LARRY MATTHEW HEADLUND

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LARRY HEADLUND Obituary

Name: Visitation for LARRY MATTHEW HEADLUND
Start: 2017-02-04T19:00:00.000Z
End: 2017-02-04T22:00:00.000Z
Location: Murphy Funeral Home - Salem

HEADLUND, Larry Matthew Of Salem, MA. Son of the late Mary (Mazur) and Irving Headlund, and husband of Teresa (Walsh) Headlund, passed away on Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers. Larry was born and raised in Warren, PA, and graduated high school in Florida. He attended the University of Pittsburg and Boston University, where he would later work on his Doctorate. He began his career working for a software engineering company, and later owned and operated MEI Mathematical Engineering (formerly Eikonal Systems, Charlestown, MA).

Larry loved to travel the world and was deeply interested in Asian culture. Appropriately, he met his wife Teresa in a martial arts class in the 1970's. He spoke many languages including Mandarin, and enjoyed spending time in Shanghai. He was a gourmet cook who loved food and was also an accomplished magician.

Larry is survived by his loving wife Teresa (Walsh) Headlund of Salem, his step-mother Elizabeth Evertsen of Warren, PA, his sister Crista (Headlund) Tompkins and her husband John of Bowie, TX, his nephews John and Jason Tompkins, his great nieces Emily, Mariah, Grace and Lily, his great nephew Johnny Lee and a larger extended family of relatives and friends.

Visiting hours for Larry will take place on Saturday February 4, 2017 from 2 to 5PM at the Murphy Funeral Home, 85 Federal St. (corner of North St.), Salem, MA 01970. In lieu of flowers please consider making a contribution in Larry's Memory to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Esophageal Research, 10 Brookline Place West, 6th Floor, Brookline, MA 02445. For additional information or online guestbook please visit www.MurphyFuneralHome.com or call 978-744-0497.

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Published by Boston Globe from Feb. 1 to Feb. 3, 2017.

Memories and Condolences
for LARRY HEADLUND

10 Entries

March 27, 2017

So sorry to hear about Larry's passing. I had the great pleasure of working with Larry for 10 years during the creation of Eikonal systems.
My condolences to all his family.
Jeff Zeidner

Joshua Zeidner

March 27, 2017

Larry was my mentor in my teens. My father was a partner in Eikonal Systems and I would spend a significant amount of time around Larry when I was as young as 13. I always saw him as a really brilliant person and looking back on it modeled a lot of my ideas about life from just being around Larry at a young age. I remember him as a entertaining and very smart character. My Dad sometimes made jokes that I was taking after Larry. Also Larry had some great stories featuring the famous Richard Feynman. I currently work solving similar problems to what Larry was working on at Eikonal(Optical Management Software), every once in a while I remember those days at Eikonal and Larry features in those memories.

Jeff Pratt

February 28, 2017

Dear Terry,
I just found out today that Larry had passed. So sorry to hear that. You and your family are in our prayers. I had the pleasure of working with Larry back in the mid-90's, converting the Eikonal code base for use by what was then CMSI, later Vision Star. His code lives on.

Gene Blumkin

February 12, 2017

Terry, I was so sorry to hear about Larry's passing. Im so used to hearing your travel stories (always traveling with your husband) and only now I realize how close you were for so many years.

Please stay strong and and please let me know if you need any help.

Gene

Maggie Gallivan

February 4, 2017

Larry and I were in the same graduating class at Largo HS in the late 60s. He was the smartest and coolest guy I knew, and had this great,thick head of beautiful sort of dark, auburn/brunette hair that swooped down over one eye in front. He turned me on to Bob Dylan's "Ain't Gonna Work On Maggie's Farm No More" during one of our chats between classes, and nudged me to change my name from (naive little) "Margie" to "Maggie"--a name I could grow into. That was 50 years ago, and I'm still grateful. Thanks, Larry. Sounds like your life was marvelous. I wish it could have lasted longer.

RONNA CAFARELLA

February 3, 2017

Dear Terry,

I am very sorry for the loss of Larry.
I know what you are going through is very difficult. Just know that I am here for you. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
God Bless.

Ronna

Nancy Nunez

February 2, 2017

Dear Terry,

I am so sorry for the loss of your husband.
My prayers and thoughts are with you at this most difficult time. May he RIP.

My Sincere Sympathy,
Nancy Nunez
Saugus, MA

Mary Connelly

February 2, 2017

Dear Terry,

I just heard about Larry's passing. I hope that you are finding comfort in memories of your life together. You remain in my thoughts and prayers.

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