- Date Of Birth: October 1, 1924
- Date Of Death: April 26, 2009
- State: Iowa
Lawrence “Larry” Hogue, 84, of Harlan, Iowa, passed away Sunday, April 26, 2009, at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.
Lawrence Lewis Hogue was born October 1, 1924, in the Loess Hills near Little Sioux, Iowa, the son of Lewis and Lillian Belle (Taylor) Hogue. Larry attended elementary school in Blencoe, Iowa, and graduated from Blencoe High School in 1942. He attended Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska, before entering the Navy in 1943. He served on the U.S.S. Wadsworth DD516 as a radar man in the South Pacific Theatre during World War II, fighting in Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Guadal Canal and other important naval battles. Following the Navy, Larry attended the Central Radio and TV College in Kansas City, graduating in 1947. He also attended Electrical Engineering school in Texas.
Larry married Shirley E. Ewing December 27, 1945, at Hiawatha, Kansas. In 1947 the couple moved to Texas, in 1959 they moved to Onawa, Iowa, and in 1964 they moved to Harlan, Iowa, where he has since resided.
