He later joined the Veterans Administration Medical Center as a ward clerk and was assistant chief of the center's computer center when he retired in 1996. In the 1970s, he wrote a fishing column for the Sandy Post. Dennis was an excellent amateur astronomer, a very professional Astro-Imager. He was also a Vice President of Community Affairs with the Rose City Astronomers. Just this past September, Dennis joined in matrimony to Julie Taylor.
Disposition is by cremation.