4/23/1936 - 6/29/2019
Larry G. Elick age 83, of Geneva and a longtime Portland resident passed
away Saturday June 29, 2019 at his home. He was born in Portland on April
23, 1936 the son of Arthur D and Inez (Corle) Elick. He was married January
24, 1959 to Pat Hutson who survives. He was retired from Jay County Hospital
as a Medical Technician after forty three years. He was a 1954 Portland High
School graduate and graduate of St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lafayette. He was
an artist and member of Indiana World Organization of Porcelain Artists,
Founding member of Associated Artists of Jay County, Registered member of
Medical Technologists and American Society of Clinical Pathologists. Larry
and his wife were avid ball room dancers and he enjoyed playing the organ.
Surviving are his wife Pat, One son Todd Elick of Fort Wayne and one
daughter Camille Elick-Shawver (husband Pete) of Geneva, Three grandsons
Tyler Bash, Blake Elick and Trent Bash, one great grandson Graham Elick and
one niece Sue Bowers of Muncie.
Funeral services will be Wednesday at
11:00 AM in the Baird-Freeman Funeral Home with Pastor Joe Hines presiding.
Burial will follow in the Center Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday from
4:00 – 8:00 PM and Wednesday from 9:00 – 11:00 AM. Memorials can be made to
Lutheran Hospital Kidney Transplant Patient Assistance Program or Shriner's
Children Hospital of Chicago.
Baird-Freeman Funeral Home;
7/1/2019
Contributed by Jim Cox
Buried in Center Cemetery