Denver Marion Markland

1925 - 2001  (75 years)

• Name	Denver Marion Markland
  Nickname	Denny
  Birth	24 Dec 1925	Quercus Grove, Switzerland, Indiana   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Jul 2001	Madison, Jefferson, Indiana
  Burial	11 Jul 2001	Vevay, Switzerland, Indiana   [2]
  Person ID	I24000	Scudder
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	Denver Theophilis Markland,   b. 3 Nov 1894, Markland, Switzerland, Indiana d. 19 Jun 1977, Rising Sun, Ohio, Indiana (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Vica Mae Scudder,   b. 4 Nov 1897, East Enterprise, Switzerland, Indiana d. Apr 1981, Rising Sun, Ohio, Indiana (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	12 Jun 1918	Vevay, Switzerland, Indiana   [1]
  Family ID	F8380	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edna Jane Gross,   b. 29 Dec 1927, Warren county, Indiana d. 7 Feb 2011, Madison, Jefferson, Indiana (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	18 Oct 1947	Lafayette, Indiana
  Children	1. Michael Marion Markland   2. M.E. Markland   3. Jean Ann Markland
  Family ID	F8379	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Denny received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in secondary education from Purdue University. He served in the U.S. Navy in World War II, rising to Seaman First Class while serving on the USS Indianapolis. He received the World War II Victory Medal, American Area Campaign Medal and the Asiatic Pacific Area Campaign Medal with three bronze stars. He was a secondary school teacher in Switzerland County for 38 years until he retired May 18, 1987. He was a master carpenter, and his work could be seen at the Ye Olde Carriage Shoppe in Vevay. He was a member of the Switzerland County Historical Society, Vevay American Legion Post 185, Indiana Retired Teachers Association, National Muzzle Loaders Rifles Association, Midwest Tool Collectors Association , the Cincinnati Carriage Club and Switzerland Baptist Church. He was a Kentucky Colonel.

  
  

• Sources

  [S743] Scudder Association Family Records. This is the collaborated work of many genealogists. For more information on the family lines included, please contact the Scudder Association. Any duplication of the data contained herein without including this source is prohibited. [S1329] Find a Grave Index, 1600s to Current.