Robert 'Bob' George Lary

ROBERT "BOB" LARY MUSCATINE, Iowa - Robert "Bob" George Lary, 80, of Muscatine, died on Tuesday, May 13, 2014, at Lutheran Homes. Celebration of Life Service will be held at10:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 17, 2014, at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home. Graveside Service will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, May 19, 2014, at the Oakhill Cemetery in Central City with a reception to follow. Visitation will be from 4 until 7 p.m. on Friday, May 16, 2014, at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the charity of the donor's choice. Bob's favorite charities were the Paralyzed Veterans of America and the Disabled American Veterans. The family would like to give a special thanks to the University Iowa Hospital and Clinics Muscatine Dialysis Clinic for the genuine caring they provided to Bob. Bob was born on April 20, 1934, in Cedar Rapids, the son of Monroe Hosea and Aletha Sawyer Lary. He was raised in Central City and was a graduate of Central City High School, class of 1952, and he attended college at Upper Iowa. He was a three year US Army veteran having served two years in France. Bob married Irene Waterhouse on September 30, 1962, in Central City. He was a ...[more]

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fessional drummer for several years. He had worked as a salesman and he retired after 25 years from Monsanto, where he was known to many as "Uncle Bob". As a longtime member of First Baptist Church, he sang with the church choir, served as a church trustee, and assisted with Sunday School. Bob was known as a man of great and strong Christian faith. Bob loved music and had excellent timing and near perfect pitch and was a self-taught musician. He was a loyal fan of the St. Louis Cardinals, Iowa State Cyclones and the Green Bay Packers. His hobbies included feeding and watching the birds, listening to jazz music, and he had a lifelong interest in cars. Bob was a very friendly and outgoing man who made friends easily. Those left to honor his memory include his wife, Irene Lary of Muscatine; three sons, Timothy and wife, Gina, of Dubuque, Christopher and wife, Joy, of Muscatine, and Andrew and wife, Makenna, of North Liberty; seven grandchildren, Adam, Abby, Joshua, Carson, Jayden, Beck, and Eli; four great-grandsons; one niece, Lea Ann Binder and her family of Fort Madison; and special family friends, Jerry and Kim Smith of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Charmaine Toom.