Patten, Larry “Horse” Leonard (1957 – 2008)

PATTEN, HERBST, HOLZER, THOMPSON, BAXTER, OLSON

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/4/2013 at 23:19:20

Name of deceased: Larry “Horse” Leonard Patten

Aged: 51 yrs, 3 mo, 17 days

Residence: Harlan, IA

Born: July 19, 1957, Harlan, IA

Died: Nov. 5, 2008, Myrtue Medical Center, Harlan, IA

Funeral services: Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008, Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home, Harlan, IA. The Shelby County VFW Post #941 and Helmer Reyelt AL Post #150 conducted military rites and the ceremony.

Survived by: Daughters, Billie Jo (spouse, Steve) Thompson of Harlan, IA, Lisa Patten of Council Bluffs, IA, and Diane (spouse, Brian) Baxter of Harlan, IA; mother, Marlis (nee Herbst) Patten of Harlan, IA; brothers, Steven Patten of Harlan, IA, Garry Patten of Magnolia, TX, Ronald (spouse, Gena) Patten of Conroe, TX, and Danny (spouse, Faye) Patten of Earling, IA; sister, Jane (spouse, Dennis) Olson of Des Moines, IA; former wife, Tami Patten of Harlan, IA; 10 grandchildren; other relatives and friends

Predeceased by: father, Duane J. Patten; sister-in-law, Sandy Patten

Education: Harlan Community Schools

Military service: 1977-1980, U. S. Marines

Marriage: Tami Ann Holzer, May 11, 1974, Lohraville, IA; they later divorced.

Employment: worked around the country as foreman for underground cable construction and road construction crews; more recently, employed by Cogdill Farm Supply, Panama, IA

Hobbies/Interests: hunting, fishing, spending time with his dog, Lucas

Source: burmeisterjohannsen.com