I am very grateful that I could attend the funeral service on Tuesday, April 8, 2008, held at the Kemmerer High School Auditorium in Kemmerer, Wyoming. Larry went to heaven on April 2, 2008 at age 60.
Larry’s theme verse: Jude 22
A typical Larryism:
Go ahead and forget me, but don’t forget my Christ.
A quote by Pastor Pitchford in funeral message #1:
‘Well done, Thou good and faithful servant’ is the capstone of a life well lived.
An appeal by Pastor Ron Ehmann in funeral message #2:
Friend, make your peace with God now before it is eternally too late.
Here was the order of service:
Prelude – Mrs Jay Sprecher
Obituary Tribute – Pastor Bruce Dunsdon
Prayer – Pastor Jay Sprecher
Congregation Hymn – Be Thou My Vision
Scripture Reading (2 Corinthians 5:1-9) – Dick MacGill
Testimony – Mark Ristau
Special Music – O The Deep, Deep Love of Jesus (Dean and Lori Loftus)
Message – Pastor Steve Pitchford
Congregational Hymn – Amazing Grace
Special Music – My Faith Has Found A Resting Place (Pam Sprecher)
Scripture Reading (I Corinthians 15:51-58) – Jack Hegardt
Message – Pastor Ron Ehmann
Benediction – Pastor Clarence Knutson
(I picked up a key flashlight in the church foyer of the newly constructed Grace Baptist Church – as I understood, the first ever Baptist building – in Kemmerer. I will pray for God’s blessing upon the “light” sitting on the corner of Pine Street and Garnet. I pray for Carolyn, the family, and the church family.)
