Larry Eugene Walpole, son of the late Archie Sanders Walpole and Ivogene Coln Walpole, was born on March 10, 1946, in Kennett, Missouri, and departed this life on July 23, 2022, at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, at the age of 76 years.

Mr. Walpole was a Veteran of the United States Army, serving in Vietnam. After leaving the military, he worked for Monarch Seed then he and his wife purchased Walpole’s Auto Parts in Bloomfield, Missouri and worked it together for 18 years. He was a member of the Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce, the VFW, and the American Legion, he was appointed to the Stoddard County Health Department Board of Directors, he was a volunteer fire fighter in Bloomfield, he was on the Bloomfield Police Department auxiliary, and he was a resident of Bloomfield, Missouri. Larry enjoyed coaching baseball and working with the Boy Scouts.

On April 29, 1966, in Bloomfield, Missouri, he was united in marriage to Mary Cowgur. Mrs. Walpole survives of their home in Bloomfield.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by three children and five grandchildren.

Other than by his parents, he was preceded in death by his son, Billy Walpole, by his brother, Archie Walpole, and by his sister, Pamela Walpole.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.

Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Ray Rowland officiating.

Interment will follow in the North Antioch Cemetery in Bloomfield.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.