Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has ordered U.S. and Michigan flags lowered to half-staff throughout the state of Michigan on Friday to honor the service of Michigan Air National Guard Technical Sgt. Nathan William Denryter who died from cancer.
“Technical Sergeant Nathan Denryter exemplified the highest level of public service in everything he did throughout his life,” Whitmer said in a statement. “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 was born in Warren on Sept. 22, 1980, and raised in Avoca. After graduating from Yale High School in 1999, he attended Eastern Michigan University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Education degree in 2007.
Denryter served on the Kenockee Township Fire Department from 2001 to 2005 and the Dryden Township Fire Department from 2009 to the present.