Larry Passed Away and Will be Missed

[Linda Buquet]

Anyone who has been here for any length of time at all probably knows Larry (Larwee) our forum Administrator.

Larry passed away suddenly without warning yesterday. I just found out after sending the St Louis police to his home to check to see if he was OK. I called the police to check on him after becoming worried because he never misses work and because he sounded very ill the last time I talked to him. They aren't sure what happened, but assume his heart gave out. Must have been too many fried spam sandwiches. (An inside joke that will make Larry chuckle if he's up there reading this.)

Larry has worked for me 365 days a year for almost 3 years. Never took a sick day - in fact never missed a single day - not even Christmas. He worked tirelessly around the clock here at the forum and literally never needed to sleep.

He was my right hand man and is responsible for many of the improvements around here that helped this forum to grow. I know he has personally helped many of the members here, as well as generously giving out mod slaps whenever they were needed.

I can't begin to tell you how loyal he was to this forum and how important it was to him to be sure the forum was well run for the benefit of the you guys, the regular members.

I'd like to give a heartfelt thanks to Larry for all he's done
for me personally as well as for everything he's done for this forum.

Larry, you will be missed!

[Linda Buquet]

I wanted to bump this up for members to see that were not on the forum last night.
I know many of you knew Larry and would want to know about his passing.

[jcorkern]

I know I will miss him. May you rest in peace Larry!

[jazzguy]

Even though I only "knew" Larry briefly, I could tell he felt strongly for this forum and for it's members. Linda, you have my condolences and may Larry Rest In Peace.

[Rob_TID]

Irreplaceable. A very sad day for the forums.

[Linda Buquet]

Thanks Jim, Lyle and Rob.

I hope Larry knows how much he'll be missed!

[kbldshmn]

Condolence to his family. I appreciate his work and contribution to this forum.

[praveen]

I just saw this in GV and came over here as soon as possible.

This is really really shocking...

Larwee was one of the nicest guy around and a def source of lots of good tips and information.

I am sure i will miss him and his wonderful contribution.

[Linda Buquet]

Thanks for your kind words Praveen. He will be missed by many!

For those that don't know GV = Geek Village forum. Larry had previously moderated over there and has over 3,000 posts where he gave of himself to help others.

I let Czar, the administrator over there, know of Larry's passing and he wrote a little tribute as well.
Here it is for anyone that would like to read it.

[Oregon Coast Guy]

Holy cow! I'm just speechless......