Thomas Russell Larsen's Obituary
On Monday, May 10th, Thomas Russell Larsen passed away at the age of 59. Tom was born on May 25, 1961, in Racine, Wisconsin, the first child of Robert and Irma Larsen. All his life, Tom was a maker, building everything from race cars to guitars to boats to industrial automation. He had a penchant for refurbishing old cars, old motorcycles, and old bicycles. He had a huge collection of sewing machines, mostly used for upholstering vehicles and furniture. He was a brilliant mechanical problem solver who could fix just about anything. He touched many lives, helped everyone who asked it of him, yet enjoyed a peaceful and solitary existence. Tom was preceded in death by his father, and is survived by his mother, Irma Larsen, his two sisters, Robin Stearns and Debbie Hoffman, his two brothers-in-law, Howard Stearns and Dave Hoffman, and his five nieces and nephews, Shannon Straub, Caitlin Stearns, and Thomas Stearns, and Adelaide Hoffman and Robert Elwood (Woods) Hoffman, and innumerable relatives and friends.
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