Visitation:
4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday January 5, at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Lincoln.
Service:
10:30 a.m. Wednesday, January 6 at the funeral home
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln
Obituary
Larry Engle, 74, of Lincoln passed away at 6:45 p.m.
January 1, 2016 at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital
in Lincoln, surrounded by his wife, family, and
friends.
Larry was born June 6, 1941 in Lincoln, the son of
Paul and Kathleen Warren Engle. He married Norma
Spellman in 1973. She survives in Lincoln.
Also surviving Larry is his sister, Dottie (Bud)
Huffaker of Chatham, his sister-in-law Sandi Engle,
and many nieces and nephews.
Larry was preceded in death by his daughter, Tara
Lee, his parents, and his brother Paul (Punky)
Engle.
Larry graduated from Lincoln High School in 1959,
attended ISU, Lincoln College, and graduated from
Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky. He
later received a Master’s Degree from Eastern
Illinois University. Larry was drafted in to the
Army and served two tours of duty in Vietnam. His
teaching and coaching duties included
Saybrook-Arrowsmith, Argenta-Oreana, Lincoln High
School, and Olympia High School. He had many honors
from his coaching career, such as the Decatur Herald
& Review Area Track and Field Coach of The Year as
well as the Decatur Herald & Review Area Football
Coach of The Year. Larry retired after 31 years of
teaching and coaching. |
He enjoyed summers on the Elks golf course and
winters in the St. Petersburg area. He was a 32nd
degree Mason as well as a member of the Lincoln
American Legion Post #263.
Services for Larry will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday,
January 6, 2016 at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral
Home, Lincoln. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00
p.m. Tuesday January 5, 2016 at the funeral home.
Burial will follow services in Old Union Cemetery,
Lincoln. Memorial donations may be made in Larry’s
name to Kidney Foundation, Heart Association, or The
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital Foundation.
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