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Lawrence W. “Larry" Millard

ENDEAVOR  --   Lawrence W. “Larry” Millard, age 56, of Endeavor, passed away on Friday, December 11, 2015.

Larry was born in Portage at Divine Savior Hospital on November 30, 1959, the son of John and Charlotte (Schroeder) Millard. He attended Montello High School and graduated with his class in 1979.  He worked at Cardinal Glass in Portage. He married Sandra Kay Smith on May 30, 1981. Larry’s joy was helping others. He was a Volunteer Firefighter since 1981. He would help everyone, putting his own things to the side to work on later. He loved bag pipe music, all Celtic music, camping, and quality time spent with family and friends.

He is survived by his daughters, Rebecca Timme, and Kelly (Joe) Borish; a niece like a daughter, Heather Bortz; grandchildren, Nicholas Timme, Sawyer Timme, Boden Schmidt, Sterling Borish, Bekka Borish, and Aaden Bortz; mother, Charlotte Millard; sisters, Susan Millard, Cindy (Carl) Marquardt, Sandra (Ed) Beistle; brothers, John Jr. (Linda) Millard, Chris Millard, Nicholas Millard and John Millard III; sister-in-law, Ellen Smith and brother-in-law, George Smith; best friends, Todd Burger and Dan Russell; his special friend Sandra Miller; his firefighter brothers who shared a bond that only firefighters would know, Channing Bloss, Brian Donohue, Chris Thomas, Steven Biba, Larry LaSure, Phil Wade, Brandon Summerton, Damon Pfile, Travis Peterson, Jeff LaPointe, Kevin Jamison, John Ellis, Charles Coppernoll, Jerry Cummings, Sterling Borish, Johnathon Biba, Tom Turner, Matthew Pinney, and other former firefighters;  many other honorary daughters, nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends. He was preceded in death by his wife, Sandra Kay, his father, John F. Millard, Sr., and his mother-in-law and father-in-law, Evelyn and George Smith, as well as his firefighter brothers Chief Henry Ellis and Chief Jack Alexander.

Funeral services will be at 12:00 noon on Sunday, December 20, 2015 at the Portage High School. Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 19, 2015 at the Portage High School and 9:00 a.m. until the time of the service on Sunday at the High School.  Burial will follow in Hillcrest Cemetery, Endeavor.

In lieu of flowers, please consider participating in the Giving Tree or making a donation in his honor for a memorial scholarship fund which will be started in Larry's name at the Royal Bank in Endeavor, Wisconsin.

Pflanz Mantey Mendrala Funeral Home in Portage is assisting the family.

 

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