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Lawrence A. "Larry" Rutledge
BLOOMINGTON - Lawrence A. "Larry" Rutledge, 66, formerly of Bloomington, died Thursday, March 9, 2017, in Nashville, TN.
His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Bloomington First Church of the Nazarene, where visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday.
He is also survived by his wife, Ruth; son, Marty; daughters, Jana (Soe) Naing and Kami (Ben) Miller; 5 grandchildren; two sisters, Debra (Dave) Hartman and Denise (Gene) Hostetler; his brother, Gary; and his mother-in-law, Viola Hinthorne.
Larry graduated from Bradley and was an engineer at Caterpillar.
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Published by Peoria Journal Star from Mar. 12 to Mar. 14, 2017.

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March 21, 2017

My sincere condolences to the family may you find comfort in the God of all comfort.

March 21, 2017

My sincere condolences to the family may you find comfort in the God of all comfort.

Ermias Mekuria

March 17, 2017

Mama Ruth, children and grand children God, Holy Spirit Comfort you all, you all are in our prayers.
Ermais, Mulu, Naty and Abies,
from Africa, Nairobi, Kenya

Joan Chandler-Parr

March 15, 2017

Ruth and family, I was so sorry to read of Larry's death. May you feel the loving arms of God and His amazing grace around you during this time. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

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