Obituary for Larry Andersen | Locke Funeral Services

Larry Andersen

August 17, 1938 - October 9, 2024

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Visitation

Monday, October 14, 2024

From 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM

Unity Presbyterian Church

1149 Hammond Ave.,
Waterloo, IA 50702

Memorial Service

Monday, October 14, 2024

Starting at 1:30 PM

Unity Presbyterian Church

1149 Hammond Ave.,
Waterloo, IA 50702

Visitation

Friday, January 3, 2025

From 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Locke at Tower Park

4140 Kimball Avenue,
Waterloo, IA 50701

Memorials

Memorials should be directed to St Croix Hospice or a charity of donor's choice in Larry's memory.

Larry Eugene Andersen, 86, of Waterloo, died Wednesday, October 9, 2024, while a resident at New Aldaya Lifescapes in Cedar Falls. He was born August 17, 1938, the son of Holger and Lucretia Andersen. He graduated from Orange High School and married Gretchen Marx Buck on October 12, 1974, in McGregor, IA. Larry owned Andy's Plumbing and Heating.

Larry loved spending time on the Mississippi River and hunting, fishing and snowmobiling. A man who was always in a good mood, Larry was very outgoing with a great disposition. He enjoyed music, collecting trains, his Corvettes and especially enjoyed the Blue Man Group and Jeremiah Johnson.

Larry is survived by his wife of 50 years, Gretchen; his children Kelli (Steve) Hubert of Waterloo, Thad Andersen of Waterloo, and Eric Sverdahl of Palm Beach, FL; stepsons Todd Buck of Oelwein and Tim (Sherry) Buck of Waterloo; 2 step grandsons, Nathan Buck of Evansdale and Jacob Buck of Jersey City, NJ; and brothers Jack (Lynn) Andersen of Homeland, CA and Jim (Linda) Andersen of Windsor, CO. He was preceded in death by his brother Dick (Jenny) Andersen of Venice, FL.

Memorial service for Larry will be Monday, October 14, 2024, at 1:30 PM at Unity Presbyterian Church, 1149 Hammond Ave., Waterloo with private burial at Garden of Memories Cemetery. The family will receive friends an hour prior to the service. Memorials should be directed to St Croix Hospice or a charity of donor's choice in Larry's memory. Online condolences at www.lockefuneralservices.com.

Condolences

To Larry’s family, I had a pleasure of meeting Larry many years ago when I worked for a construction company and Larry was the only plumber we used, From then in the late 60’s we enjoyed seeing each other occasionally and I always liked his spirit and personality! I’m sorry you must endure this loss of a great guy. I send you all my heartfelt sympathy and prayers for support. God bless and give you strength, Sincerely, Kevan Cortright

Kevan Cortright

I will miss my big brother so much. We live 2000 miles away from each other so I was unable to see him much but did communicate on the phone. I worked with Larry for many years at Andy’s plbg and htg. we also lived together at carriage hill apts. my concern now is Gretchen our hearts and prayers are for her I am totally confident that Larry is surrounded by love from Jesus my mother father and our brother Richard

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