Larry Williams, of Clark, CO, passed away peacefully at home on Christmas Day, after his 10-month battle with liver cancer.

Larry was born in Denver, and at 7 months old he was adopted by Frank and Edith Williams of Greeley, CO.  The Williams Farm was one of the largest onion set producers in the 50's and 60's, yielding 30,000 bushels a year.  Larry spent many years working on the farm – irrigating, harvesting, sorting - and he had many interesting stories about life on the farm.

He graduated from Colorado State University with a teaching degree in 1971.  Teaching jobs were very difficult to get in those days – especially if you weren't also an athletic coach.  So, after building fences for several years, Larry got a job with Storage Technology in Louisville, CO building shipping crates for tape drives.  He worked his way up to the position of Corporate Logistics Manager.  Larry retired in 2004, and he and Joanne relocated to Steamboat Springs/Clark, CO.

After moving to Clark, Larry worked at Steamboat Ski & Resort as an auditor for seven years.  While there he joined the resort coed softball team.  Although he was twice as old as any other participants, he was a heck of a pitcher, (and a daring slider), and one year he was thrilled when they won the D league!

He also enjoyed his Thursday night tennis league, pickleball, skiing, teaching his children to downhill ski and water ski, golfing, playing guitar, reading non-fiction, traveling, and camping in his R-Pod.

When he first moved to Clark, Larry volunteered with Partners in Routt County as a Senior Partner.  He had a junior partner for two years and thoroughly enjoyed doing activities with him.  Then, Larry joined the Board of Directors with the North Routt Fire Protection District.  He was President of the Board for eight years.  After he retired from the Board, he missed serving and re-joined as Vice-President for three years.

Larry impressed all with his deep intelligence, his true kindness, his quiet humor and his keen interest in life.  He was much loved and respected by his family and friends and throughout the community.

He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Joanne Wiswell, his three children, Amy Knadler (Jason) of Thornton, CO, Amanda Hlawaty (Steve) of Ft. Collins, CO and Jeff Williams (Joanna) of Westminster, CO.  He is also survived by five grandchildren – Ethan, Ben, Melissa, Kaitlyn, and Kylie and three great-grandchildren.

Special thanks to the wonderful staff at the Jan Bishop Cancer Center, who became like family during his long ordeal, and to Northwest Colorado Hospice for their compassion and care.

A celebration of Larry's Life will be April 6, 2025 from 1 - 3 pm at Library Hall in Steamboat (upstairs at the Bud Werner Memorial Library)