Larry Frank

A memorial service for Larry Raymond Frank will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, December 14, 2024, at Union Baptist Church in Burke, SD, with Pastor Mark Tuttle officiating.

Music was provided by The Kingsmen, accompanied by Jane Tuttle, pianist.

Janet Oliver was in charge of registration, and flower attendants were Twylah Ward and Sue Chytka.

Urn bearers were all of Larry’s nieces and nephews.

Inurnment was in Graceland Cemetery, Burke, SD. Clausen Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Larry was born September 8, 1943, in Burke, SD, the son of Alfred and Frieda (Stahlecker) Frank.

He attended grade school at the Allum Country School and graduated from Burke High School in 1962. After high school, Larry worked for the Gregory County Highway Department a few years and then worked 32 years with Schweigert Construction of Gregory. Upon retirement, he worked part-time for area farmers.

In his spare time, Larry love to fish, hunt, trap, and garden. His garden produce and fish were enjoyed by all those he shared with.

Larry had a severe allergy to nuts but could eat peanuts and loved to have dry roasted peanuts with his evening beer. He also loved Snickers candy bars.

Larry married Jane (Ludemann) Deffenbaugh on January 11, 2008. Along with this union he gained Jane’s four wonderful children who greeted him unconditionally.

After Jane’s passing, Larry acquired quite a routine: breakfast at 8:00, morning coffee at the Locker at 10:00, afternoon coffee at 3:00—provided he wasn’t fishing or hunting—and home by 5:00 to have two beers before supper at 6:00.

Larry Raymond Frank, age 81, of Burke, SD, passed away November 25, 2024, at Sanford Memorial Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD, after a brief illness of multiple myeloma.

He was preceded in death by his wife Jane; parents; brothers Delbert, Jimmy, Bill, and Dean; sister Beverly; and brothers-in-law Dennis Berg, Emery Bailey, Mike Dacy, and Randy DeWolf.

Larry is survived by his siblings Donald (Joyce) Frank of Gregory, SD, Karen (Ray) Heiser of Mitchell, SD, JoAnn Berg of Sioux Falls, SD, Linda DeWolf of Burke, SD, and Diane Dacy of Sioux Falls, SD; Jane’s children Donnie (HeeSok) Koenig of Antelope, CA, Shelly and Bill Hale of Camdenton, MO, Lisa and Pat Fahey of Spearfish, SD, and Lori and Jeff Pistulka of Fairfax, SD; along with numerous nieces and nephews, great and great-great nieces and nephews.