LARSON, Walter Olaf


Walter Olaf Larson, 5/23/1929-1/23/2004, originally from Cleveland, Ohio, a resident of Scottsdale, AZ since 1996. Beloved husband of Kathleen Larson and father of Dawn Larson Jeske of California, Gayle Delaporte and Corinne Larson Gusky of Ohio and Andrea Larson of Maryland. Grandfather of Kurt and Eric Jeske and Chelsea and Christopher Delaporte. He was president of Larson Consolidated, Inc. in Grafton, Ohio from 1956 until he sold the company in 1994. A memorial service in celebration of his life was held on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 at Messinger Pinnacle Peak Mortuary, 8555 E. Pinnacle Peak Rd., Scottsdale. The family asks that memorial donations be made to the Community Foundation of Lorain County for the WO Larson Scholarship Fund, 1865 A North Ridge Road East, Lorain, OH 44055. Published in the Arizona Republic on 1/27/2004.