Lawrence H. Davis

Lawrence Harvey Larry Davis, Jr., 74, passed away suddenly but peacefully at home on Tuesday, September 19, 2017. Memorial services will be held 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 26, 2017, at Anderson Funeral Homes in Marshalltown, IA. Friends and family are invited to gather following the services to share memories and a light meal. Online condolences may be sent to www.andersonfhs.com. Larry was born July 30, 1943, in St. Louis, MO, to Lawrence and Audrey (Callahon) Davis. Larry became involved in the bakery trade early in his working career and excelled at it. Gaining invaluable knowledge and skills in the field through many years of working in retail bakeries. In 1970, he purchased an existing bakery in St. Louis and renamed it Davis-Sutten Bakery. This bakery prospered for over 20 years in two locations. He attended classes at both Meramec and Webster University taking classes on refrigeration and food chemistry. In the early 1990s, he turned his bakeries over to his eldest son and became a Technical Advisor for Caravan Products Co. using his years of personal baking experience and college education to troubl...[more]

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oot the manufacturing of Caravan Products all over the U.S. He eventually relocated to Des Moines, IA, and took on the Hy-Vee Food Store account. In 1998, he came to Marshalltown and opened another Davis-Sutton Bakery and amazed and astounded many town-people with his baked goods. To this day, people still remember the bakery and the astounding donuts and angel food cakes. He moved on to Bakery Manager for Dahls Food Store in Des Moines. Most recently, Larry could be found soaking up the sun and sounds of small children and animals at the Blank Park Zoo, Des Moines, painting tigers and butterflies on faces of children of all ages. When not working, throughout his life Larry was an avid runner and ran many marathons. He also greatly enjoyed hunting and fishing with his children, listening to music, gardening, raising bees and harvesting the honey, and playing his harmonica. Larry is remembered by the women in his life whom he loved, his children, sons Lawrence and Edward Davis, daughters Angela, Courtney, Kaitlyn, Kathleen, and grandchildren, Lawrence Jr., Daniel, and Claudia, and all who very much loved him in return.