CHRISTOPHER J. LARMON 1941 - 2003

HANLEY, LARMON, NEYENS, BARTOS, PATTERSON, RYAN

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 10/13/2003 at 14:20:13

Christopher J. Larmon

Telegraph Herald - Tuesday, August 19, 2003

Christopher J. Larmon, 62, of 675 Kane St., died of heart failure at 7:20 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, 2003, at Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque.

Services will be at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Raphael's Cathedral. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. today at Hoffmann-Schneider Funeral Home, 1640 Main St., where there will be a wake service at 6 p.m.

Mr. Larmon taught at Wahlert High School, Dubuque, and Joseph P. Kennedy School for exceptional children. He was one of the original founders of Special Olympics, with Eunice Shriver and the Kennedy family. His most recent employment was with State Farm Insurance.

He was born on March 1, 1941, in Chicago, son of Christopher and Elizabeth (Hanley) Larmon. He married Sally Neyens on Jan. 25, 1964, at Nativity Catholic Church, Dubuque.

He graduated from Mendel High School, Chicago, and in 1964 from Loras College, Dubuque, with a bachelor of science degree in physical education and political science.

He was a member of St. Raphael's Cathedral and the Chicago Bears Fan Club.

Surviving are his wife, Sally; a son, Nicholas (Tracey) Larmon, of Midlothian, Ill.; a daughter, Beth Ann Larmon Bartos, of Elwood, Ill.; four grandchildren, Allen Patterson, Nicole Bartos, Megen Bartos and Jake Larmon; a brother, Michael (Carole) Larmon, of Naperville, Ill.; and a sister, Mary (Ed) Ryan, of Palos Heights, Ill.