DENNIS TURLEY (1933 ~ 2010) Franklin, known as Dennis or Pa, was born April 4, 1933 in Farmington, New Mexico. He spent his early childhood years on a farm and ranch in Four Hills in Albuquerque where he had to keep his four older sisters in line. His family worked very hard growing several acres of vegetables to sell in town. Later they moved to Chama Street in Albuquerque. Dennis met the beautiful talented Patsy Barnes while attending Albuquerque High; Patsy went to Highland High. It was love at first sight.
They married a year later and had three daughters, two of which are twins born on Father's Day: Terry, and twins Sandra and Linda. When his daughters misbehaved and were mad at their father for disciplining them, Dennis could not go to bed until he made them laugh and made up. Dennis, with Patsy by his side, took their daughters to rodeos all over the state. On holidays all of the family including cousins, aunts, and uncles, would gather at "Granny's" house and Dennis and his mother (Granny) would entertain the crowd with their beautiful music. They would play Turkey in the Straw and a number of other family favorites and everyone would sing along and dance. Dennis had several jobs in his life: he owned a gas station on Central, he did heating and air conditioning, later running his own business. He went to work for the ACF security force in 1957. He was the first to qualify as a sharpshooter and earned the title of Expert. In 1990, Dennis and Patsy moved to El Morrow to take care of Patsy's mother and aunt. There they ran cows and raised fish and birds. He was a perfectionist and this showed in all aspects of his life, from his woodworking, leather tooling and saddle making, to showing horses and raising cattle. He loved the outdoors, he loved to fish and hunt, but as he got older he liked looking at wildlife with binoculars instead of down the barrel of a gun. He would spend the whole day driving around the ranch looking for the cows and would sit for hours with them watching the sun set. Dennis and Patsy named their cows. He could tell every cow's mom and dad and could follow their family tree all the way back to his first cow. He loved the ranching life and instilled the lifestyle in his family. Dennis has four grandsons and one granddaughter that he loved with all his heart. Dennis will be dearly missed. (Dennis – Charles Dennis – Isaac – Theodore)
They married a year later and had three daughters, two of which are twins born on Father's Day: Terry, and twins Sandra and Linda. When his daughters misbehaved and were mad at their father for disciplining them, Dennis could not go to bed until he made them laugh and made up. Dennis, with Patsy by his side, took their daughters to rodeos all over the state. On holidays all of the family including cousins, aunts, and uncles, would gather at "Granny's" house and Dennis and his mother (Granny) would entertain the crowd with their beautiful music. They would play Turkey in the Straw and a number of other family favorites and everyone would sing along and dance. Dennis had several jobs in his life: he owned a gas station on Central, he did heating and air conditioning, later running his own business. He went to work for the ACF security force in 1957. He was the first to qualify as a sharpshooter and earned the title of Expert. In 1990, Dennis and Patsy moved to El Morrow to take care of Patsy's mother and aunt. There they ran cows and raised fish and birds. He was a perfectionist and this showed in all aspects of his life, from his woodworking, leather tooling and saddle making, to showing horses and raising cattle. He loved the outdoors, he loved to fish and hunt, but as he got older he liked looking at wildlife with binoculars instead of down the barrel of a gun. He would spend the whole day driving around the ranch looking for the cows and would sit for hours with them watching the sun set. Dennis and Patsy named their cows. He could tell every cow's mom and dad and could follow their family tree all the way back to his first cow. He loved the ranching life and instilled the lifestyle in his family. Dennis has four grandsons and one granddaughter that he loved with all his heart. Dennis will be dearly missed. (Dennis – Charles Dennis – Isaac – Theodore)
DENNIS TURLEY (1933 ~ 2010) Franklin, known as Dennis or Pa, was born April 4, 1933 in Farmington, New Mexico. He spent his early childhood years on a farm and ranch in Four Hills in Albuquerque where he had to keep his four older sisters in line. His family worked very hard growing several acres of vegetables to sell in town. Later they moved to Chama Street in Albuquerque. Dennis met the beautiful talented Patsy Barnes while attending Albuquerque High; Patsy went to Highland High. It was love at first sight.
They married a year later and had three daughters, two of which are twins born on Father's Day: Terry, and twins Sandra and Linda. When his daughters misbehaved and were mad at their father for disciplining them, Dennis could not go to bed until he made them laugh and made up. Dennis, with Patsy by his side, took their daughters to rodeos all over the state. On holidays all of the family including cousins, aunts, and uncles, would gather at "Granny's" house and Dennis and his mother (Granny) would entertain the crowd with their beautiful music. They would play Turkey in the Straw and a number of other family favorites and everyone would sing along and dance. Dennis had several jobs in his life: he owned a gas station on Central, he did heating and air conditioning, later running his own business. He went to work for the ACF security force in 1957. He was the first to qualify as a sharpshooter and earned the title of Expert. In 1990, Dennis and Patsy moved to El Morrow to take care of Patsy's mother and aunt. There they ran cows and raised fish and birds. He was a perfectionist and this showed in all aspects of his life, from his woodworking, leather tooling and saddle making, to showing horses and raising cattle. He loved the outdoors, he loved to fish and hunt, but as he got older he liked looking at wildlife with binoculars instead of down the barrel of a gun. He would spend the whole day driving around the ranch looking for the cows and would sit for hours with them watching the sun set. Dennis and Patsy named their cows. He could tell every cow's mom and dad and could follow their family tree all the way back to his first cow. He loved the ranching life and instilled the lifestyle in his family. Dennis has four grandsons and one granddaughter that he loved with all his heart. Dennis will be dearly missed. (Dennis – Charles Dennis – Isaac – Theodore)
They married a year later and had three daughters, two of which are twins born on Father's Day: Terry, and twins Sandra and Linda. When his daughters misbehaved and were mad at their father for disciplining them, Dennis could not go to bed until he made them laugh and made up. Dennis, with Patsy by his side, took their daughters to rodeos all over the state. On holidays all of the family including cousins, aunts, and uncles, would gather at "Granny's" house and Dennis and his mother (Granny) would entertain the crowd with their beautiful music. They would play Turkey in the Straw and a number of other family favorites and everyone would sing along and dance. Dennis had several jobs in his life: he owned a gas station on Central, he did heating and air conditioning, later running his own business. He went to work for the ACF security force in 1957. He was the first to qualify as a sharpshooter and earned the title of Expert. In 1990, Dennis and Patsy moved to El Morrow to take care of Patsy's mother and aunt. There they ran cows and raised fish and birds. He was a perfectionist and this showed in all aspects of his life, from his woodworking, leather tooling and saddle making, to showing horses and raising cattle. He loved the outdoors, he loved to fish and hunt, but as he got older he liked looking at wildlife with binoculars instead of down the barrel of a gun. He would spend the whole day driving around the ranch looking for the cows and would sit for hours with them watching the sun set. Dennis and Patsy named their cows. He could tell every cow's mom and dad and could follow their family tree all the way back to his first cow. He loved the ranching life and instilled the lifestyle in his family. Dennis has four grandsons and one granddaughter that he loved with all his heart. Dennis will be dearly missed. (Dennis – Charles Dennis – Isaac – Theodore)
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