Larry Wayne Blue, January 29, 1948 — January 30, 2019

Larry Wayne Blue, 71, of Prior Lake, formerly of Minneapolis, passed away peacefully on January 30th, 2019. He was surrounded in his final days by many of the special friends and relatives he loved so much. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, February 5, 2019 from the St. Cornelia’s Episcopal Church Guild Hall on the Lower Sioux Community with burial to follow in the church cemetery.

Visitation will be held Monday, February 4, from 4 – 7 p.m. with prayer service at 7 p.m. at the Nelson-Hillestad Funeral Home in Redwood Falls. Visitation will continue on Tuesday at the church hall, from 9 – 10a.m. Arrangements are with Nelson-Hillestad Funeral and Cremation Service of Redwood Falls. E-mail condolences may be sent via www.

nelson-hillestad.com. Larry was born on January 29th, 1948 to Violet Pearl (Jones) Blue and Howard Wilson Blue at Pipestone Indian Hospital. He attended country school and graduated from Morton High School.

He had a life long passion for the arts that took him across the country through his adulthood, including California and New Mexico. It was there that met and befriended many important artists in the Taos area and perfected his painting and pottery skills. These talents lead him to start the first pottery business at the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, then took him to work in pottery at the Lower Sioux Indian Community and the American Indian Center in Minneapolis.

Larry was devoted to his family and friends and they to him. In the words of one of those close to him he was “very wise, passionate, loving and a true gentlemen” Larry was preceded in death by his mother and father, brothers Ronald Blue, Michael Blue, and Patrick Blue. He is survived by his sister Sally (Blue) Milroy and brother Gerald (Mary) Blue and many nieces and nephews.

Special thanks to LaVonne “Peps” Columbus, Debbie (Prescott) Robertson, Rita Goodthunder and his cousin Debbie Crooks – Hill. Their love and devotion to him throughout his life and his illness were of strength and comfort. He will be greatly missed by those who had the privilege to know him.

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