LAWRENCE “LARRY” FRENZL

Lawrence “Larry” Frenzl, 84, Hays, died Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at his home.

He was born May 10, 1928 in Odin, Kansas the son of Hugo and Matilda (Hoffner) Frenzl. On August 29, 1952 he married Edna Kolste in Bentonville, Arkansas. He attended Odin Catholic School and worked as a superintendant with Reece Construction Co. in Scandia, Kansas from 1949 through 1984 with two years leave to serve in the US Army from 1950-1952. He also worked at McClaren Ford, Hays Pathology Lab, and Paul MacDonald Chevrolet before retiring in 1992. He was a member of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church and the Hays VFW.

Survivors include his wife, of the home in Hays, sons Michael Frenzl and wife Jane of Hays and Ronald Frenzl and wife Donna of Olathe, KS, daughters Susan Miller and husband Ken of Hays and Betty Hrabe and husband Kenny of Stockton, KS, brothers, Leo Frenzl and wife Delores of Odin, KS, and William “Bill” Frenzl of Great Bend, KS, sisters Viola Meyeres of Hoisington, KS, Gertrude Hickel fo Claflin, KS, and Dorothy Reif of Beaver, KS. Eight grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Joe, Frank and Gus, and sisters Teresa Wondra and Marie Meyeres.

Funeral services will be at 10:00 am on Saturday, August 11, 2012 at the St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hays. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 5:00 until 7 on Friday at the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine, and on Saturday from 9:30 am until service time at the church. A parish vigil service will be at 6:00 on Friday at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Hays Medical Center in care of the funeral home. Condolences may be left for the family at www.haysmemorial.com.