Rev. Dr. Laurence Larson

1936 - 2021

Rev. Dr. Laurence Larson

March 3, 1936-September 30, 2021

MOLINE-The Rev. Dr. Laurence Larson, 85, of Moline, Ill. died Thursday, September 30, 2021 at the Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf. Cremation rites were accorded. A Requiem Mass will be celebrated at 10:00 am on Friday, October 8, 2021 at the All Saints Episcopal Church, 3145 31st Avenue, Rock Island. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in care of the All Saints Episcopal Church, Rock Island. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island, is assisting the family.

Laurence was born on March 3, 1936 in East Chicago, Indiana, a son of Roy and Agnes Burke Larson. He attended public schools in Sterling, Illinois. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1954 to 1957. He graduated from Illinois College, Jacksonville, Illinois in 1960. He received a Master of Divinity Degree from Nashotah House Seminary, Nashotah, Wisconsin in 1963 and a Doctorate of Ministry Degree from the Graduate Theological Foundation, Notre Dame, Indiana in 1988.

Laurence married Betty Lou Izard in Warsaw, Illinois on December 30, 1961.

Laurence was ordained in the Episcopal Church in 1963. He served eight years of college chaplaincy, as rector of Trinity Parish, Lincoln, Illinois from 1971-1977 and Rector of Trinity Parish, Rock Island, from 1977-2001. He helped establish All Saints Mission, Moline in February of 2009 and served that congregation through 2013.

Those left to cherish his memory include his wife, Betty Larson, Moline; sons, Christopher Larson, Moline, Ill., Chad (Carrie) Larson, Rock Island and daughter Catherine Larson and her husband, John Culwell, Los Gatos, Calif.; ten grandchildren; and twin sister, Laurel Bye, Meridian, Idaho.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his brothers, Roger and Don and sister, Lois Fulfs.

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