West St. George Blvd.

A visitation will be held in Santa Clara, Utah on Saturday, April 17, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at the Santa Clara Chapel, 3680 Pioneer Parkway. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, April 17, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. at the Santa Clara Chapel.

Visitations will be held in Sandy, Utah on Sunday, April 18, 2021 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and on Monday, April 19, 2021 from 11:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. at Larkin Sunset Gardens, 1950 East 10600 South.

Graveside services will be held on Monday, April 19, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. at Larkin Sunset Gardens.

Brother Denison's 3:00pm funeral service will also be available on a webcast over Zoom at this URL: https://zoom.us/j/95458299203 . You will be prompted to enter your name and a valid e-mail address to connect to the webcast of the services.

You can also join by phone to listen to the services (Note: these are not toll-free numbers): 1-346-248 -7799   or 1-669-900-6833 or 1-253-215-8782 or 1-312-626-6799 or 1-929-205-6099 or 1-301-715-8592

Webinar ID: 954 5829 9203

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Go-Fund Me account link below:

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Gordon Denison Service Program