Lawrence F. Thomas

Lawrence "Larry" F. Thomas passed away July 5, 2011 and went to be with his heavenly Father after a short battle with cancer. Larry was born in Montoursville, Pennsylvania on June 12, 1935. He graduated from Montoursville High School in 1953 and joined the U.S. Navy, where he served for 4 years. After the Navy, he attended Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. He then went to work for Burroughs Corp Military Field Service installing computer systems for the U.S. Air Force NORAD Early Warning Systems until 1962. He went to work for ITT Federal Electric as a Tech Rep with the U.S. Air Force 451st Strategic Missile Wing at Lowry Air Force Base. He trained Air Force personnel on maintenance of the systems, traveling the Midwest states installing computer systems in the command centers of the missile silos until 1964. Larry then went to work for RCA Corp at Denver, Colorado as a manager of 8 large computer systems at the Air Force Accounting and Air Force Reserve Center until 1972. He then went to work with Sperry Univac and worked on computer systems for U.S. Dept. of Agriculture in Fort Collins until 1986. Larry went to work for Unisys Corp where he maintained the computer systems for Larimer County until 1990. In 1991 he then took a part time job with Loomis Corp as a messenger guard until December 2010. On August 8, 1982 Larry married Sharon Woeber Brokaw. Together they blended two households with seven children, Valerie Fred Prince, Larry Betty Thomas, Dan Fiancé, Theresa Colburn Thomas, James Thomas, Michelle Miller, Scott Brokaw, Susie Jerry Clausen, Johnny Bridge, Trish Thomas and Sherry Thomas. He is also survived by eleven grandchildren, and one great grandchild. A Memorial Service with Military Honors by the Fort Collins All Veterans Honor Guard will be held at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday at Christ Center Community Church, 2700 S. Lemay Ave. A Private Interment will take at Fort Logan National Cemetery. Memorial Contributions may be made to the Larry Thomas Memorial Fund in care of Bohlender Funeral Chapel, 121 W. Olive, Fort Collins, Colorado 80524.