…Electrical Engineer; 81
TEWKSBURY - Larry Gene Kuhn, age 81, a Navy Veteran, Electrical Engineer and trade school instructor, died peacefully on Thursday evening, April 5, at the Blairehouse of Tewksbury, after a long fight with Alzheimer’s. He was the husband of the late Elizabeth Kuhn, and earlier, the late Irma (Pomerantz) Kuhn.
He was born in Zanesville, Ohio, in July 1936, a son of the late Jessie Clayton Kuhn and Hanna Ruth (Davis) Kuhn, raised in Ravenswood, WV., and had lived in South Charleston, WV, before moving to Tewksbury, MA in 2017
He served in the U.S. Navy in the peacetime era following the Korean War.
Larry earned a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from Wentworth Institute. He worked as an Electrical Engineer, and finished his career as an instructor at the North Shore Technical Trade School in Middleton, MA. He leaves a daughter, Andrea Lentz and her husband Michael of Tewksbury, MA; a son, Stephen Paul Kuhn of Melrose, MA; grandchildren, Joshua Michael Lentz, Brandon Michael Lentz, Harleigh Michelle Lentz, Tanner Michael Lentz; Jessie Connors, and Ryan Connors, two great grandchildren, Jayla Marie Lentz and Julian Michael Lentz; two brothers, John Cleveland Kuhn and his wife Carol of S.C. and Harold Kuhn of S. Charleston, WV.; a brother-in-law, Mark Wolford and his wife Judy of S. Charleston, WV; many nephews, including John Kuhn,Scott Kuhn, Tony Wolford, Michael Wolford, and Harold(Jr.) Kuhn and great nephew Bryce Wolford ,and was predeceased by his sister, Anna Francis (Kuhn) Wolford.
A Memorial Celebration of his life will be held Sunday, April 15, from 5:00 p.m. at the Tewksbury Wilmington Elks, 777 SOuth Street, Tewksbury, MA. In lieu of flowers, memorials to the Alzheimer’s Assoc. of MA/NH, 309 Waverly Oaks Rd., Waltham, MA 02452, will be appreciated. Arrangements were through the Tewksbury Funeral Home. Visit: tewksburyfuneralhome.com