Larry Williams, Austin, TX
Obituary | Larry Williams of Austin, Texas | Melby Mortuary
January 6, 1949 - January 2, 2023
Larry G. Williams, age 73, formerly of Mankato, KS, passed away on Monday, January 2, 2023 at St. Gabriel's Hospice, Austin, TX.
The second born of twin boys, Larry Gene Williams, was born on January 6, 1949, to Orville and Luzella (Gutscher) Williams in Superior, Nebraska.
He grew up on the farm near Burr Oak, Kansas, where he attended school.
Larry graduated from Burr Oak High School with the class of 1969. Following graduation, he attended North Central Kansas Vocational Technical School in Beloit, Kansas, studying production agriculture.
Larry worked various jobs including farming, Mid-America Cheese plant, and Dubuque Packing Company, before leaving Kansas in the late 1970s. He lived and worked in Arizona, Oklahoma, and Texas, working construction jobs as long as his health permitted.
He passed away four days before his 74th birthday on January 2, 2023, at Park Manor Bee Cave in Austin, Texas. St. Gabriel’s Hospice of Austin have been helping with his care for the last six months.
He is preceded in death by his father Orville, mother Luzella, grandparents Walter and Olive Gutscher and Walter and Ellen Williams, twin brother Terry, and nephew Joel Hobbs.
He is survived by his brother Darcy Williams and his wife Cheryl of El Dorado, Kansas, sister Rita Hobbs and her husband Dan, Jr., of Beloit, Kansas, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Graveside memorial services will be Friday, January 13, 2023, at 2:00 p.m., at the Burr Oak Cemetery, rural Burr Oak, Kansas. Friends may sign Larry’s book on Thursday, January 12, from 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., at Melby Mortuary in Mankato.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are requested to St. Gabriel’s Hospice and may be sent to St. Gabriel’s Hospice, 3415 Greystone Drive, Suite 310, Austin, Texas, 78731, or they may be sent in care of the funeral home.
Melby Mortuary is assisting the Williams family with these arrangements, www.melbymortuary.com.