Larry was born on March 31, 1925, in Tama, Iowa to Lawrence and Zola Fiala Crawford. He was raised in Tama and graduated from Tama High School in 1943. Following his high school graduation he was inducted into the U.S. Army. He served as a tank gunner with General Patton's 3rd Army and fought in battles in Northern France and the Rhineland. He returned to Iowa after the war and enrolled in the Cummings School of Art in Des Moines. Larry was employed for 8 years at the Central Fibre Products Company in Tama. In 1956 he accepted the position of Golf Professional/Course Superintendent at the Grinnell Golf and Country Club. During his career as a golf professional in Grinnell, he was a golf coach at Grinnell College for 9 years and founded the State Pee Wee Golf Tournament. Larry was a well-known golf professional and especially an instructor and mentor to many young boy and girl golfers in the Grinnell area. He retired from the Grinnell Golf and Country Club in 1986 and spent his winters in Pharr, Texas and Southern California. On November 3, 1997, he was inducted into the Iowa Golfer's Hall of Fame in Cedar Rapids. Larry was a life-member of the Grinnell Country Club, the PGA, the Iowa Golfer's Association, and the American Legion of Tama. He was also charter member #15 of the Golf Collector's Society. He is survived by one sister, Evelyn (Jack) Carpenter of Anaheim, CA; and one brother, Harold Crawford of Marshalltown; two nieces, Cheryl (Rick) Troia and Cathy (Bob) Naber, both of Dublin, California; one great nephew, Chris Brangwin of Tulsa, Oklahoma; and one great niece, Rebecca Naber of LaMirada, California. He was preceded in death by his parents and infant sister, Norma Jean Crawford. Memorials may be directed to the Larry Crawford Memorial Fund and sent in care of the Smith Funeral Home, PO Box 368, Grinnell, Iowa 50112.