LARRY CASTEEL 62 OF SPRINGFIELD, WAS WELCOMED INTO THE ARMS OF HIS LOVING SAVIOR AT 4:32 A.M. ON AUG. 7, 2010. HE WAS A MEMBER OF WEBSTER BAPTIST. LARRY WAS BORN ON FEB. 12, 1948.
LEFT BEHIND GRIEVING HIS ABSENCE IS MARY PERKINS, THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE. HIS DAD AND MOM WERE DON AND LELA FOWLER. LARRY WORKED AS A PLUMBER AND ELECTRICIAN. HE LOVED HIS MUSIC, AND LIKED TO PLAY HIS GUITAR. HE WAS A GENTLE, KIND AND GENEROUS MAN WHO WOULD ALWAYS LEND A HELPING HAND TO LOVED ONES AND FRIENDS WHEN THEY NEEDED HELP. HE IS SURVIVIED BY 5 SONS AND THEIR WIVES: LARRY & AMY CASTEEL OF OKLA., ROD AND CRYSTAL CASTEEL OF BOLIVAR, DON AND BRANDI CASTEEL, CHRIS AND KAREN CASTEEL OF BUFFALO. SON JESSIE CASTEEL OF STRAFFORD. 2 DAUGHTERS AND THEIR HUSBANDS: LISA ND TY BAKER OF FAIR GROVE, PAULA AND JAMIE CLEMMONS OF BUFFALO, 24 GRANDCHILDREN: KURTIS, KRISTY, KALEB, JESSICA, BRITTANY, CASSIDY, DAKOTA, EMILY, MAKAYLA, PEARSON, CORBIN, GARRETT, KOLBY, KYLER, KELSEY, ETHAN, LINDSEY, ELIZABETH, EMILY, LOGAN, LANDON, HAVEN RILEY, RUGER, KRIS.
LARRY WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS MOTHER AND FATHER, LELA FOWLER AND JAMES CASTEEL AND SISTER WANDA HALE. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS BROTHERS AND THEIR WIVES: RICK AND JANICE CASTEEL, SAM AND DIANN CASTEEL OF SPFLD, BROTHER JIMMY CASTEEL OF BONNE TERRE, SISTERS: LUCILLE BECK, LINDA MARSH, BECKY FOWLER OF SPFLD, AND A SISTER AND HUSB. DONNA KAY AND RICK OF ARK.
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD 3:00 P.M. WED. AUG. 11, 2010 AT GREENLAWN FUNERAL HOME NORTH WITH VISIT. 6 TO 8 P.M. TUES.. AUG. 10. BURIAL WILL BE AT WADE CHAPEL CEMETERY IN REPUBLIC.
Memorial Donations can be made to Tunas Christian Church.