Wayne Allen Larson

Mr. Wayne Allen Larson, 58, of 9654 Lower Rocky River Road, Concord, NC 28025 died Sunday, July 3, 2005, at his residence, following a number of years of declining health. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 10, 2005, at Rocky River Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Kyle Hite will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, July 9, 2005, at Lady's Funeral Home, 268 N. Cannon Blvd., Kannapolis. At other times they will be at the residence. Born March 25, 1947, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, he was a son of Margie Peterson Larson of Evansville, MN and the late Reuben Larson. Wayne graduated in 1965 from Evansville High School in Evansville, MN. He went to Minneapolis and worked for Metal Matic until illness forced him to quit work. The family moved to North Carolina in 1984 where he became active in coaching Rec League baseball, softball and soccer teams for his children. He joined Rocky River Presbyterian Church and served on committees and ushered. He was active in the church sponsored Scout Troop. In 1994 he received a heart transplant and fulfilled a long-held ambition to become a truck driver. He was employed by Terminal Trucking of Concord until declining health once again made that impossible. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by a brother, Harvey Larson. Survivors in addition to his mother include his wife, Elizabeth "Libby" Sigmon; a son, Tony Larson of Williamsburg, VA; a daughter, Heather Larson of Concord; and a sister, Marlene L. Lundberg and husband, Ralph, of Minneapolis, MN. Memorials may be sent to Rocky River Presbyterian Church Scholarship Fund, 7940 Rocky River Road, Concord, NC 28025.