He enlisted in the Michigan Air National Guard in 2002, serving two tours of duty both Iraq and Afghanistan. Denryter was currently working at the Dryden Fire Department where he had been employed since 2009 and previously worked at the Kenockee Township Fire Department from 2001 to 2005. In 2008, he also started a career teaching as an elementary art teacher for Lapeer Community Schools.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has ordered that flags be lowered to half staff throughout the state Friday to honor the service of Michigan Air National Guard Technical Sergeant Nathan William Denryter. Denryter, who died of cancer, was born in Warren on Sept. 22, 1980 and raised in Avoca. He was a 1999 gradate of Yale High School and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in in education in 2007.He enlisted in the Michigan Air National Guard in 2002, serving two tours of duty both Iraq and Afghanistan. Denryter was currently working at the Dryden Fire Department where he had been employed since 2009 and previously worked at the Kenockee Township Fire Department from 2001 to 2005. In 2008, he also started a career teaching as an elementary art teacher for Lapeer Community Schools. “Technical Sergeant Nathan Denryter exemplified the highest level of public service in everything he did throughout his life,” Whitmer said in a news release. “Our state shows its gratitude by lowering the flags to half-staff as we mourn this incredible loss. My thoughts are with his family and friends during this difficult time.”To lower flags to half-staff, flags should be hoisted first to the peak for an instant and then lowered to the half-staff position. The process is reversed before the flag is lowered for the day. Flags should be returned to full-staff on Saturday, April 4.– Macomb Daily staff

To lower flags to half-staff, flags should be hoisted first to the peak for an instant and then lowered to the half-staff position. The process is reversed before the flag is lowered for the day. Flags should be returned to full-staff on Saturday, April 4.

“Technical Sergeant Nathan Denryter exemplified the highest level of public service in everything he did throughout his life,” Whitmer said in a news release. “Our state shows its gratitude by lowering the flags to half-staff as we mourn this incredible loss. My thoughts are with his family and friends during this difficult time.”

Denryter, who died of cancer, was born in Warren on Sept. 22, 1980 and raised in Avoca. He was a 1999 gradate of Yale High School and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in in education in 2007.