Larry Sheer

The valiant fight against cancer, fought by Larry Sheer, age 47, of State Center, ended on Monday, June 9th, with his family at his side at the Iowa River Hospice Home in Marshalltown. Memorial services will be held on Thursday, June 19, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in State Center, Iowa. Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday June 18, 2014 at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home in Marshalltown, Iowa. Memorials may be directed in his memory to the MMSC Foundation, Iowa River Hospice or the West Marshall Athletic Boosters-track project. Born on February 24th, 1967, in Ida Grove, Iowa, he was the son of Stephen Stu and Elizabeth Betty (Spotts) Sheer. He graduated from the Ida Grove Community High Schools Class of 1985 and then attended the University of South Dakota in Vermillion until 1989. On January 2nd, 1993; he was united in marriage to the love of his life, Theresa Gierstorf, at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Schleswig, Iowa. They made their home in Ida Grove and Denison before moving to State Center. Larry had been a devoted heavy equipment operator for Godbersen-Smith and most recently as rock crew supervisor for Martin-Marietta. Larry was a baptized member of the Trinity Lutheran Church (November, 2013) in State Center and Sigma Nu Fraternity. Cooking and teaching his children to cook, was just one of the amazing abilities he had. He treasured time with family and friends (the boys- who would come over to hang out) and going on cruises as well as trips to Las Vegas. Larrys wit and troublemaking sense of humor has left memories with all who had the pleasure of knowing him. Greatly missing him are Theresa, his loving wife of 21 years, his children: A1C Tyler D. Sheer, USAF, Eglin, Fl., Abbey E. Sheer of Cedar Falls, Sam H. Sheer of State Center, Rafael Rodriguez of State Center, Stuart S. Sheer of State Center; his father Stu Sheer of Aransas Pass, TX. sister Terri (Jory) Treiber of Ida Grove, sisters and brothers-in-law- Dennis (Judy) Gierstorf of Schleswig, Darrell (Ernie) Gierstorf of Adel, Marjean (Bruce) Hansen of Westminster, CO, Gary (Sue) Gierstorf of Lakewood, CO, and Janelle (Denny) Lee of Appleton, WI, as well as many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. In death, Larry rejoined his mother Betty, Uncle Jerry Spotts, mother-in-law Ramona and father-in-law Delbert Gierstorf, nephew Seth Gierstorf and great-nephew Jack Lundell.