Larry E. Neelly

Larry E. Neelly, 75, passed away suddenly February 16, 2009.

Larry was born on a farm near Macksville, Kansas on August 11, 1933. He grew up in Haviland, Kansas where he graduated from Haviland High in 1951. He attended Dodge City Junior College, and received his BS from Fort Hays State. He received his MA and Specialist Degrees from Emporia State. He was a Korean War Veteran. He taught school in Cullison, Kansas, Hutchinson, Kansas and was a teacher and administrator in the Shawnee Mission School District for a total of 36 years.

He was preceded in death by his parents, AJ and Helen (Carter) Neelly and his brother, Earl. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Tonya (Henry). They were married on December 27, 1958, in Pratt, Kansas. Other survivors include a daughter Marla (Brent) Wulf, The Woodlands, Texas and a son Stephen (Diane) Neelly, Lincoln, Nebraska, grandchildren: Cortney, Sarah and Cale Neelly, and Whitney Wulf; brothers: Alan Neelly, Hutchinson, Kansas, and Gene Neelly, Pratt, Kansas, his half brother Charles Neelly, Mullinville, Kansas, and extended family and friends.

Larry loved his family, sports, friends, RV'ing, students and staffs, playing cards, painting houses, K-State, and the Lord.

Memorials are suggested to the Countryside Christian Church or Arthritis Foundation of Greater Kansas City through the Amos Family Funeral Home.

Visitation and Memorial Service

Visitation will be 6-8:00 p.m., Friday, February 20, 2009 at The Amos Family Chapel of Shawnee. Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 21, 2009 at Countryside Christian Church.