Keith enjoyed Find-A-Grave and photographed many local cemeteries posting over 19,000 photos and adding over 18,000 memorials.
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OBITUARY published in The Toledo Blade, 4/17/2017:
Keith W. Larzelere, a pharmacist who owned a drug store in Petersburg, Mich., worked in several others, and was active in the surrounding community, died Thursday at Henry Ford Allegiance Health in Jackson, Mich. He was 87.
He had been hospitalized the previous week, but had been in declining health for several years, said his wife, Mary Lou.
Born Feb. 14, 1930, to Kenneth and Mary Larzelere in Clinton, Mich., he moved as a child with his family to Sylvania. While both were students at Burnham High School, he met the former Mary Louise Bigelow, who was friends with his younger sister. The girls would go into Lindau Drugs in Sylvania, where Mr. Larzelere worked as a teenager, to buy Coca-Cola and sit at the counter.
Finally, Mr. Larzelere asked his sister to introduce him to her friend.
"I only had one other date in my lifetime," Mrs. Larzelere recalled. "I just fell in love with him." They married July 2, 1952.
His time at Lindau Drugs launched a career as a pharmacist. He graduated with a pharmacy degree from the University of Toledo in 1953, and in 1955 was asked to join the then-named Maxson drug store in Petersburg as a pharmacist. He bought the business shortly thereafter and renamed it Larzelere Drug Store.
The work brought him in contact with a broad swath of the community in Petersburg and neighboring Deerfield.
"We always met so many people," Mrs. Larzelere said. "He delivered the prescriptions, so you got to know people so much more than you do today."
After selling the business in 1982, Mr. Larzelere worked in pharmacies in Brooklyn and Jackson, Mich., until he retired in 1997. He was active in several community organizations and would agree to work on any project or job he was tasked with, his wife said.
He was on the school board for Summerfield schools for a term in the 1960s, was active in the local Kiwanis chapter, and was board chair at Petersburg United Methodist Church.
"They never gave him a job he didn't do right, and he didn't expect a thank you," she said.
Instead, his involvement was a way to give back to the communities he lived in, his son Bob said. Owning his own business meant his father was always busy, he said, but was still a giving and present family man.
"He was very conscious of family values," Mr. Larzelere said. "For having six kids, it might have been hard to spread the love around, but he did it.
Among his more off-beat affiliations was with the Wheelman, a national organization devoted to riding high-wheel bicycles. In addition to cycling in parades around Michigan and as far away as Philadelphia and Milwaukee, Mr. Larzelere and a few fellow riders were featured in a Pabst Blue Ribbon beer commercial in the 1970s, his son said.
Surviving are his wife, ...
Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Petersburg United Methodist Church, 152 Saline St., Petersburg, with a memorial service and luncheon to follow at 11:30 a.m. at the church.
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OBITUARY published in The Toledo Blade, 4/17/2017:
Keith W. Larzelere, a pharmacist who owned a drug store in Petersburg, Mich., worked in several others, and was active in the surrounding community, died Thursday at Henry Ford Allegiance Health in Jackson, Mich. He was 87.
He had been hospitalized the previous week, but had been in declining health for several years, said his wife, Mary Lou.
Born Feb. 14, 1930, to Kenneth and Mary Larzelere in Clinton, Mich., he moved as a child with his family to Sylvania. While both were students at Burnham High School, he met the former Mary Louise Bigelow, who was friends with his younger sister. The girls would go into Lindau Drugs in Sylvania, where Mr. Larzelere worked as a teenager, to buy Coca-Cola and sit at the counter.
Finally, Mr. Larzelere asked his sister to introduce him to her friend.
"I only had one other date in my lifetime," Mrs. Larzelere recalled. "I just fell in love with him." They married July 2, 1952.
His time at Lindau Drugs launched a career as a pharmacist. He graduated with a pharmacy degree from the University of Toledo in 1953, and in 1955 was asked to join the then-named Maxson drug store in Petersburg as a pharmacist. He bought the business shortly thereafter and renamed it Larzelere Drug Store.
The work brought him in contact with a broad swath of the community in Petersburg and neighboring Deerfield.
"We always met so many people," Mrs. Larzelere said. "He delivered the prescriptions, so you got to know people so much more than you do today."
After selling the business in 1982, Mr. Larzelere worked in pharmacies in Brooklyn and Jackson, Mich., until he retired in 1997. He was active in several community organizations and would agree to work on any project or job he was tasked with, his wife said.
He was on the school board for Summerfield schools for a term in the 1960s, was active in the local Kiwanis chapter, and was board chair at Petersburg United Methodist Church.
"They never gave him a job he didn't do right, and he didn't expect a thank you," she said.
Instead, his involvement was a way to give back to the communities he lived in, his son Bob said. Owning his own business meant his father was always busy, he said, but was still a giving and present family man.
"He was very conscious of family values," Mr. Larzelere said. "For having six kids, it might have been hard to spread the love around, but he did it.
Among his more off-beat affiliations was with the Wheelman, a national organization devoted to riding high-wheel bicycles. In addition to cycling in parades around Michigan and as far away as Philadelphia and Milwaukee, Mr. Larzelere and a few fellow riders were featured in a Pabst Blue Ribbon beer commercial in the 1970s, his son said.
Surviving are his wife, ...
Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Petersburg United Methodist Church, 152 Saline St., Petersburg, with a memorial service and luncheon to follow at 11:30 a.m. at the church.
Keith enjoyed Find-A-Grave and photographed many local cemeteries posting over 19,000 photos and adding over 18,000 memorials.
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OBITUARY published in The Toledo Blade, 4/17/2017:
Keith W. Larzelere, a pharmacist who owned a drug store in Petersburg, Mich., worked in several others, and was active in the surrounding community, died Thursday at Henry Ford Allegiance Health in Jackson, Mich. He was 87.
He had been hospitalized the previous week, but had been in declining health for several years, said his wife, Mary Lou.
Born Feb. 14, 1930, to Kenneth and Mary Larzelere in Clinton, Mich., he moved as a child with his family to Sylvania. While both were students at Burnham High School, he met the former Mary Louise Bigelow, who was friends with his younger sister. The girls would go into Lindau Drugs in Sylvania, where Mr. Larzelere worked as a teenager, to buy Coca-Cola and sit at the counter.
Finally, Mr. Larzelere asked his sister to introduce him to her friend.
"I only had one other date in my lifetime," Mrs. Larzelere recalled. "I just fell in love with him." They married July 2, 1952.
His time at Lindau Drugs launched a career as a pharmacist. He graduated with a pharmacy degree from the University of Toledo in 1953, and in 1955 was asked to join the then-named Maxson drug store in Petersburg as a pharmacist. He bought the business shortly thereafter and renamed it Larzelere Drug Store.
The work brought him in contact with a broad swath of the community in Petersburg and neighboring Deerfield.
"We always met so many people," Mrs. Larzelere said. "He delivered the prescriptions, so you got to know people so much more than you do today."
After selling the business in 1982, Mr. Larzelere worked in pharmacies in Brooklyn and Jackson, Mich., until he retired in 1997. He was active in several community organizations and would agree to work on any project or job he was tasked with, his wife said.
He was on the school board for Summerfield schools for a term in the 1960s, was active in the local Kiwanis chapter, and was board chair at Petersburg United Methodist Church.
"They never gave him a job he didn't do right, and he didn't expect a thank you," she said.
Instead, his involvement was a way to give back to the communities he lived in, his son Bob said. Owning his own business meant his father was always busy, he said, but was still a giving and present family man.
"He was very conscious of family values," Mr. Larzelere said. "For having six kids, it might have been hard to spread the love around, but he did it.
Among his more off-beat affiliations was with the Wheelman, a national organization devoted to riding high-wheel bicycles. In addition to cycling in parades around Michigan and as far away as Philadelphia and Milwaukee, Mr. Larzelere and a few fellow riders were featured in a Pabst Blue Ribbon beer commercial in the 1970s, his son said.
Surviving are his wife, ...
Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Petersburg United Methodist Church, 152 Saline St., Petersburg, with a memorial service and luncheon to follow at 11:30 a.m. at the church.
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OBITUARY published in The Toledo Blade, 4/17/2017:
Keith W. Larzelere, a pharmacist who owned a drug store in Petersburg, Mich., worked in several others, and was active in the surrounding community, died Thursday at Henry Ford Allegiance Health in Jackson, Mich. He was 87.
He had been hospitalized the previous week, but had been in declining health for several years, said his wife, Mary Lou.
Born Feb. 14, 1930, to Kenneth and Mary Larzelere in Clinton, Mich., he moved as a child with his family to Sylvania. While both were students at Burnham High School, he met the former Mary Louise Bigelow, who was friends with his younger sister. The girls would go into Lindau Drugs in Sylvania, where Mr. Larzelere worked as a teenager, to buy Coca-Cola and sit at the counter.
Finally, Mr. Larzelere asked his sister to introduce him to her friend.
"I only had one other date in my lifetime," Mrs. Larzelere recalled. "I just fell in love with him." They married July 2, 1952.
His time at Lindau Drugs launched a career as a pharmacist. He graduated with a pharmacy degree from the University of Toledo in 1953, and in 1955 was asked to join the then-named Maxson drug store in Petersburg as a pharmacist. He bought the business shortly thereafter and renamed it Larzelere Drug Store.
The work brought him in contact with a broad swath of the community in Petersburg and neighboring Deerfield.
"We always met so many people," Mrs. Larzelere said. "He delivered the prescriptions, so you got to know people so much more than you do today."
After selling the business in 1982, Mr. Larzelere worked in pharmacies in Brooklyn and Jackson, Mich., until he retired in 1997. He was active in several community organizations and would agree to work on any project or job he was tasked with, his wife said.
He was on the school board for Summerfield schools for a term in the 1960s, was active in the local Kiwanis chapter, and was board chair at Petersburg United Methodist Church.
"They never gave him a job he didn't do right, and he didn't expect a thank you," she said.
Instead, his involvement was a way to give back to the communities he lived in, his son Bob said. Owning his own business meant his father was always busy, he said, but was still a giving and present family man.
"He was very conscious of family values," Mr. Larzelere said. "For having six kids, it might have been hard to spread the love around, but he did it.
Among his more off-beat affiliations was with the Wheelman, a national organization devoted to riding high-wheel bicycles. In addition to cycling in parades around Michigan and as far away as Philadelphia and Milwaukee, Mr. Larzelere and a few fellow riders were featured in a Pabst Blue Ribbon beer commercial in the 1970s, his son said.
Surviving are his wife, ...
Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Petersburg United Methodist Church, 152 Saline St., Petersburg, with a memorial service and luncheon to follow at 11:30 a.m. at the church.
