WEST FRANKFORT -- The world lost a good egg in Larry C. Vincent, 72, of Fort Myers, Fla., on Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, at Hope Hospice in Lehigh Acres, Fla. It was 2 a.m., because he never did anything at a decent hour. He arrived in West Frankfort on Nov. 12, 1940, and grew up among good working-class coal miners and other people he revered. He loved his college basketball (SIU Salukis, thank you very much) and his St. Louis Cardinals. He relished a large steak, a margarita (with salt, as he was no Philistine), marshmallow shakes from Dairy Queen and anything that was all-you-can-eat because Larry "Never Pay Retail" Vincent liked a good value for his dollar. He wiled away many an hour at Crab Orchard and Little Grassy running jugs, drinking Bud and sitting around a fire swapping fish stories. Survivors include his loving and devoted wife, Susanne; his children, Valerie McChesney, Nancy Vincent and Justin Vincent; sons-in-law, Bill McChesney and Drew Moore; grandchildren, Heather (Jonathan) Manetta, Holly (Daniel) Ades and Ryan McChesney; the three cutest great-grandchildren on the planet, Adrianna Manetta, Alex Manetta and Aubrina Ades; his sister, Connie (Vincent) Sieveking; his aunt, Alberta (Vincent) Tabor; and hundreds of other relatives and wonderful friends. Larry was a teacher and administrator by trade, and when he transitioned from working fool to retirement, he and Sue took to the camper and roamed the wilds of Florida. Never one to settle down to a life of leisure, he became a key character in Storage Wars long before A&E ever thought to film such adventures. It was his poker table. As he would tell his annoyed children before any task, "Busy hands are happy hands." Upon being informed by Sue that they needed to become foster parents, he agreed on the condition he would not have to take any of the girls to the bathroom. He did, of course, and much more, but that was just his way: in for a penny, in for a pound. He is now playing a wild game of pinochle with Johnny Cash, Hank Williams and James Dean, and having a nice family dinner with his parents and grandparents. All he would want from us is to crack open a beer, head out in a Jon boat and catch a big fish, while wondering what bait he would have used. Services will be at 6 p.m. March 4 in St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Fort Myers, Fla., and at 6 p.m. April 2 in St. John's Catholic Church in West Frankfort. Larry "Never Pay Retail" would lament the waste of money on flowers, but he would be honored by gifts to the donor's local hospice, St. John's Catholic School in West Frankfort or St. Francis Xavier Catholic School in Fort Myers. Go Dawgs! Union Funeral Home in West Frankfort is in charge of arrangements. Published in The Southern Illinoisan on February 25, 2013

Does anyone have the ancestry of the DREW MOORE listed in the obit below? Pat Corona -----Original Message----- From: BLS Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 7:02 AM To: Franklin County Subject: [ILFRANKL] VINCENT, Larry C. (OBIT) WEST FRANKFORT -- The world lost a good egg in Larry C. Vincent, 72, of Fort Myers, Fla., on Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, at Hope Hospice in Lehigh Acres, Fla. It was 2 a.m., because he never did anything at a decent hour. He arrived in West Frankfort on Nov. 12, 1940, and grew up among good working-class coal miners and other people he revered. He loved his college basketball (SIU Salukis, thank you very much) and his St. Louis Cardinals. He relished a large steak, a margarita (with salt, as he was no Philistine), marshmallow shakes from Dairy Queen and anything that was all-you-can-eat because Larry "Never Pay Retail" Vincent liked a good value for his dollar. He wiled away many an hour at Crab Orchard and Little Grassy running jugs, drinking Bud and sitting around a fire swapping fish stories. Survivors include his loving and devoted wife, Susanne; his children, Valerie McChesney, Nancy Vincent and Justin Vincent; sons-in-law, Bill McChesney and Drew Moore; grandchildren, Heather (Jonathan) Manetta, Holly (Daniel) Ades and Ryan McChesney; the three cutest great-grandchildren on the planet, Adrianna Manetta, Alex Manetta and Aubrina Ades; his sister, Connie (Vincent) Sieveking; his aunt, Alberta (Vincent) Tabor; and hundreds of other relatives and wonderful friends. Larry was a teacher and administrator by trade, and when he transitioned from working fool to retirement, he and Sue took to the camper and roamed the wilds of Florida. Never one to settle down to a life of leisure, he became a key character in Storage Wars long before A&E ever thought to film such adventures. It was his poker table. As he would tell his annoyed children before any task, "Busy hands are happy hands." Upon being informed by Sue that they needed to become foster parents, he agreed on the condition he would not have to take any of the girls to the bathroom. He did, of course, and much more, but that was just his way: in for a penny, in for a pound. He is now playing a wild game of pinochle with Johnny Cash, Hank Williams and James Dean, and having a nice family dinner with his parents and grandparents. All he would want from us is to crack open a beer, head out in a Jon boat and catch a big fish, while wondering what bait he would have used. Services will be at 6 p.m. March 4 in St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Fort Myers, Fla., and at 6 p.m. April 2 in St. John's Catholic Church in West Frankfort. Larry "Never Pay Retail" would lament the waste of money on flowers, but he would be honored by gifts to the donor's local hospice, St. John's Catholic School in West Frankfort or St. Francis Xavier Catholic School in Fort Myers. Go Dawgs! Union Funeral Home in West Frankfort is in charge of arrangements. Published in The Southern Illinoisan on February 25, 2013 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message