My Late Brother Larry

My brother Larry died on Christmas day 2017 at the age of 74. I do not have many pictures of Larry just a few of his baby pictures, but I have memories of him which I will share.

I believe I was only 4 years old, my parents were burning leaves and I walked too close to the flames and my right leg caught on fire. 

Naturally, I was crying and screaming. Larry came out to help , drop me to the ground and  rolled me until the fire was out.

At my very young age I thought he was picking on me while I was still in pain.
It turned out that he was reading his boy Scott book that day.

One day my brother brought in an aquarium tank filled with guppies that probably was a take home class project.

Once Larry went off to school my sister and I took the guppies out of the water ,put them on a tray so they wouldn't drown.

We were very young, we didn't know anything about gills. Larry was disappointed.

My brother is the one who taught me how to play chess. It started when I had placed  chess pieces on just the black squares of a checker board.

He taught me how to set up the chess board right, how the pieces move and the rules of the game.

In a few weeks I thought he was cheating with moves such as "en passant" and "castling" but they were legit.

Below  a  very short video of  Larry in his pontoon boat  1986:

When Larry was 18 he joined the armed forces. Once the terms were up for one  he enlisted into another. The goal of course is to make money a nest egg if you will.

My mom, Mary, told him "Larry, you're going to be a very old man before your time !"

Larry replied back saying: "Yes, but I will be a very rich old man !"

Larry was on the navy ship 'Enterprise" in 1968