Larry Struck served the Denison Community School District with distinction as a teacher and business manager. As a teacher, he helped to lead the district into the computer era. Larry's skill and his quiet and pleasant demeanor as district business manager helped to guide the district through some difficult financial times in the late 1980's, early 1990's. While the three superintendents he worked for were the public faces for the district, Larry was the individual who made the figures work, who explained the financial concepts in a clear manner, who knew when to tighten or ease up on the district purse strings. When the school district got involved with community projects, Larry was generally the person who would take care of the "nuts and bolts" of the project. He worked to get things set up for Relay for Life. He didn't just tell others what to do. He was there in the beginning, and at the end, he was there until the last piece of lumber was put away. When the district hosted the state Academic Decathlon, Larry was the one back in the office who was keeping track of the scoring accuracy, long into the Friday night after everyone else had left. He was the one who would catch errors which the judges might have made. The Northside Rec project and Imagination Station project both included Larry as an advisor.

Since his retirement, Larry has continued to invest his time and expertise with the community. He is a long time Kiwanis Club member and has held leadership positions with that organization. When an event is scheduled, Larry will be there whether it is helping with the Goodfellows Christmas gift distribution, collecting food for TAP, sponsoring youth activities and scholarships, or working the food stand at the fair. Larry served six years on the Crawford County Hospital Board, part of the time as president. He guided that group through some turbulent years as it faced lots of public criticism for building the new hospital and other stressful issues. He was not afraid of the public criticism because he always did his homework and knew that his vote could be supported by research, rather than emotion and simple opinion. Larry volunteers with the Hospital Foundation transportation program and is always willing to drive the hospital bus to pick up patients throughout Crawford County.

It is rare that one sees Larry's picture in the newspaper doing something newsworthy. He is the type of individual who is fine with that. He is a doer, not a publicity seeker.