Dennis Morton

7/25/1939 — 5/19/2025

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So when tomorrow starts without me, don’t think we’re far apart, for every time you think of me, I’m right here in your heart. ~ David Romana

Dennis John Morton passed peacefully on Monday, May 19, 2025, with his wife and sister-in-law by his side. Denny was born in Ladysmith, Wis., on July 25, 1939, to James and Barbara Newhouse Morton.

Denny joined the U.S. Army in 1957, and served until his honorable discharge in 1959.

Denny came to Lewiston, in 1962, and then moved to Myrtle, Idaho, in 1974. He worked at PFI (now Clearwater Paper) until 1979; then drove logging truck for Jack Gould in Orofino, and chip trucks for Dale Curfman in Lewiston. He then purchased and drove his own 18-wheelers until he went to work for Steelman-Duff until his retirement in 2001.

Denny married Marjoire Rahut and they had one son, David Dennis Morton. He was also married to Carol Ryan Wyatt. Both marriages ended in divorce. On Sept. 7, 1983, he married Jean Nuttman Laney. They were together until his death.

He enjoyed tinkering and rebuilding automobiles, hunting, camping, riding his four-wheeler and RZR side-by-side, and watching NASCAR and football, especially his Green Bay Packers.

He is survived by his wife of 41 years, Jean Morton; his son, David Morton; his brother, John Morton; his half-brother, Terry Sanders; his sister, Linda Vail; and his sisters-in-law: Kathy Sandefur, Joan Nelson, Karen Vangen and Donna Allen.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his stepdad, Roy Sanders; his sisters, Harriet Brittner, Judy Tichenor, Mary Watts, Lois Roose, and Jean Ruch; his half-sister, Carman Dennis; his brother, Jim Morton; his mother-in-law, Louise Nuttman; and sister-in-law, Maxine Dillon.

Denny spent the last few years of his life at Lewiston Transitional Care of Cascadia, where they took exceptional care of him. I am forever grateful for the loving, compassionate care they provided Denny. I would like to thank each and every one of his caregivers at Lewiston Transitional Care but there are too many to name individually.

Denny has been cremated and, pursuant to his request, there will be no service. A celebration of life may be held at a later date.

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