Larry Curtis Green, 68, Peculiar, Missouri, died Saturday, October 27, 2018 at his home after a two-year fight with cancer. A Celebration of Life service was held Saturday, November 3, 2018 at the First Baptist Church in Peculiar, Missouri.  Inurnment was Sunday, November 4, 2018 at the Clintonville Cemetery in El Dorado Springs, Missouri.

Larry was born March 7, 1950 in Nashville, Arkansas, the son of Lawrence and Imogene (Bookout) Green. The family moved to El Dorado Springs, Missouri when Larry was in the seventh grade and he was a 1968 graduate of El Dorado Springs High School. Larry was united in marriage to Linda June Smith on June 8, 1968 at the Baptist Church in El Dorado Springs. They moved to Iowa in 1976 and to Peculiar in 1982, where they raised 3 daughters.

Larry was a boiler builder, inspector and engineer for over 28 years, and worked for the State of Missouri and various insurance companies, including his current employer Liberty Mutual. He was a member, Sunday School teacher and deacon of the First Baptist Church in Peculiar and was a member of Boilermakers Union Local #83 in Kansas City, Missouri. He loved to hunt, fish, scuba dive, sing, drive, and ride his motorcycle...but his real passion was taking care of his family.

Larry was preceded in death by his mother and a brother, Cliff. He is survived by his wife, Linda Green, of the home; three daughters, Mytzi Stephens, Peculiar, MO, Nichola (Joe) Engle, Smithville, MO, and Katrina (Fred) Caddell, Raymore, MO; two brothers, Mike Green, Springfield, MO, and Terry (Sandra) Bookout, Guymon, Oklahoma; a sister, Regina (Dennis) Linn, Des Moines, Iowa; six grandchildren: Curtis, Joey, Ronee, Spencer, Gavin, and Jolee; and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.