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Larry was born in Phoenix, Arizona on June 8, 1934. Soon after, the family moved to San Antonio, Texas. He attended St. Peter's Catholic School, Central Catholic High school, and graduated from St. Mary's University with a Business degree. After his parents' deaths at the ages of 11 and 13, Bernie and Loretta Lamoureux and Larry's older brother, Jack, took over parenting. To keep Larry "out of trouble" Jack encouraged him to work at HEB Grocery store. While in high school, he started a small business repairing TVs and radios (this was the day of the tube). During Larry's 42 years of service with HEB, he worked his way up from package boy to store manager. This was interrupted for 2 years while he was serving in the army in Germany. At that time, the store managers had to "create" the displays. One of his favorites was when they moved a working single person airplane into the old Broadway HEB (taking out the front window) for a produce display. Larry never lost his love for "tinkering" and "creating" things from a wheeled box go cart at the age of nine to working with motors and wood. Even before his children were born, he had neighborhood youngsters coming to ask if he "could come out and play with them." As a store manager, he knew his customers so well that he would send someone to their home to check on them if they did not come to the store at their regular time. Larry became a boy scout Webelo leader, served as lecturer at St. Gregory's church for several years, and helped with school festivals. He married Janice Hrncir and had 4 children: Craig, Gary, Joanna and Deanna. Larry worked for HEB and then retired at the age of 56 to do the things he enjoyed: making gadgets in his garage (the original MacGyver), taking and printing photographs, taking his dogs for walks, satisfying his sweet tooth (secretly) and spending time with his 11 grandchildren and 1 great-granddaughter. Larry was a man of few words who loved God, his family, and would often be seen at family gatherings pointing his finger towards one of us, so we would come over and "not tell your mother". He was creative, funny, crafty, and kind. Janice and Larry celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary this past June. His family will miss him dearly. A celebration of Larry's life will be Monday, October 3, 2016: Visitation 6:00 pm, Rosary 7:00 pm at Mission Park North. On Tuesday, October 4, 2016: Mass at St. Gregory the Great at noon. Interment will be at Holy Cross Cemetery at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Presentation Sisters, 8931 Callaghan, San Antonio, Texas, 78230. The family sends a thank you to Mary, Regina, Deb, and the staffs at Wellmed and Amedisys Hospice for their care and support. If you are ever driving through Schulenburg, Dad would've wanted you to stop by Kountry Bakery and enjoy the best donut ever made.

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Lawrence F. Bower

May 8, 1934 - September 29, 2016