Lawrence L. "Larry" Roesch 1918 - 2003

MYERS, ROESCH, FULBRIGHT

Posted By: Marguerite (email)
Date: 5/1/2003 at 14:36:32

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Lawrence “Larry” L. Roesch, 84, of 1420 Buresh Avenue, died Wednesday, April 30, 2003, surrounded by family at his home following a lengthy battle with multiple myeloma.

Funeral Services will be held Saturday, May 3, 2003, at 10:30AM at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Paul Akin officiating. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery. A reception will follow the services in the church hall. Friends may call from 4-7:30PM Friday at Lensing Funeral and Cremation Service, Iowa City, and after 10AM at the church on Saturday. A Masonic Service will be held at 7PM Friday at the funeral home. Memorials may be directed to the First United Methodist Church or Iowa City Hospice.

Larry was born July 14, 1918, in Deep River, Iowa, the son of Louis and Paulena Myers Roesch. The family moved to Iowa City in 1923 where Larry graduated from Iowa City High School and worked at People’s Laundry. During World War II, he served for three years in the Army Air Corps at Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis, Missouri, and Agra, India, for two years in the China-Burma-India Theatre. He was a Tech Sergeant in the Army Air Corps.

Larry was united in marriage to Martha “Marty” Fulbright on October 10, 1943, in St. Louis, Missouri.

Following his discharge, he returned to Iowa City where he was a employed by Thomas Electric for 5 years. Larry helped to open the Veterans Administration Medical Center in 1952, where he was employed in the engineering department as a service engineer in refrigeration and air conditioning, until his retirement in 1977. Following retirement he worked for Kelly Heating and assisted with funeral service at Lensing Funeral and Cremation Service.

He was a member of First United Methodist Church for over fifty years, the Masonic Lodge #4 AF AM and the El Kahir and KAABA Shrines. He was a charter member and past commander of China- Burma- India Veterans Association of Iowa and a charter member of Golden K Kiwanis.

Larry loved woodworking, furniture restoration and recaning. He taught a course for two years at the Senior Center in recaning and a course on refrigeration and air conditioning at Kirkwood.

Larry is survived by his wife of 59 and a half years, Martha; one daughter, Gayle Baldridge Royar and her husband Rev. Kenneth Royar, and one son, Gregory Roesch and his wife Jill, all of Iowa City; two grandchildren, Rachael Mayer and her husband Matthew of Kansas City, Missouri, and Heather Roesch of Iowa City; one great grandson, Zachary Alan Mayer; one cousin, Robert Myers and his wife Louann of Tiffin; and his grand-dog, Sheri.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Ruth Roesch.