Flowers,+Larry+Robert


 * Larry Robert Flowers**

**1969:** I attended Skagit Valley College and graduated in 1961. I continued my education at the University of Utah and in 1964 graduated from there with a BA degree in Anthropology. I then accepted a job working in a gambling casino up at Lake Tahoe and worked up there for six months before entering graduate school. After a year of graduate work I was drafted into the Army and spent a year in Ariz. And a year in Germany. Presently I am again working up at Lake Tahoe and plan on going back to graduate school next year working toward a PhD in clinical psychology. I am still single and look much the same as I did except for a receding hairline and a little more weight. **1979: **Life marches on whether we want it to or not. In the past ten years I took on some “adult” responsibilities—marriage, a daughter, now five, and even a steady job as a social worker in Reno for six years. However we decided that we needed a break, I retired (temporarily) and we purchased a mini motor home in which we plan on spending the summer months touring part of the United States, keeping an eye out for a new place to re-locate. We plan on visiting Washington in July and if we are still there by August we will see you at the reunion. **2004: **[Larry is a mailman in Boise, ID.—J.G.]

Larry Robert Flowers, 65, passed away Monday Nov. 27, 2006 at his home after a courageous battle with cancer. ...
 * obituary (Idaho Statesman)**

Larry was born on March 21, 1941, in Mt. Vernon, Washington. He was the oldest of two children born to Louis and Pearl Flowers. His father taught the value of hard work as they were raised on a dairy farm, and his mother infused education into daily life as she was a school teacher for over 40 years. Larry graduated from high school in 1959, attended Skagit Valley Community College and went on to receive two bachelor degrees in psychology and anthropology from the University of Utah. He served two years in the United States Army while deployed in both Arizona and Germany. Larry started dating Patty Jean Marty in 1970 and they were married on March 20, 1973 in Carson City, Nevada.

Larry was employed as a senior social worker for both Nevada and Idaho for 10 years. In 1985 he made a career change to the United States Postal Service where he worked until he fell ill with cancer in 2004.

Larry was a very humble and compassionate individual who exuded unconditional love in everything he did. He enjoyed a variety of activities including sports of all kinds to playing board games, and writing short stories. He loved the outdoors especially, camping, fishing, tennis, senior Olympics and rock hounding. Larry was also dedicated to his church community, serving as a lector and other church functions; one of his greatest comforts were the hours he spent in adoration. He will be remembered for his great sense of humor, his ability to not grow angry, and his gratitude.

Larry was preceded in death by his mother and father, Louis and Pearl Flowers, and nephew Tony Lee. He is survived by his loving wife, Patty; their daughter Teresa and her husband Joe Uhlenkott; three beloved grandchildren James, Emily, and Elijah; his sister Carol and her husband Gordy Wiren; nieces and nephews, Brad Baker, Danny Charlebois, Hugh Charlebois, Colette Gillespie, Marty Holmstrom, Danny Lee, and Kirsten Zubieta....