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Larry Stephenson Obituary
Larry Ronald Stephenson, 77, of Groveport and longtime resident of Mt. Gilead, Ohio passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 2, 2014, at Mount Carmel East Hospital in Columbus. He had been in failing health for the past six months.
Larry was born October 3, 1936, in Fayette County, Ohio to Leonard and Carrie Kathryn Skinner Stephenson. He was a 1954 graduate of Washington High School and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Economics from The Ohio State University in 1958. After graduating college, he married his high school sweetheart, Linda Brown. They enjoyed 55 years together.
Before his retirement in 2000, he was a manager for Lesco, Inc. He had previously worked in numerous managerial positions for other chemical companies throughout the country.
Larry was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church in Mt. Gilead where he had served two terms as elder. He had been a member of the Mt. Gilead Lions Club. He served in the Ohio National Guard. He was also a member of Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity.
Larry had a great sense of humor. He enjoyed reading, fishing, and loved to follow his Ohio State Buckeyes.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother-in-law, James Purcell.
Larry is survived by his wife, Linda, whom he married July 26, 1958; a daughter and son-in-law, Anne and Michael Vandall; a granddaughter, Emily Vandall, all of Canal Winchester, a son and daughter-in-law, Scott and Joanne Stephenson of Middletown, Ohio; two sisters, W. Sue Kuehne and her husband, Robert, of Okemos, MI and Lynda Purcell of Inverness, FL and nieces, nephews and cousins.
Friends may call at the funeral home on Wednesday, March 5, 2014, from 5-8 p.m.
The funeral will be Thursday, March 6, 2014, at 1 p.m. at the Kirkpatrick Funeral Home in Washington Court House with the Rev. Everett L. Miller, pastor at the First Presbyterian Church in Washington Court House, officiating. Burial will follow in Highlawn Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Kidney Foundation of Ohio or the Central Ohio Diabetes Association.
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Ken, Vonnie and Lisa Hull
March 19, 2014
Linda and Family, We are thinking and praying for you. We miss you at First Presbyterian.
Jim & Becky Patterson
March 7, 2014
Linda..we are so sorry to hear of Larry passing. We are keeping you, Anne and Scott close in our hearts.
Dorothy Thomas
March 7, 2014
Linda,
May God surround you with his peace and love during this difficult time for you and your family.
Ann Roberson
March 7, 2014
Dear Linda:I am thinking about you as you go through this sad time-of Larry's
death--but now he is in a better place and with God..You take care--I remember our nice time together in Mother's Club.. God Bless YOU--
H. Burt Williams
March 3, 2014
I am saddened to hear that Larry R. Stephenson, an Agricultural Graduate of Ohio State which was in some my classes has passed on to heaven in a place with our Lord. His wife is also a graduate in the School of Nursing at Ohio State whereby she has devoted much of her time in caring for him because of ill health. Linda, you are to be commended for your close assistance in caring for him. May he rest in peace and may you be blessed for your effort in caring for him. H.Burt Williams
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