Former Coldwater native Larry R. Boeckman, 54, died Oct. 9, 2008, at his residence in St. Louis, Mo. Death was due to natural causes.

He was born Jan. 6, 1954, in Coldwater, to Ralph and Mary Agnes Rutschilling Boeckman. His mother survives in Coldwater.

Other survivors are two brothers, Dan (Lee), Cincinnati, and Steve (Mary), Coldwater; three sisters, Carol (Dennis) Evers, Coldwater, Connie (John) Granger, Whitehouse, and Bonnie (Dave) Bruns, Philothea.

He worked at Labonne Bouchee Bakery in St. Louis and was a graduate of Coldwater High School and the Culinary Institute of America in New York in 1978.

Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Coldwater, the Rev. Richard Walling officiating. Burial is at St. Elizabeth Cemetery, Coldwater.

Calling is 4-8 p.m. Tuesday and 9-10 a.m. Wednesday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home, Coldwater.

Contributions can be made to the Department of Neurology Sleep Research at Washington University, St. Louis.

Condolences can be left at www.hogenkampfh.com.