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Larry Larsen was born March 22, 1957 in Madison, SD to Carl and Dorothy (Thompson) Larsen. He graduated from Colman High School in 1975. Larry helped on the farm growing up and worked for the lumber yard in high school. He then worked for Bill Larsen, before moving to Colorado and working for Neenan. There he met Lana and they had two boys, Logan and Landon. Larry, Lana and the boys later moved back to South Dakota to the family farm. Later Larry and Lana divorced. He helped out Mike Flatten for a few years, before starting at Gil Haugen, where he was currently employed.
Larry was a member of the Sons of the American Legion. He enjoyed going to the races, working exotic sales, hunting, fishing, and supervising the boys while they worked on cars and tractors. He loved spending time with his boys and also his adopted son, Austin.
Larry is survived by: his sons, Logan (Jacky), Landon, and Austin Joppa of Wentworth. He was preceded in death by his parents.
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Linda L (Lindholm) Krsnak
October 3, 2025
Larry was a childhood friend, my brother Pat and I spent many summer days playing with him. Our Dad's helped each other with baling, cutting silage, and more. They were very good friends Dad and Carl. I know Mom and Dorothy fed a lot of people at their respective homes during those summers. One summer in particular sticks out in my mind; we had a bank barn at our place and we would spend hours rolling old tires out the barn door and down the hill. We had a few variations on the game of whos' tire could go the farthest and/or fastest. It was great fun!
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