SACO-Larry
Dean Pippin, 64, Army veteran and rancher, died of natural causes
Sunday, November 1, 2009 in
Saco
.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 2:00pm at
the
Saco
Lutheran
Church
. Interment with Military Honors will follow in the
Grandview
Cemetery
at
Saco
. Kirkwood Funeral Home of Malta is in charge of arrangements.
Condolences for the family may be left at www.kirkwoodfuneralhome.com.
Larry is survived by his wife, Beverly, of Saco; a son Mark (Gena)
Pippin of Missoula, MT; daughters Leann (Eric) Brown of Boston, MA and
Brenda (Marc) DeLong of Kalispell, MT; stepson Joel (Jamieann) Braatz of
Sun Prairie, WI; mother Marian Pippin of Malta; a sister Janice
Alexander of Miles City, MT; and brothers Howard (Carol) Pippin of Saco;
and David (Marie) Pippin of Glasgow, MT. Grandchildren include
Amanda Schofield; Dylan, Jocelyn & Jacob Brown; Aiden & Emma
DeLong; Allan & Megan Braatz; and numerous nieces and nephews. He
was preceded in death by his father, Clarence.
Larry was born on February 10, 1945 to Clarence and Marian (
Franklin
) Pippin in
Glasgow
,
MT.
He graduated from
Saco
High School
in 1964. He entered the Armed Services in 1965. He spent 6
years in the military where he served both stateside and in
Thailand
during the Vietnam War. Larry was proud of his service to his
country.
He married Beverly Jeanne Bryson October 9, 1970. Together they
lived on the family ranch, eventually taking ownership. He
often said that after all of his military travels, the ranch was the
most important place in the world to him, and he was perfectly content
to stay at home. He was active in the Saco Color Guard, the Saco
Fun Days organizational committees, the NRA and the Saco Shootist
Society.
He was very proud of his children’s careers and accomplishments and
would share stories with his friends and neighbors. He often would
say the best things he raised on the ranch were his children.
His interests included spending time with his grandchildren - making up
ways to entertain them. Among many things this included: pulling
them behind the four-wheeler on sleds, tractor rides, calf sled
sandboxes, a flatbed trailer “trampoline.” It didn’t matter
what he dreamt up, they were all going to have a good time.
He was kind to everyone; no one was ever a stranger. He would
gladly help out family, friends, and neighbors with vehicles and any
other type of machinery or tinkering they might need.
He loved history, especially genealogy, and spent hours tracing the
Pippin family tree. He was especially proud of being honored by
the Stockgrowers’ Association for owning a Montana Centennial Ranch.
He had an avid interest in guns, and enjoyed the sport of hunting with
family, friends, and strangers. He always had a minute to sight in
someone else’s gun, just for the joy of shooting.
