Sterling B. Larsen died peacefully from natural causes on April 22, 2014, still wearing his boots, at the age of ninety-two.
He was born October 28, 1921 in Moab, Utah to John Parley Larsen, a Utah pioneer, and Mary Viola Barton, a Hole in the Rock pioneer. He attended Moab and Murray city schools and graduated from the University of Utah in 1943.
Sterling married Charlotte Mildred Allen of Salt Lake City in Fort Sill, Oklahoma on May 20, 1944; solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on May 20, 1958.
He served in the China Burma India campaign with the 613th Field Artillery Battalion (Pack). After twenty-eight years of active and reserve duty, he retired with the rank of Lt. Colonel. He was a country club manager and an accountant at Hill Air Force Base.
Sterling is survived by his wife; daughter, Lynne (Ron) Nolte; sons, Bart (Kathy) Larsen and Allen (Leann) Larsen; and grandchildren, Sam (Stephanie) Larsen, Sara Larsen (Chris Wood), Michael Larsen, Nathan (Angie) Larsen, Erin Larsen, Kathleen Nolte (Reed Caldwell), and Marianne Nolte (Trever Bruhn). He is also survived by ten great-grandchildren. Sterling loved his family very much. He is preceded in death by siblings, Golda Richards, Josephine Larsen, Reed Larsen, Clara Adamson, and Edith Lewis.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, April 25, 2014 at Russon Brothers Bountiful Mortuary, 295 North Main Street, where friends may call from 10:00 to 10:45 a.m. prior to the services.
Interment at Bountiful Memorial Park.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune on April 23, 2014.
He was born October 28, 1921 in Moab, Utah to John Parley Larsen, a Utah pioneer, and Mary Viola Barton, a Hole in the Rock pioneer. He attended Moab and Murray city schools and graduated from the University of Utah in 1943.
Sterling married Charlotte Mildred Allen of Salt Lake City in Fort Sill, Oklahoma on May 20, 1944; solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on May 20, 1958.
He served in the China Burma India campaign with the 613th Field Artillery Battalion (Pack). After twenty-eight years of active and reserve duty, he retired with the rank of Lt. Colonel. He was a country club manager and an accountant at Hill Air Force Base.
Sterling is survived by his wife; daughter, Lynne (Ron) Nolte; sons, Bart (Kathy) Larsen and Allen (Leann) Larsen; and grandchildren, Sam (Stephanie) Larsen, Sara Larsen (Chris Wood), Michael Larsen, Nathan (Angie) Larsen, Erin Larsen, Kathleen Nolte (Reed Caldwell), and Marianne Nolte (Trever Bruhn). He is also survived by ten great-grandchildren. Sterling loved his family very much. He is preceded in death by siblings, Golda Richards, Josephine Larsen, Reed Larsen, Clara Adamson, and Edith Lewis.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, April 25, 2014 at Russon Brothers Bountiful Mortuary, 295 North Main Street, where friends may call from 10:00 to 10:45 a.m. prior to the services.
Interment at Bountiful Memorial Park.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune on April 23, 2014.
Sterling B. Larsen died peacefully from natural causes on April 22, 2014, still wearing his boots, at the age of ninety-two.
He was born October 28, 1921 in Moab, Utah to John Parley Larsen, a Utah pioneer, and Mary Viola Barton, a Hole in the Rock pioneer. He attended Moab and Murray city schools and graduated from the University of Utah in 1943.
Sterling married Charlotte Mildred Allen of Salt Lake City in Fort Sill, Oklahoma on May 20, 1944; solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on May 20, 1958.
He served in the China Burma India campaign with the 613th Field Artillery Battalion (Pack). After twenty-eight years of active and reserve duty, he retired with the rank of Lt. Colonel. He was a country club manager and an accountant at Hill Air Force Base.
Sterling is survived by his wife; daughter, Lynne (Ron) Nolte; sons, Bart (Kathy) Larsen and Allen (Leann) Larsen; and grandchildren, Sam (Stephanie) Larsen, Sara Larsen (Chris Wood), Michael Larsen, Nathan (Angie) Larsen, Erin Larsen, Kathleen Nolte (Reed Caldwell), and Marianne Nolte (Trever Bruhn). He is also survived by ten great-grandchildren. Sterling loved his family very much. He is preceded in death by siblings, Golda Richards, Josephine Larsen, Reed Larsen, Clara Adamson, and Edith Lewis.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, April 25, 2014 at Russon Brothers Bountiful Mortuary, 295 North Main Street, where friends may call from 10:00 to 10:45 a.m. prior to the services.
Interment at Bountiful Memorial Park.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune on April 23, 2014.
He was born October 28, 1921 in Moab, Utah to John Parley Larsen, a Utah pioneer, and Mary Viola Barton, a Hole in the Rock pioneer. He attended Moab and Murray city schools and graduated from the University of Utah in 1943.
Sterling married Charlotte Mildred Allen of Salt Lake City in Fort Sill, Oklahoma on May 20, 1944; solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on May 20, 1958.
He served in the China Burma India campaign with the 613th Field Artillery Battalion (Pack). After twenty-eight years of active and reserve duty, he retired with the rank of Lt. Colonel. He was a country club manager and an accountant at Hill Air Force Base.
Sterling is survived by his wife; daughter, Lynne (Ron) Nolte; sons, Bart (Kathy) Larsen and Allen (Leann) Larsen; and grandchildren, Sam (Stephanie) Larsen, Sara Larsen (Chris Wood), Michael Larsen, Nathan (Angie) Larsen, Erin Larsen, Kathleen Nolte (Reed Caldwell), and Marianne Nolte (Trever Bruhn). He is also survived by ten great-grandchildren. Sterling loved his family very much. He is preceded in death by siblings, Golda Richards, Josephine Larsen, Reed Larsen, Clara Adamson, and Edith Lewis.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, April 25, 2014 at Russon Brothers Bountiful Mortuary, 295 North Main Street, where friends may call from 10:00 to 10:45 a.m. prior to the services.
Interment at Bountiful Memorial Park.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune on April 23, 2014.
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