Biography
Hudson Siddell Dennis was born in Montana the oldest of the two children of George Byron and Dora Dennis. He and his sister were raised in the town of Circle. He earned a degree at Auburn University in Alabama and was employed by an oil well service company in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He married Flora Kate Keating and they had two children born there before moving to Utah where he was employed by Thiokol, a contractor of the United States space program, NASSAU. His family lived in Brigham City where his children attended the public schools and then Auburn University in Alabama. Hudson owned and trained Morgan horses and the family spent weekends in the Rocky Mountains in their pickup camper. His wife was a teacher, elementary school principal and a runner-up for the National Teacher of the Year Award. Hudson was head of his company's quality control department when he died of an accidental gun shot. His ashes are buried on the Great Divide in the high mountains near the boundary of Montana and Idaho.
- Blanche Keating Collie, sister-in-law
Father: George Byron Dennis 1902-1960
Mother: Dora Dennis 1906-
Children:
Hudson Earl Dennis 1958-2009
Blanche Siddell Dennis 1959-