Larry Richard Roe

Larry R. Roe, age 93, the “always husband” of recently deceased Sally Roe, passed away on Saturday, May 30, 2015.  He was born on November 4, 1921 in Ypsilanti, MI to the late Carlton A. Roe and Ruby B. (Simpson) Roe.  He was the brother of the late Molly E. Westbrook and the father of Emery M. Roe (wife Louise Palmer Fortmann) of Oakland, CA and Carlton A. Roe (wife Fusako Yamaguchi) of American Canyon, CA.  He was grandfather to David M. Yamaguchi Roe, Michelle R. Ranada and Scott Fortmann-Roe and great grandfather to Reyna Yamaguchi, Ella S. Ranada, Sabrina M. Ranada, Lauren A. Ranada, and Anna Julia (Ania) Fortmann-Roe.

After the tragic death of his wife in 2012, Larry moved from South Lyon, MI to be close to the family of her grand-daughter, Jennifer Dillon, her husband Marty Dillon, and their two children, Victoria and Harrison Dillon in Lafayette, TN.  Two other of Sally’s grand-children, Kaitlyn and Tyler Keyes, were fondly remembered by Larry as well as his two step-children, Martha A. Riggs and John L. Mayne, both of TX.

Larry graduated from Ypsilanti High School in 1939, served in the U.S. Army in 1946 – 1947, and then spent much of the rest of his career in the automobile business, mostly in Wisconsin and Michigan.

Funeral services for Larry Richard Roe will be conducted on Saturday, June 6, 2015 at 4:00 PM from the Chapel of Anderson & Son Funeral Home in Lafayette, TN.  Visitation with the family will be on Saturday from 2:00 PM until service time.  Honorary pallbearers will be Lincoln Cosby, Tyler Keyes, Harrison Dillon, Zeke Dillon, Luke Dillon, Mason Dillon and Donald Keith Tinsley IV.  He will be buried at the Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly, MI beside his late wife, Sally.