Larry A. Stevens, 65, of Twin Lakes, WI, passed away on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at his home, with his loving family by his side. He was born in Harvard, IL on January 14, 1953, to the late J. Robert and Marjorie L. (Townsend) Stevens. He was a graduate of Richmond-Burton High School in 1972.
In April of 1977, he married Marlene Diedrich in Twin Lakes. Larry had a passion for construction and worked in various trades over the years, most notably for William Tonyan and Sons, McHenry, IL and English Construction, Genoa City, WI. His proudest accomplishment was in 1989 when he started Larry Stevens Construction Inc., a home building and remodeling company, which he ran up until his death.
Larry’s love for fast cars started in his youth when he raced quarter midget racecars with his family. He always drove the fastest cars with the biggest motors. He pit crewed for his brother, racing modified cars, at Wilmot Raceway.
Finally, he became an owner of his own modified car and raced at Wilmot Raceway as well as at other raceways throughout Wisconsin. Larry loved spending time with his family and grandchildren, taking on new adventures such as ziplining, touring Chicago on bicycles, annual trips to Noah’s Ark, and a family trip to Door County this past summer. He loved watching all sports, never missed one of his children’s sporting events and enjoyed going to Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers games with his son and daughter.
Larry is survived by his wife, Marlene, his daughter, Katie (Jesse) Damrow of Fox Point, WI; and his son, Timothy (Kristina) Stevens of Olathe, KS; his grandchildren, Nelson Damrow, Ruby Damrow, Juniper Damrow, and Saylor Stevens. He is also survived by his sisters, Lois (Harvey) Petska of Spring Grove, IL; Anna (Jim Ross) Penza of Daytona Beach, FL; Pam (Dave Palcek) Kopacz of Libertyville, IL; his brothers, Bill (LaVerne) Stevens of Poolesville, MD; Ray (Peg) Stevens of Spring Grove, IL; Bob (Joy) Stevens Jr. of Spring Grove, IL. He is also survived by many brother-in-laws and sister-in-laws, nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.
He is preceded in death by a sister, Judy Stevens. The family would like to thank Dr. James Thomas, YeeLan Wong, and the entire team at Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin. The visitation will be from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, July 20, 2018, at Haase-Lockwood Funeral Home, 620 Legion Drive, Twin Lakes, WI.
Funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 21, 2018 at Haase-Lockwood Funeral Home, 620 Legion Drive, Twin Lakes, WI. Interment will be at Mound Prairie Cemetery in Twin Lakes. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Larry’s name may be made to the Heart of Gold Charity, P.O. Box 116, Twin Lakes, WI 53181 or the Colorectal Cancer Alliance, 1025 Vermont Avenue NW, Suite 1066, Washington, D.C. 20005 or www.
ccalliance.org. Donations may be made to: Heart of Gold Charity P.O. Box 116, Twin Lakes WI 53181 Colorectal Cancer Alliance 1025 Vermont Ave. NW Suite 1066, Washington DC 20005 Web: www.
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