Lawrence Fay "Larry" Avey (1937 - 2008)

AVEY, PUTNEY, WITZKE, MATHRE, PRITCHARD

Posted By: flh (email)
Date: 3/22/2008 at 07:32:52

Lawrence F. Avey
Born in Adair County, IA on Sep. 18, 1937
Died on Aug. 18, 2007 and resided in Woodward, IA.

Lawrence Fay “Larry” Avey, 69, passed from this life on Saturday, August 18, 2007 at Dallas County Hospital in Perry. Cremation rites have been accorded. A celebration of Larry’s life will be held at 1 p.m., on Sunday, August 26, at the home of Eric and Shelly Mathre, located at 2060 Owl Avenue; Woodward, Iowa. Private committal services will take place at Union Cemetery, in Clark County, IA, at a later date.

Larry was born on September 18, 1937 in Adair County, Iowa to William Carl and Ruth Melissa (Putney) Avey. He owned and operated Avey’s Amoco in Ames, for more than 30 years. Larry had resided in Story County, Iowa, for more than 50 years. He loved spending time with his family and friends and enjoyed traveling, fishing, hunting, watching birds and horseback riding.

He is survived and lovingly remembered by his wife, Linda Avey; five children, Rick (Mary) Avey, Robin (Terry) Witzke, Shelly (Eric) Mathre, Cindy (Mark) Ihle and Rob (Melissa) Pritchard; one brother, Ralph (Carol) Avey; one sister, Violet Templeman; 19 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.