Larry Gene Myer, age 89, of Missouri Valley, passed away at home on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, leaving behind 72 cans of black olives, any tool that his family or friends ever needed to borrow (that he usually gave away along with advice on how to use) and so many wonderful memories!
Larry graduated from Missouri Valley High School in Missouri Valley. He then drove a semi-truck for many years. He went on to earn his associate degree in electronics from Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs. He then opened Myer Electronics in Missouri Valley, when CB radios and ham radios were all the rage. He went back to driving over the road and retired from driving a truck but still found plenty of work to do around the house.
He enjoyed many, many things. Among those things were: deer hunting, fishing with family and friends, being stubborn, The Weather Channel, shooting guns, hunting for morel mushrooms, Oreos, The History Channel, black olives, old timers' coffee at the gas station, online shopping, hot sauce that was never hot enough, and above all, his family.
Larry is survived by his overly-patient and accepting wife, Sandy (Sandra Taylo); daughter, Lisa (his favorite son-in-law Steve, who did not bribe me to add this) Stowe; step-daughter, Michelle (Shelly) (Milton) Munoz; step-son, Mike Campbell; grandchildren, Amanda, Travis, and Jessica Roane, Collin Campbell; and great-grandchildren, Taylor and Hunter Collins, Magnolia Meidl, and Oliver Roane; brother-in-law, Terry Watts; sisters-in-law, Phyllis Glarborg and Roberta (Birdie) (Richard) Copple and many other family and friends.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Wesley and Freda Myer; sister, Elaine Watts; brother-in-law, Sherill Powell; and sister-in-law, Barb Powell.
Memorial donations in Larry’s name can be directed to the family or your favorite watering hole, where you are instructed to tell a few stories of the great Larry Myer.
Services were conducted Feb. 24, 2024.
Arrangements made by Hennessey Funeral Home.
