Larry Eugene Dangler

Services will take place at 1 p.m. Friday at Callahan-Edfast Mortuary. Interment will follow at Orchard Mesa Cemetery.

Survivors include his wife, Joyce; one son, Larry E. Jr. of Grand Junction; two daughters, Leta Wilburn and Tammie Dalton, both of Grand Junction; four sisters, Audrey Satterfield, Peggy Tillman and Karen Daugherty, all of Grand Junction, and Arlene Dangler of Fredericksburg, Texas; eight grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions to the Salvation Army, 1235 N. Fourth St., Grand Junction 81501; or to HopeWest, 3090B N. 12th St., Grand Junction 81506.

Larry Eugene Dangler Sr., 87, went to be with our Lord and

Savior Jesus Christ on July 11, 2016. When he passed, he was

surrounded by his family at Hopewest Hospice following a long battle

of cancer.

He was born April 26, 1929 in Ferndale, Michigan to Byron McCoy

Dangler and Goldie Harris (Dangler). Larry grew up in Grand

Junction, Colorado and attended Columbus Elementary School in Orchard

Mesa through the seventh grade. As a young man, he enlisted into the

Army during the post war cleanup and was discharged with a back

injury.

Larry married Esther Joyce McNeely on September 30,1950. Soon

after, they moved to California where they raised their three

children, Leta, Larry Jr., and Tammie.

Larry was a true American entrepreneur, owning and operating

several small businesses including a successful masonry business that

he operated for over 30 years.

He was preceded in death by his sister, Dorothy Gates and his

brother, Paul Dangler.

He had many hobbies but supporting and spending time with his

family was his first priority. He is survived by his four sisters:

Audrey Satterfield, Peggy Tillman, Arlene Dangler, Karen Dougherty.

His beautiful loving wife, Esther Joyce Dangler. His children, Leta

Wilburn, Larry Jr., and Tammy Dalton. He is also survived by his

eight grandchildren and eighteen great grandchildren.

Please come join us at Callahan-Edfast Mortuary on Friday, July

15 at 1:00p.m. to celebrate the life of one of the most wonderful men

we have ever known.

“For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.”

Col. 3:3