Larry Glen NEAL

NEAL, BELL, REICHARDT, HART, STUCK, GINAPP, CARD, PALS, POLAND

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 6/4/2007 at 00:40:52

May 14, 2004
Mason City (Iowa) Globe Gazette

GARNER — Larry G. Neal, 67, of Garner, died Friday (May 7, 2004) at Weslaco, Texas. His funeral will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at the United Methodist Church in Garner, with the Rev. David Wagner officiating. Burial will be in Concord Township Cemetery in Garner. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Cataldo Funeral Chapel in Garner, and one hour prior to the service at the church.

Larry Glen Neal, the son of Glen George and Erma Dora (Bell) Neal, was born March 10, 1938 at Dows. He graduated from Dows High School and continued his education at AIB in Des Moines. He then returned to Dows, where he worked with his father, Glen, at the sale barn. On Sept. 28, 1958, he married A. Elaine Reichardt at the United Methodist Church in Belmond. They lived in Garner, where Larry was involved in the car business. He had worked at Glen’s Pontiac, Glen’s Auto Sales, Ollenburg-Neal Motors and most recently at Clear Lake Auto Sales, which he owned and operated with his son, Mark. He enjoyed traveling and mission work. He and Elaine also enjoyed leading numerous work camps to Mexico over the years. He was a member of the United Methodist Church in Garner.

Larry is survived by his wife, Elaine, of Garner; son, Mark Neal of Clear Lake; daughter, Lori Hart and husband, Tom, of Cedar Falls; three grandchildren, Amber Neal and Alex and Darby Hart; a sister, Joann Stuck and husband, Bill, of Dows; two uncles, Maurice Neal and wife, Ruth, of Pioneer, Calif., and Eldon Bell and wife, LuVerne, of Thornton; four aunts, Inez Ginapp of Belmond, Alma Pals of Alexander, LaVonne Card of Alexander and Dorothy Poland and husband, Clifford, of Rockwell; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents. Cataldo Funeral Home