Larry Allen STRAIN

STRAIN, MCCORMICK, MOSER, LACKORE, CHAMBERLIN, BALDUS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 5/30/2007 at 20:52:04

December 6, 2005
Mason City Globe Gazette

MASON CITY — Larry A. Strain, 66, of 1022 N. Monroe Ave. in Mason City, died early Monday morning (December 5, 2005) at the Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. No formal visitation or service is planned in Mason City. However, a private memorial service is planned at a later date in Eagle Grove. Cremation has taken place at Cremation Services of North Iowa-Fullerton Funeral Homes, 123 Second St. S.E. in Mason City. Those wishing to honor Larry’s memory or extend an expression of sympathy may direct them to Hospice of North Iowa or to Charlene Strain, 1022 N. Monroe Ave., Mason City, IA 50401.

Larry Allen Strain was born on Dec. 1, 1939, in rural Eagle Grove to Allen D. and Phyllis M. (McCormick) Strain. He was one of five children born to his parents. Larry graduated from Eagle Grove High School in 1958 and furthered his education at Morningside College and Eagle Grove Junior College. While in high school, Larry met Charlene S. Moser and the couple were later united in marriage at the Methodist Church in Eagle Grove on Jan. 18, 1964. They became the proud parents of a son, Steven.

Larry was inducted into the United States Navy in 1961. After honorably and faithfully serving his country for four years, Larry was formally discharged from his military duties in 1965. Larry was employed by the United States Postal Service in Mason City as a mail carrier from 1966 until he retired in 1992. He was a member of the V.F.W. Post 733 in Mason City, the NARFE (National Association of Retired Federal Employees) and the First United Methodist Church in Mason City. Some of Larry’s leisure activities and hobbies included traveling with Charlene, vegetable gardening and watching all types of sporting events and ballgames. Larry will be dearly missed by his family and friends who have shared in his life.

He is survived by his wife, Charlene Strain, of Mason City; his parents, Allen and Phyllis Strain, of Eagle Grove; his brother, Scott Strain, of Eagle Grove; his sisters, Peg (Chuck) Lackore of Clarion, Sandi (John) Baldus of Alleman, and Kay (Joe) Chamberlin of Eagle Grove. He will also be missed by his companion dog, “Molly” and numerous other relatives and friends. Preceding Larry in death are his maternal and paternal grandparents. Fullerton Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 123 Second St. S.E. in Mason City.