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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Pastor Larry
Ervin Treece
Aug 21, 1950 — Dec 23, 2021
Sun Prairie
Obituary
Pastor Larry Ervin Treece, 71, Sun Prairie, passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 23, 2021, at the University Hospital in Madison following a brief illness.Larry was born on August 21, 1950, to Ray and Eula (Weaver) Treece in Detroit, Michigan, but grew up in Belleville, Michigan, halfway between Detroit and Ann Arbor.He served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam era but was never posted overseas, serving at the Naval Air Station in Lakehurst, NJ. He then attended Washtenaw Community College and Eastern Michigan University, where he played intercollegiate hockey. He worked for many years at General Motors' Willow Run Assembly Plant in Ypsilanti, MI until it closed in 1996.He married his wife, Rita (Donner) on October 14, 1978, and they had two daughters, Erin (Mark) and Caitlin.
While back in Ann Arbor Pastor Larry and Rita were active members of Bethlehem United Church of Christ. Pastor Treece was also on the staff of Bethlehem UCC for 10 years as the Director of Youth Ministry. He got his undergraduate degree at Concordia College in Ann Arbor in 1994 and then began to attend both the Ecumenical Theological School of Detroit and the Methodist Theological School of Ohio in Delaware, Ohio. He received a Master of Divinity degree from both schools in 2001. He was ordained by the Covenant Association of the Michigan Conference of the United Church of Christ and accepted a call to the Evansville Congregational UCC in Evansville, Wisconsin in 2002. In 2006 he was called to Peace United Church of Christ in Schofield, WI (in the Wausau area) and served there until his retirement in 2014 to move to the Sun Prairie area so he and Rita could be closer to their children and grandchildren.
He still felt the call to ministry strongly, however, and was installed as the pastor of Lake Mills United Congregation Church on April 22, 2018.Larry loved and was loved by many people.He is survived by his loving wife Rita, children, grandchildren, in-laws and a host of long-time friends. Due to the current pandemic no formal services will be held at this time.In honor of Pastor Larry's giving spirit, the family asks that donations be made to Second Harvest at secondharvestmadison.org in lieu of flowers.Online condolences may be made at www.claussenfuneralhome.com
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