Larry was a grade ahead of me and how or when we became friends I can't remember but we were pals forever. He had a very pretty sister, Sharon, and he was so protective of her and if anyone said an off-color remark about her they had Larry to deal with, beaucoup pronto! We lived near "Westwood Commons" a public park with a swimming pool, tennis courts, baseball fields with high wire mesh backstops and a large wire canopy covering the entire diamond area over the home plate and we would climb up at night and sit on the diamond backstops twelve feet up and talk about God and the stars and the girls we liked at school and we smoked cigarettes, told jokes, and sometimes slept overnight on top of those diamonds. Larry was on the "A" list and a "Letter" jock and had real class. He always treated everyone with respect and as equals but Larry truly was the best of us all. A better friend you could not have. He was an Army veteran and after the service drove a UPS truck and hated it, quit and got a job in a steel mill. Larry smoked Chesterfields. He died of lung cancer leaving behind a wife, daughter, his parents, and his sister that still grieves for him. Larry, you're not forgotten-no way Padre! REST IN PEACE
Larry was a grade ahead of me and how or when we became friends I can't remember but we were pals forever. He had a very pretty sister, Sharon, and he was so protective of her and if anyone said an off-color remark about her they had Larry to deal with, beaucoup pronto! We lived near "Westwood Commons" a public park with a swimming pool, tennis courts, baseball fields with high wire mesh backstops and a large wire canopy covering the entire diamond area over the home plate and we would climb up at night and sit on the diamond backstops twelve feet up and talk about God and the stars and the girls we liked at school and we smoked cigarettes, told jokes, and sometimes slept overnight on top of those diamonds. Larry was on the "A" list and a "Letter" jock and had real class. He always treated everyone with respect and as equals but Larry truly was the best of us all. A better friend you could not have. He was an Army veteran and after the service drove a UPS truck and hated it, quit and got a job in a steel mill. Larry smoked Chesterfields. He died of lung cancer leaving behind a wife, daughter, his parents, and his sister that still grieves for him. Larry, you're not forgotten-no way Padre! REST IN PEACE
Gravesite Details
The "W" in his name stood for Wayne.
