1934
Larry
2005
Larry Bower
September 12, 1934 — April 2, 2005
Funeral services for Larry L. Bower, age 70, of Perham, MN, will be Saturday, April 9, 2005, beginning at 1:00 p.m., at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Perham, with Reverend Terry Grzybowski officiating. There will be a time of visitation prior to the funeral, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the church. Burial will take place in the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Hewiit, MN. Larry died at MeritCare Health Systems in Fargo, ND, on Saturday, April 2, 2005.
Larry was born September 12, 1934, to Roy and Marie (Koehn) Bower, in Hewitt, MN, where he attended school and graduated in 1952. He then joined the U.S. Navy, serving in the Korean War. In 1957, he moved to Long Beach, CA and was employed by Mobil Refinery. That August, he was united in marriage to LaVonne Knoop. They were the parents of Kevin Bower and Shelley (Bower) Woollard, who blessed them with seven beautiful grandchildren. Time spent with his family was a special time.
In 1962, Larry became a member of the Long Beach Fire Dept., retiring as an Engineer in 1990, after twenty-eight years. His retirement brought them back to Perham, MN, to recapture his desire to hunt and fish, being an outdoorsman. Winters were spent on the Colorado River in the Lake Havasu, AZ, area with a "special family" of friends. Larry will be remembered as a loving Husband, Father, and Grandpa "Pops" and missed dearly by us all.
Larry is survived by his wife, LaVonne, of 48 years, of Perham, MN; son, Kevin (Lisa) Bower, of Nashua, NH, and daughter, Shelley (Milan) Woollard, of Redding, CA; Chelsea, Andrew, Nicholas and Riley Bower and Layne, Lauren, and Landon Woollard; sisters-in-law, Elizabeth Bower and Phyllis (Bill) Morgan; aunts and uncle, Mark and Lucille Langley, Moorhead, MN, Gladys Paulson, of Milaca, MN and Ruth Koehn, of Parkers Prairie, MN as well as numerous nieces and nephews and cousins.
Preceding Larry in death were his parents; brother, Dennis and maternal and paternal grandparents.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the American Heart Association Or MeritCare Health Systems in Fargo, ND.
Schoeneberger Funeral Home, Perham, MN, is in charge of the arrangements. (218) 346-5175
Online tributes may be posted on www.schoenebergerfuneralhome.com
Larry was born September 12, 1934, to Roy and Marie (Koehn) Bower, in Hewitt, MN, where he attended school and graduated in 1952. He then joined the U.S. Navy, serving in the Korean War. In 1957, he moved to Long Beach, CA and was employed by Mobil Refinery. That August, he was united in marriage to LaVonne Knoop. They were the parents of Kevin Bower and Shelley (Bower) Woollard, who blessed them with seven beautiful grandchildren. Time spent with his family was a special time.
In 1962, Larry became a member of the Long Beach Fire Dept., retiring as an Engineer in 1990, after twenty-eight years. His retirement brought them back to Perham, MN, to recapture his desire to hunt and fish, being an outdoorsman. Winters were spent on the Colorado River in the Lake Havasu, AZ, area with a "special family" of friends. Larry will be remembered as a loving Husband, Father, and Grandpa "Pops" and missed dearly by us all.
Larry is survived by his wife, LaVonne, of 48 years, of Perham, MN; son, Kevin (Lisa) Bower, of Nashua, NH, and daughter, Shelley (Milan) Woollard, of Redding, CA; Chelsea, Andrew, Nicholas and Riley Bower and Layne, Lauren, and Landon Woollard; sisters-in-law, Elizabeth Bower and Phyllis (Bill) Morgan; aunts and uncle, Mark and Lucille Langley, Moorhead, MN, Gladys Paulson, of Milaca, MN and Ruth Koehn, of Parkers Prairie, MN as well as numerous nieces and nephews and cousins.
Preceding Larry in death were his parents; brother, Dennis and maternal and paternal grandparents.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the American Heart Association Or MeritCare Health Systems in Fargo, ND.
Schoeneberger Funeral Home, Perham, MN, is in charge of the arrangements. (218) 346-5175
Online tributes may be posted on www.schoenebergerfuneralhome.com
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