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for Lawrence Lenihan
Kevin Herlihy
October 29, 2007
Being Larrys' stepson for nearly the past 20 years, I've been witness to quite a few stories, and happenings. Yet after all this time, the one thing that truely stands out across all those years, and through all those memeories is a simple expression. At any time Larry was talking with someone he loved, be it one of his sons(Kevin and Brian), one of his brother in laws, or Gayle, I could always see that little expression on his face that showed how truely and deeply he loved. He loved openly, unabashed, and unashamed. I believe that showing his love actually made him stronger. I was unfortunate to be away when Larry was able to meet and hold his grandson. Thankfully, someone was wise enough to have a camera on hand. If you had never had the pleasure of meeting Larry in person, all you had to do was take a look at one of these pictures to see what kind of man he was. What kind of man who will continue to influence my life until my dying day. Here's a man who knows how to love.
Thomas Smith
October 28, 2007
My deepest sympathy to the Lenihan Family, I am the clinical coordinator of the pharmacy dept at Glens Falls Hospital and knew Larry while he was director there a few years ago. I always enjoyed talking with Larry and discussing his interests, I remember when he bought his Kubota Tractor for his farm, I think we were both excited since I also like Kubotas. Larry in his short time at GFH made alot of good changes and I enjoyed working with him.
Larry was a good man and will be missed greatly.
Tom Smith
Diane Ahlin
October 27, 2007
I am so very sorry for your loss. May Larry rest in peace.
Roger Camp
October 26, 2007
For Larry’s Memorial Service
October 27th 2007
My name is Roger Camp, and I’ve know Larry longer than most of you here, I expect.
We met at age four when my family moved to Johnson City in 1948, to a
house just two doors away from Larry. We grew up together as best
friends, sharing many interests, especially model airplanes, Cub and
Boy Scouts, sport scars, and eventually discovering girls. (He was
ahead of me on the girls part, but I caught up quickly, with his advice and counsel.)
Here’s how we met:
My mother saw Larry and another little fellow playing in our back yard. She dressed me in my sweater, gave me a bag of cookies and
sent me out to make friends. Things went well until Larry decided
to go thru the barbed wire fence that ran up the back yards on our street. I tried to follow, but being a four year old city slicker from Baltimore in a loose knit sweater, became hopelessly
entangled. Larry took the bag of cookies and departed, leaving me
hanging in the fence to be rescued later by my mom.
Despite that inauspicious start, we soon became great buddies.
Soon after that, Larry showed an early aptitude for farming. At the
north end of our street lived the Clarks, who had a few acres and some horses. One day we noticed a fascinating wagon being pulled back and forth across one their fields. We followed behind it for a hour or so until we got bored and headed back home. The wagon turned
out to be a manure spreader. We were completely covered and quite
aromatic. We both had to undress on our respective back porches before before being allowed into the house for a bath.
I mention the manure spreader incident because it set the pattern for our childhood together -- - We often found ourselves in deep do do, though not as literally.
At age six or seven, we began having fights with each other. His
Aunt Docia and my mom drew up a formal cowboy style peace treaty which we signed in a formal ceremony (formal attire being cowboy hats
and guns) We never fought after that, except on the same side.
Larry always had “A Better Idea.” If a cowboy treaty was good, an
Indian blood brother ceremony would be even better. He always had
had what we needed, in this case a pocket knife. We worked up our
courage, cut our thumbs and became blood brothers. (No parents were
invited to that ceremony.)
We had a dog named Jeff. Larry had a cat, named Tom after the cartoon character. We were playing at Larry’s house one day when
Larry decided that we should give his cat a bath. I knew from the
Tom & Jerry cartoons that cats hated water. However, Larry reasoned that we gave Jeff a bath now and then, and that cats, being a lot
smaller than dogs, would be even easier. We filled the tub with
water, careful to make the water temperature match the cat’s
temperature so he would be relaxed and comfortable. Larry always
was considerate.
What followed probably formed the most vivid image I have of
Larry . He picked up the cat and carried him over to the tub.
An athletic cat, Tom was apparently not into water sports. As he was gently lowering Tom toward the water, a transformation seemed to
occur. Before our very eyes, Tom metamorphosed from soft docile
kitty to something from the movie ALIEN, rotating 180 degrees and sinking all twenty claws we’d never seen before into Larry’s
back...... Larry determinedly pushing the cat toward the water, the
cat busily shredding Larry’s Tee shirt, then skin.... In a matter
of seconds, Larry’s shirt was history, his back was bleeding. The
cat was still dry.
We decided Tom wasn’t really all that dirty, so it would be OK to
postpone the bath. As a final insult, Aunt Docia doctored Larry’s
back with Iodine.
One time, we were given an old radio that didn’t work. It had vacuum tubes, big impressive dials and other neat parts and pieces. We took it apart and fashioned something else out of it, which Larry was able to convince Dickie House was a geiger counter. Dick was three years younger, and held Larry in high esteem. Larry showed him several
spots in his front lawn where he could find gold. Dick’s parents
returned from errands later that day to find Dick making a mess of their front yard with a shovel.
Larry’s Aunt Docia had a basement freezer with a large dull red power indicator light. The light looked very much like an eye. Larry convinced my younger brother, Allan and his friends that it was “The Giant’s Eye” and could watch him, but was harmless if you were
still. This proved a good way to keep the younger kids out of the
way for 20 minutes or so while we “big kids” played in the
basement. As you can see, even though Larry was an only child, he
gave other little kids the benefits of having a big brother.
Larry was the only guy on our street with a real bow and arrow. A creative guy, he invented a fun game we played for a while, until
parents caught wind of it. Six or seven of us would gather on the
golf course across the street, spread out a few yards apart. Larry
would fire the arrow straight up as high as he could. The object of
the game was to not move until the arrow had come back down. Unless
you were sure you were about to be skewered ---movement then was allowed, but not encouraged.
These are some of the many memories I have of growing up with one of
the best best friends a boy could have. We were inseparable as
kids until life took us our separate ways, though we always stayed
in touch, if infrequently. We reenergized our friendship via the
internet and managed to visit each other several years ago and easily
picked up where we left off. I believe we’ll see each other again
in another time and place. I look forward to it.
Rog Camp
George Fredericks
October 26, 2007
My deepest sympathy goes out to the Lenihan Family.
I first met Larry when he wrote a computer program for the Hospital Pharmacy. He assisted in my family’s relocation from NYC. Several Years later he was my boss at Saratoga Hospital. I will never forget his laugh, and wonderful sense of humor.
robert and rose LaMora
October 26, 2007
TO THE LENIHAN FAMILY,
PLEASE ACCEPT OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY FOR YOUR LOSS.
Jo Ann Pasko
October 26, 2007
To The Lenihan Family,
Sorry for your loss. Larry was a good man. My heart goes out to you and your family.
Jo Ann Pasko
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