I am so sad; he was my mentor into Free flight.
Conover, Lawrence H. "Larry"
Lawrence H. "Larry" Conover died May 21, 2009, in Waynesboro, Va.
Memorial services will be 10 a.m. June 2 at the Belmont Hill Bed &
Breakfast in Cedar Rapids. Pastor Larry Johnson will officiate.
Interment will follow at Oxford Cemetery in Oxford.
Surviving are daughter, Susan Stephany Taylor of Waynesboro, Va.; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Larry was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Marilyn Joan; and brother, Wallace.
He
was born Oct. 19, 1925, to Emma Swann and Clarence I. Conover in Iowa
City, where he graduated from high school in 1944. He married Dorothy
M. Cotter in 1946.
Larry was owner of grain bin company,
Harvestall Eastern Iowa, near Center Point in the 1980s. He was a
first-place winner in free flight division of FAI World Championships
in Cranfield, England, in 1960. He was inducted into National Free
Flight Society Hall of Fame in 1982 and was member of Church on the
Hill in Fishersville, Va.
Friends may view full obituary and share memories at www.charltonandgroomefuneralhome.com Condolences may also be sent to sue_at_suetaylormusic.com
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I am so sad; he was my mentor into all of Free flight.
When he was in Colorado, he taught youth in a Community College class.
Yes those of us in the Greater Bay Area have the OCD Program which has spawned Tim Chang in Indoor (not at all Happy with the head-in-the-Sand action of AMA this last Worlds cycle) And Chinmay in Outdoor.
I am fortunate to fly with Bud Romak, former Indoor Champion here in the Central Valley of CA...
I know it takes GREAT DEVOTION to mentor young modelers/fliers every weekend; we do have Moffet Field/NASA and other science types who have a great love for you side of the sport.
I still feel like a newbie in f/f; have competed and still pilot in C/L speed driving 100,500,400 miles to NapaCA, EugeneOR, and Whittier NarrowsCA to compete.
I also havea the good fortune to work with excellent engine men and builders here.
Regards
Scott Jackson
AMA 593603
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