One the earliest memories that I have of Larry is walking with me the mile to and from school. He watched out for me and, as his little sister, I looked up to him. Larry demonstrated his mechanical talent at an early age. Christmas Day was hardly over before he started taking his new toy apart. He was always interested in what "made it tick." Eventually he developed the ability to put things back together (much to the happiness of the rest of his family). As a teenager; he branched out to electricity and had a lot of fun making "shocker" boxes which his unsuspecting little sister would be cajoled into opening and getting a jolt of electricity. I FINALLY wised up. He actually built a Dune Buggy type car in high school shop and even took his nerdy little sister for rides. Many of us have been the beneficiaries of his mechanical talent. If it was broken, he could most likely fix it. He spent many hours in the shop that he built repairing junk vehicles and giving them new life. He joined the Navy right after high school graduation and made one good-looking sailor. It was always exciting to see what he brought to us when he came home on leave from the foreign ports. He brought me my first bikini from France; but I was too embarrassed to wear it. The skills that he developed as a Machinist Mate in the Navy lead to a career in his later years. I remember him as a young father tossing Jacque in the air and changing David's diaper and mixing their milk--one liked chocolate and one liked strawberry. My children remember getting rides on his motorcycle and the Christmas money that ended up in the toe of their Christmas stocking every year. I think the best decision that he ever made was to marry Baby and subsequently be included in her large and loving family. Larry would not have lived as long as he did were it not for Baby. Larry definitely "walked to the beat of his own drummer." To say he was a character would be putting it mildly; he was who he was. One of the qualities that I admired about him was his generosity. He was not overly attached to material possessions and willingly shared with others--both his time and his money. He was the ultimate tease and always had a witty comeback; he had a running joke with us about fish heads--don't ask. The three hour time difference worked well for him so he loved to call us early Saturday morning and thought it was really funny to get us out of bed. Larry, All your pain and grief is over, All the restlessness has passed; You are now at peace forever, Safely home at last. Good-bye, big brother!