Larry Allen Bull

Larry Bull, 70, of Central City, died Monday, March 16, 2015, at his home. Larry, with the love and support of his family, donated his body for the advancement of medical education and research. His significant contribution ensures that future physicians will learn how to better help their patients. Larry was born November 12, 1944, in Marysville, Kansas to Raymond and Lucille (Zech) Bull. Ray bought the Tire Store in Geneva, NE in 1950, and the family moved there. Larry graduated from Geneva High School in 1962, and continued his education at Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. In 1967, he married Carol Shaner of Geneva and they moved to Central City joining his father in the tire business for the next 31 years. He sold OK Tire in 1998, and worked the next two years as a Farm Bureau Insurance agent. In 2000, Larry was offered the position of Director of Golf and Club Manager at Valley View Country Club. He spent 11 years at Valley View until his retirement in 2011. Larry’s passion for the game of golf made those 11 years some of his most memorable, and the friends and the relationships he enjoyed were to be some of his most special. Larry and Carol have 2 sons; Tony and Scott. Tony has his Doctorate Degree in Physiology and Exercise Science and spent 11 years as a professor at Creighton University in Omaha before accepting a similar position at Colorado College in Colorado Springs in 2012. His wife, Inger, originally from Gretna, NE also has her Doctorate Degree and is the Director of International Programs at Colorado College. Scott has his Doctorate Degree in Sports Management and Leadership and has been with the Arizona Cardinals for the past 16 years as the Box Office Manager for the NFL team in Phoenix, Arizona. Scott and his wife, Julia, originally from Novorossiysk, Russia, have a 3 year old son, Landen Larry and a 6 month old daughter, Kylie Carol. Larry’s grandchildren gave him great joy and he got to spend this past Christmas with them and his entire family at home in Central City. You didn’t have to know Larry very long before he let you know how very proud he was of his family and what they have accomplished in life. Larry was passionate about several things in his life; his love for his family, his love for the game of golf and the friends he spent time with at Valley View, his love for all the time he and Carol spent together watching baseball and their Dodgers, golf, basketball, and football, and the pride he took in maintaining his beautiful yard. Survivors include his wife Carol, his sons and daughters-in-law; Tony and Inger of Colorado Springs, and Scott and Julia of Phoenix and his grandchildren; Landen and Kylie, his brother Jeff and his wife Lina of the Philippines and his mother, Lucille Bull of Lincoln, along with a host of other family and friends. He was preceded in death by his father Raymond Bull of Central City. The family invites you to a Memorial Celebration for Larry at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, April 22, 2015, at Wagner Funeral Home in Central City, with a lunch to follow at Valley View County Club near Central City.

Larry Allen Bull

November 12, 1944 - March 16, 2015