Lawrence-Rydell-Obituary

Photo courtesy of Gilbertson Funeral Home and Cremation Service - Stanwood

Lawrence Rydell

Jul 18, 1941 - Oct 3, 2025

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Making it to Chief Engineer on the 777 is no small feat. It takes a good balance of engineering skills and sound judgement. Larry was well respected in this position.
I will say, Larry was pretty much a wing guy. At his retirement party he was presented with an executive model of the 777. He started assembling the 30 inch long model which gave me the great pleasure of telling Larry “you must be a wing guy because you just put the horizontal stabilizers on up-side-down”.
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I am so saddened to hear this news of Larry's passing. I was his hairstylist for I'd say over 20 years. I got to know Larry well over these years and he was a very amazing person. I learned a lot from our conversations over the years, and he will be very missed. My deepest condolences!

Larry was a great guy, wonderful host, winemaker extraordinaire, and very devoted to his family.
I have great memories of him when I was a child, as well as an adult. I remember him out walking by the cottage in Caseville to the little store to get a paper. In the later years when we would cross paths up there on the same walking route, he would remark on how I looked so much like my late mother.(We are going back a few years)
We are so sad about his passing but know that he had a...

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Lawrence's Obituary

Larry was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Hilary and Helen Rydell, the eldest of three brothers. His Midwest, Catholic upbringing taught him to be self-reliant, industrious, measured, family-oriented, and faith-centered.Of modest means, Larry knew his path to college and opportunity was through...

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