Carter Anne Denton, 65, went to Heaven on February 7th 2021. Born on August 2nd 1955 in Sioux City, IA to Arlen and Karen Haakinson, she grew up in Wichita, KS and attended Chapparal High School. She married the love of her life, David Wayne Denton, on Sept 16th 1973 in Anthony, KS. For 28 years they made their home in Kingfisher, OK, where they raised their two daughters, Kimberly and Kacey, and ran several local businesses. Carter was an active member of the Kingfisher community for years. Diagnosed as a child with juvenile diabetes, in 2005 she received the life-saving gift of a kidney and pancreas transplant. The many extra years this gift afforded her were some of the most rewarding of her life. Since 2007 she and David have lived in Oklahoma City, close to their daughters and their precious granddaughter and “Lovebug” Margaret Anne Armour, who knows her as “Cookie”. She is preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her husband David, daughter Kimberly Denton and fiancé Michael Gillespie of Yukon, daughter Kacey and husband Trip Armour, granddaughter Margaret Anne, and a baby boy due July 2021 of Oklahoma City, her sisters Tracy (Danny) Aleshire, Brooke Haakinson, and Paige Kraus along with many loving family and friends. Services will be held at 10am on Friday, February 12th at Buchanan Funeral Service in Oklahoma City. Visitation will be held on Thursday, February 11th , from 1-8pm. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to LifeShare of Oklahoma or Life.Church Children’s Ministries.
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