Larry D. Sills 1946 - 2014

SILLS, FISHER, SCHULDT

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 10/1/2014 at 14:43:58

Sioux City Journal
28 September 2014

SERGEANT BLUFF, Iowa | Larry D. Sills, 68, of Urbandale, Iowa, formerly of Sergeant Bluff, passed away Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, at a care facility in Johnston, Iowa.

Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Community Methodist Church in Sergeant Bluff, with the Rev. Tim Rieckhoff-Faris officiating. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Waterbury Funeral Service of Sergeant Bluff. Online condolences may be sent to www.waterburyfuneralserviceinc.com.

Larry was born on Sept. 14, 1946, to parents Francis (Ernie) and Irene (Fisher) Sills and grew up in Mitchell, South Dakota. Larry graduated from Mitchell Senior High School in 1964. He joined the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps and spent much of his enlistment at Fort Riley, Kan. He was discharged in January of 1969.

Larry was united in marriage to Janice Schuldt on July 6, 1968. Larry was a South Dakota State University graduate in 1972 with a B.S. in animal husbandry.

Larry's greatest joys were his family, his 34 years in livestock marketing, his music in the church and in barbershop groups, and watching ISU Cyclone football and basketball. He belonged to the Siouxland Discovery Chorus in Sioux City. Larry also joined with three others to form a barbershop quartet called "Assorted Parts" that sang in various events.

Survivors include wife, Janice; three children, Curtis D. Sills and wife, Jill, of Des Moines, Iowa, Bobbi A. Weepie and husband, Travis, of Walker, Iowa, and Cory D. Sills and wife, Allison, of Plymouth, Minn.; grandchildren, Baileigh, Arianna, Ethan, Madilyn, Travis, Devin, Andrew, Brennah, Grant, Preston, Ella and Marshall; his brother, David L. Sills and his wife, Marian, of Cedar City, Utah; and his sister, Brenda J. Weil and her husband, Randy, of Fremont, Neb.

Larry was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Karan Hart; and sister, Antoinette (Toni) Heiman.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Siouxland Discovery Chorus.