Larry was born October 14th, 1949 in Chicago to Lily and Lawrence Maturo. He was the oldest of three boys.  He grew up in the incredibly varied environments of urban Chicago and rural Kentucky.  His parents were circus and carnival owners traveled throughout the Midwest during the summer months, then returned home to Dawson Springs, Kentucky for the winter.  When the boys became of school age, they remained with their extended family in Kentucky during the school year.

Larry graduated as a West Hopkins High School Rebel in 1967, with plans to study physics at the University of Kentucky.  Shortly thereafter he decided to join the Air Force and was relocated to Austin, Texas as a medic at Bergstrom Air Force Base.  He fell in love.....both with my mom and with Austin.....and remained here until his death last week.  The ensuing 40+ years would see him through the birth of a daughter, a 3 year stint in the Philippines (courtesy of the USAF), a bachelors and master’s degree, a long electrical engineering and software development career that included multiple patents and a few publications, leadership roles in organizations such as the American Legion and the Austin Delphi User's Group, the birth of two grandchildren, the death of his first wife after a 34 year marriage, the death of his mother, a new marriage and the adoption of two much-loved standard poodles, Atlas and Zorro; with whom he completed an agility course.  

He was also a man of universal curiosity and creativity.  Trains, planes, stamps, technology, history, animals, opera, art, fishing, literature....there were few valuable things that escaped his interest. He loved to create things.  I still remember the homemade digital alarm clock we used for so many years.  The soldering iron was a permanent fixture at our dining room table.  As technology advanced, so did he.  Tools created from some of his patents have been used on the US Space Station as well as in the predecessors to the GPS we all have in our phones.  His latest project, he had just completed was a bingo game phone app, available in the Android marketplace.       

Larry was an incredibly kind and giving person.  He was a man who wished well for others, but beyond that, he offered his help and shared what he could when it was needed.  He was a compassionate human being with a wonderful sense of humor and he is very, very missed.