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Ed is survived by his wife of 46 years, Florence; sons, Doug (Christine) of Conrad and Dwight of Billings; grandchildren, Justin Larson and Trenton Larson of Cascade, Trevor Larson of Ledger, Parker Larson, Blake Larson, and Riley Larson, all of Conrad. Ed was preceded in death by his parents, Chris and Selma Larson. Ed was born an only child on May 31, 1931 to Chris and Selma (Torske) Larson. He was raised on the family farm east of Ledger and attended Omholt School. He attended high school in Conrad. After high school he was drafted into the Army and completed basic training at Camp Roberts, California. He liked to say that ‘he drove across the Golden Gate Bridge, floated under it by ship, and flew over it by plane’. He was a lineman in the service, putting up and taking down communication lines. He was honorably discharged and returned to Montana, and to the family farm. He father, Chris, died when Ed was 26 years old. Ed and Florence Foss were married on October 1, 1960 in Conrad at Pondera Valley Lutheran Church. He was a member of St Olaf Church in Ledger for many years. At one time or another, he held just about every administrative position in the church. When his mother’s health declined, he attended church at Pondera Valley Lutheran Church in Conrad in order to visit her, and had continued to attend there ever since her death. Ed loved to tinker at the shop and always had an ongoing mechanical project, or a long winter project. He never felt vehicles had enough power and always worked at changing that. He was told that his first project could never be done: put a flat-head V-8 into an old jeep. Take a shop full of tools and anything is possible! He enjoyed working on old tractors in his spare time and had fully restored a 1931 John Deere GP. He loved to attend thrashing bees and antique toy shows. Ed enjoyed visiting with fellow farmers about things like the weather and farming conditions, politics, grain prices and neighbors, etc. He loved to talk and visit with just about everyone. Ed’s kind heart and larger than life laughter brought joy to those closest to him. This gentle giant’s enormously kind heart was matched equally by his enormously large hands. Work gloves were always a challenge for him to find, but those ‘working hands’ will be sadly missed. Ed’s greatest joy was his grandchildren. He always had a lap to bounce on or a hand to hold or a story to tell. The flashlight that was permanently in the shirt pocket was always the greatest anticipated toy to play with when visiting Grandpa. It is with utmost sadness that we say goodbye for now to out dear Husband, Father, Son and Grandfather. He will live forever in our memories and our hearts. Until we meet again…..we love you. |
Edward
J Larson, age 74, a lifelong Ledger area farmer and Army
veteran, died after a brief illness on
Thursday, March 16, 2005 at