Larry Donald Hollis
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Virginia "Ginger" Baird Stephenson Hollis
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Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 3D Death Notice - February 10, 2019
Larry Donald Hollis, 75, Grand Junction, died Feb. 8, 2019, at Aspen Ridge Alzheimer’s Special Care Center. Visitation will be at 9 a.m., with services at 10 a.m. Friday at Martin Mortuary. Committal services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Sunset Memorial Cemetery in Moab, Utah. He was a securities analyst. Survivors include his wife,Virginia; one son, Roy Stephen of Toronto, Canada; two daughters, Carolyn Anne Hollis of Grand Junction and Elizabeth Hollis-Lester of Pleasanton, California; and five grandchildren. Memorial contributions to Alzheimer’s Association, P.O. Box 96011, Washington, D.C. 20090.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 4B Obituary - February 13, 2019
Larry Donald Hollis, age 75, of Grand Junction, Colorado, passed away on February 8, 2019. Visitation will be held at Martin Mortuary, 550 North Avenue, Grand Junction, 81501, on February 15, 2019, at 9:00 a.m. followed by the funeral service at 10:00 a.m. Burial service will be held same day at 1:30 p.m. at Sunset Memorial Gardens, 2651 Spanish Valley Drive in Moab, Utah 84532. Born on March 16, 1943, in Wallace, Idaho, Larry is predeceased by his father, Roy Frances Hollis, and mother, Corinne Shattuck Hollis. He is also pre-deceased by brothers, Mark Roy Hollis and Charles "Chick" Hardy Hollis. He is survived by his wife, Virginia "Ginger" Baird Stephenson Hollis; daughter, Elizabeth "Lisa" Hollis Lester and son-in-law, Timothy Warren Lester; daughter, Carolyn Anne Hollis; son, Roy Stephen Hollis and daughter-in-law, Shelita Bhikhai Hollis; ex-wife, LeeAnn Butters Davis, and grandchildren, Elise Corinne Lester, John Hollis Lester, Mark Joseph Lester, Timothy "Timmy" Roy Lester, and Christian Lynn Lester. In 1958, Larry became the first boy in 18 years from Moab, Utah to earn the highest rank of Eagle in the Boy Scouts of America and then went on to earn the highest rank of Silver Award in the Explorers, also in 1958. Larry graduated from Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault, Minnesota (1962); Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah (1966), where he earned a Bachelor’s degree, and Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania (1969), where he earned a Master of Business Administration degree. He went on to pursue a career as a financial analyst, while simultaneously farming and managing his own trucking company, before he retired early at the age of 49. In retirement, Larry dedicated much of his time to being the Scoutmaster to Troop 120 in Jefferson, Wisconsin, home remodeling, as well traveling all over the United States in his beloved converted motorhome to visit family and friends. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association in Memory of Larry Hollis, P.O. Box 96011, Washington DC 20090.
