Larry Parker Homes ^{1 2 3}

  Death Notes:

Given Name: Larry
Middle Name: P
Surname: Homes
State: Missouri
Age: 74
Birth Date: 25 Mar 1939
Death Date: 13 Dec 2013

Citing this Record
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2V47-74N : 19 May 2014), Larry P Homes, 13 Dec 2013; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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  Burial Notes:

PLOT Hastings Block 8 Row 5
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1940 US Census in Wilson Township, Adair County, MO on 15 April 1940. ¹

1940 US Census
Sheet 4A, District 1-23, Family 89, Roll 2081
Wilson Township, Adair County, Missouri, United States
Home owned, $1100
Larry Homes..Son..1..Missouri

(Living with parents and paternal grandfather.)
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• Grave Image: La Plata Cemetery, after 13 December 2013, in La Plata, MO. ³ PLOT Hastings Block 8 Row 5
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• His obituary was published in the Unknown newspaper after 13 December 2013 in , Poweshiek County, IA.

³ Larry P. Homes age 74 of Montezuma passed away unexpectedly Friday at GRMC in Grinnell, Iowa. He had been undergoing treatment since being diagnosed with cancer in late May. His corneas were donated to the Iowa Lions Eye Bank. Burial in the La Plata Cemetery, La Plata, Missouri.

Larry Parker Homes was the son of Parker Hill and Grace Evelyn Wood Homes. He grew up on the family farm near La Plata and graduated from La Plata High School in 1957. He attended Northeast Missouri State Teachers College at Kirksville, Missouri.

Following his graduation in 1961 he began his 37-year career as the business education teacher at Montezuma Community School, retiring in 1998. He earned his Master's Degree at Northern Illinois University. He worked over 25 summers as a crop hail insurance adjuster. After retiring from teaching he became an assistant for funerals at the local funeral home.

In year 2000 he was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis. With characteristic determination and dedication he faithfully went to the GRMC Fitness Center five to six days a week for a rigorous workout to keep his lungs in the best condition possible. At the fitness center he developed close friendships with staff and other patients.

"Mr. Homes" was highly respected for his professionalism as a teacher, and many of his students became his close friends as adults. The faculty he served with was one of his many circles of friends. He looked forward to the retired teachers' monthly get-together.

While he was never married and had no children of his own, in Montezuma Larry formed such a bond with certain individuals and families that he has become regarded as a member of their families. He loved children and they in turn adored him. A favorite topic for him was sharing stories about humorous moments with his friends' children and three young boys to whom he is known as "Neighbor Larry."

A man of faith, Larry was an active member of the United Methodist Church, where he has been finance chairman for several years. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, and an active member of the Montezuma Lions Club, serving in every office of the club. He was a recipient of the Lions Club's prestigious Warren Coleman Award.

He was a devoted son, caring for his parents in their final years. His father lived with Larry in Montezuma during his last years. His father's dog, "Festus", became Larry's special pal.

(Source: unknown newspaper)
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