Larry Mogge

LARRY MOGGE AGE 71, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF TOPEKA, KS PASSED AWAY

JANUARY 30, 2024. LARRY WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 17, 1952 IN TOPEKA, KANSAS. HE WAS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, LAWRENCE & OLGA MOGGE.

LARRY IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, RITA, STEPSON, ROD STEWART AND WIFE DEANNE, AND FOUR GRANDCHILDREN, BRANDON, ALEX, ALYSSA & JORDAN.

LARRY ATTENDED TOPEKA SCHOOLS, GRADUATED FROM TOPEKA HIGH IN 1970, GRADUATED FROM WASHBURN UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL WITH A JURIS DOCTORATE DEGREE IN MAY 1978. SPENT FIVE YEARS AS A LAWYER AND WORKED FOR THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS.

LARRY WORKED SUMMERS AT GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER TO PAY FOR HIS EDUCATION AND HAD NOT INCURRED ANY STUDENT DEBT BY THE TIME HE HAD GRADUATED. HE WORKED FOR GOODYEAR FOR 28 YEARS AND RETIRED IN OCTOBER 2013.

LARRY WAS A GREAT ADMIRER OF THE WORLD WAR II GENERATION AND THUS ACQUIRED A UNIQUE MILITARY VEHICLE COLLECTION. HE BELIEVED IN PRESERVING THIS COLLECTION, “LEST WE FORGET”. HE WAS FEATURED IN THE CAPITAL JOURNAL AND LOCAL NEWS STATIONS FOR HIS COLLECTION. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE MILITARY VEHICLE PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION FOR MANY YEARS. HE ALSO WAS AN AVID FAN OF STEAM RAILROADING.

LARRY & RITA DID EXTENSIVE TRAVELING IN THE UNITED STATES VIA AMTRAK & CAR TRIPS. ATTENDED THE 50TH & 55TH D-DAY ANNIVERSARY FESTIVITIES IN EUROPE.

THE FAMILY WISHES TO THANK THE STAFF AT OAKLEY PLACE SENIOR LIVING FACILITY FOR THE LOVING CARE LARRY RECEIVED THERE DURING HIS STAY.

CREMATION ARRANGEMENTS BY ANGELS ABOVE. A MEMORIAL PARTY WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE TO CELEBRATE HIS LIFE AND TRANSITION.