Larry Smithson
December 30th, 1940 ~ December 29th, 2024
Larry passed away on Sunday December 29th at Burnaby General Hospital after a short battle with lung cancer. He is lovingly remembered by his sister Karen (Roger), Daughter Brandi, Daughter Leanne (Darcy), son Robert (Tina), Grandchildren Branden, Erika, Kylie, Jessica, and Jacob.
Larry was born in Vancouver where he lived most of his life until moving to Burnaby in 1984.
Larry loved the outdoors. He was an avid outdoors man. Hunting, fishing, black powder rendezvous shooting were his passions. He loved showing off his passions to anyone he met. He was an Artist. A craftsman and a man of many talents. His generosity when it came to sharing his talents with others knew no bounds.
He will be sadly missed by all who knew him.
A service with be held at United churches of Langley on Saturday, February 1st 1:00 pm at 21562 Old Yale Road in Langley B.C.
I came to know Larry through the black powder community and he quickly became one of those people I always looked forward to seeing. Larry taught me how to taxidermy and I inherited numerous skulls from him to add to my ever growing collection. Most of these now reside within a tattoo shop as they couldn't move with me overseas. I loved seeing and hearing about his newest ventures in movie props or for private collections. His work was always some of the most amazing and intricate iv ever seen. He really was a man of amazing character and I feel my life was so much more enriched having the privilege to know him. He will be missed for far to many reasons to list.