Todd Alan LARKIN

LARKIN, SWENSON, TJABRING, MENNENGA, MILLER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 3/16/2009 at 12:12:45

BELMOND - Todd Alan Larkin, 35, died Friday (July 23, 1999) as a result of a car accident south of Belmond. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 28, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Belmond, with the Rev. Jim Carpenter officiating. Interment will be in Belmond Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Tenold Funeral, Belmond, and will resume one hour prior to the service at the church Wednesday.

Todd Alan Larkin, the son of Claude and Genevieve (Swenson) Larkin, was born Sept. 19, 1963, in Belmond. He graduated from the Belmond High School in 1983. He began work at Eaton Corporation in Belmond at age 18 and remained there until January 1998, when he started working for Pella Window Corporation in Story City. Todd had a passion to serve the community as a member of the Belmond Fire Department and Pheasants Forever. He loved sporting events, especially wrestling and football. He liked to hunt, play golf , racing and was a "Harley Man." He had a love of life, never knew a stranger and enjoyed making people laugh with his sense of humor. He "lived life on the edge." No one knew better than Todd how to grab that brass ring and live life to the fullest. He loved children and his two dogs, Alex and Princess.

He leaves to cherish his memory his mother, Genevieve Larkin of Belmond; his father, Claude Larkin of San Diego; his grandmother, Sadie Swenson of Belmond; sisters, Cynthia Tjabring of Belmond and Diana Mennenga and her husband, Doug, of Belmond; his brother, Gary Larkin and his wife, Jackie, of Ocala, Fla.; special friend, Kim and stepchildren, Scott and Kiley; many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, step-nieces and nephews; and special friends, Sara, Chad, Jodi and many others. Todd was preceded in death by his grandfather, Bill Swenson; grandparents, Claude and Olive Larkin; and an uncle, Bernard Miller.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Iowa
July 26, 1999