Larry Mizell
Larry David Mizell, 65, of Lake Bloomington, passed away at 11:55 p.m., May 29, 2017, at OSF St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria.
His funeral will take place at 10 a.m., Saturday, June 3, 2017, at the Colfax United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Wiley Cemetery, Colfax.
Visitation will be held from 4 p.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, June 2, 2017, at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Colfax and one hour prior to services on Saturday.
Larry was born March 26, 1952 in Glasgow, Ky. the son of Donald and Marie Russell Mizell. They preceded him in death.
He married Susan Jean Towner on March 15, 1975, in Colfax. She survives. Also surviving are his children, Christopher (Andrea), Downs; Cynthia (Aaron) Hallead, Lake Bloomington; Andrew (Christine) and Alexander (Tessa Gehrer) both of Bloomington; grandchildren, Stella, Charles and Scarlett Mizell, Sophia and Braxton Hallead, and Carson and Austin Mizell; siblings, Don (Kay), Normal; Betty (Kenneth) Hinrichs, Gifford, and Pat Harris of Columbus, Ga.
Larry was a second generation farmer in McLean and Ford County and was an insurance adjuster for State Farm and Country Financial.
He was a member of the Colfax United Methodist Church where he was a past president of the trustees and United Methodist Men. He later became a member of Calvary United Methodist Church. He served on the Ridgeview school board for two terms and was a voting member of the McLean County Farm Bureau since 1974.
Larry also became a 32 degree mason of the Bloomington Lodge 43, Scottish and York Rite.He also held memberships with the Bloomington Gold Corvette Club, where he was a Gold Member and the Anna Maria Island, Fla. Moose Lodge.
He followed Illinois State University football and enjoyed driving his convertible in the homecoming parades.Larry enjoyed relaxing on the beach in Florida or listening to the many genres of music he loved.
It will be news to most who knew Larry to learn that his private nature was by design.
In his 20s Larry lost a great deal of his vision. In 1988 at the age of 36 he was blessed by an organ donor as a recipient of a kidney transplant, which allowed him 29 more years of life.
In the past year he had a proactive three-way bypass and most recently a short battle with cancer that led to pneumonia and other complications. Amidst all the challenges he never let it impact anyone else or his love for life. arry loved his wife and family more than anything and made friends with everyone he met in his years of personal and business travels. He will be best remembered for his fun loving ornery sense of humor and as a guiding example that hardworking, honest families that play and pray together…stay together.
An online register is available at www.duffypilsmemorialhome.com.
