Larry Edward Ott May 23, 1938 ~ September 24, 2009
		Draucker Funeral Home 700 N. Spruce Street Post Office Box 296 Ogallala, NE 69153 Ph:  308.284.4021

 OBITUARY

 
Larry Edward Ott, age 71, of Ogallala, NE passed away on September 24, 2009 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte, NE.

Larry was born May 23, 1938 in the home of his German immigrant grandparents at Fairfax, South Dakota. He was the son of Frederick (Fred) George and Esther Marie Fuhrer Ott. He spent his early life on the family farm south of Bonesteel, SD. He received his education through the tenth grade at Bonesteel and then graduated from high school at Fairfax, SD in 1957.

Larry served on active duty in the US Army from 1961 to 1962 and in the Army Reserves until his discharge in 1967.

In 1962 Mr. Ott married Mary K. Laprath of Dallas, SD. The couple farmed until her death in 1966. In 1967 he moved his young family to South Sioux City, NE. where he was employed by the local Farmers Co-op for thirteen years serving in a variety of positions including assistant manager. In 1972 he married Sharon Newkirk of Sioux City, IA.

Mr. Ott married Jean M. Steele on March 13, 1982. In 1983 he moved his family to Atchison, KS where he worked in food service, as a security guard, and as a truck driver. In 1993 Larry and Jean Ott moved to Ogallala where he was the owner and operator of Ott's Floor Service.

He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Ogallala He was a member of the American Legion and the Eagles Club. His hobbies included gardening, fishing, and playing cards.

Preceding him in death were his parents and a sister Doris Ott.

Survivors include his wife Jean Ott of Ogallala; daughter Esther (Carlos) Garcia of Brownsville, TX; and sons Robert (Carrie) Ott of Clarksville, TN; and LTC Paul (Mary) Ott of Pinehurst, NC. Two step-daughters: Sandra (Ernie) Manuel of Albert Lea, MN and Lori Ann Steele of Atchison, KS. Three step-sons: Steve Steele of Miami, FL; Jeffery (Peggy) Steele of Gibbon, NE. and Robert "Charlie" (Juanita) Steele of So. Sioux City, NE. Two sisters Claryce Ott of Sun City, AZ and Marilyn Faatz of Rapid City, SD and one brother Allen Ott of Cheyenne, WY. Larry has eight grandchildren, fifteen step-grandchildren, and twelve step-great grandchildren.

A funeral service will be held Tuesday, September 29, at 1:00 p.m. CDT in the Calvary Bible Church of Bonesteel, SD. Rev. Russ Grimm will officiate.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the services at the church.

Interment in the Rosebud Cemetery of Bonesteel. A memorial has been established to the First United Methodist Church of Ogallala.

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Clausen Funeral Home of Burke, SD and Draucker Funeral Home of Ogallala is in charge of arrangements.