Lawrence “Larry” Gerich, age 65 of Ennis, passed away peacefully on July 19, 2015, in Corsicana with family and close friends by his side. Larry was born on July 8, 1950, in Ennis, Texas, to Frank Antone and Mary Christine Gerich. He graduated from Ennis High School in 1969. In 1971, he married his first wife, Linda Joyce Adams of Ore City. He started work at Owens Corning in Waxahachie where he worked for 34 years. At Owens he worked in the lab and in the maintenance department for most of his employment. He remarried in 2000 to Debbie Cunningham Loggins of Waxahachie. Larry was a very kind and gentle, hard-working man, who never met a stranger. L G loved to exercise and took pride in the way he was perceived. He enjoyed singing and playing his guitars for family and friends and will be missed by many.
Larry is survived by his wife Debbie; stepson, Brett Cunningham; daughter, Melanie Glenn and her husband Jerry Glenn of Denton; son, Chris Gerich and his wife Robin from Pensacola, Florida; sister, Annie Wartsbaugh and her husband George of Ennis; brother, Ernest Gerich of Seagoville; and a well cherished grandson, Chandler Ryan Glenn, also from Denton; several nieces and nephews.
He is preceded in death by his father, Frank Antone; mother, Mary Christine; brother, Frank Richard; and sister, Mary Frances.
The family will receive friends from 9 to 10:30 a.m. with a Rosary at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 22, at Boze-Mitchell-McKibbin Funeral Home in Ennis.
A service will be held at 10:45 a.m. on Wednesday, July 22, with Father John Dick officiating at Boze-Mitchell-McKibbin Funeral Home in Ennis. Pallbearers will be Danny Slovacek, Charles Wartsbaugh, Brian Wartsbaugh, Kevin Wartsbaugh, Jared Cunningham and Bruce Cunningham. Interment will follow at Saint Joseph Cemetery in Ennis.
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Arrangements are under the direction of Boze-Mitchell-McKibbin Funeral Home, 800 South Kaufman Street, Ennis, Texas. 972-878-2211
