Larry left us to be with his heavenly Father on August 13, 2018 at The Cottage in the Meadow in Yakima, WA. He was born on August 17, 1940 in Chehalis, WA to Fred and Elsie Schlittler. He graduated in 1959 from WF West High School in Chehalis, WA and then attended Centralia College, Centralia, WA.
At an early age, Larry had a paper route delivering the Chronicle newspaper. During high school he was employed by Fullers Market Basket in Chehalis. He made a career working in retail sales. After returning to Chehalis he was once again working at Fullers, then was employed by Classic Distributing and eventually was the manager of West Coast Fruit and Produce. In the late 1990's Larry formed a partnership with Gary Hodges, together they started Northwest Builders Plus Inc. After retiring, Larry and his wife Yvonne relocated to Selah WA.
Larry was a true outdoorsman. He loved hunting, fishing and camping with his family and friends. He loved his family and especially enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren. He was blessed with many good friends.
Larry is survived by his wife, Yvonne of 44 yrs., sons, Bruce Schlittler of Knoxville TN, Dan (Kim) Schlittler of Centralia, WA and daughter Stacey (Jason) Jones of Selah, WA., brother Ron Schlittler of Steamboat Island, WA, six grandchildren, several great grandchildren, extended family grand and great grandchildren, his uncle Don Young of Chehalis, WA and aunt Helen Petrie of Keizer, OR and several cousins.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Beverly Slinker, and stepson Stuart Bachman.
A celebration of his life will be held on Saturday, September 15, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. at the Centralia-Chehalis Vintage Auto Club located at 17543 Pendleton Ave. SW in Rochester, WA.
To share a memory of Larry, visit www.keithandkeith.com or the Chehalis Chronicle at www.chronline.com
