Jerri Denton 1970-2022

Jerri Denton 1970-2022

Jerri Lynn Banaka Denton, 52, New Bloomfield, Mo., died Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Jefferson City, Mo.

She was born Nov. 14, 1970, in Topeka, the daughter of James L. and Janet Kay Sharp Banaka. She graduated from Jackson Heights High School in 1989 and Highland Community College, then earned her master’s degree from Missouri Western College.

Ms. Denton was a chief negotiator for the State of Missouri and previously with the fitness program at Missouri Highway Patrol.

She married Bradley Denton on Aug. 8, 1989, in Holton. They later divorced. 

Survivors include her fiancé, Christopher Schumann, of the home; her father, Jim Banaka, Netawaka; two sons, Nick Denton, in Florida, and Brandon Denton, Holt Summit, Mo.; two sisters, Janelle Bell and husband Brad, Trenton, Texas, and Julie Shook and husband Zane, Carbondale; a niece; four nephews; and four great-nieces.

She was preceded in death by a son, Logan Alan Denton; her mother, Janet Banaka; a brother, James Bradley “Brad” Banaka; and a nephew, Wyatt Zane Shook. 

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 5 at Mercer Funeral Home in Holton. Burial will follow in Netawaka Cemetery. Family will greet friends from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to help with funeral expenses and sent in care of Mercer Funeral Home, P.O. Box 270, Holton, KS 66436.

The Holton Recorder

109 W. Fourth St.
Holton, KS 66436
Phone: 785-364-3141
 

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