Funeral Services for Larry Waller, age 88, of rural Ewing will be 1:00 pm Friday, February 5, 2021 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Chambers. Burial will follow in the Chambers Cemetery with military rites provided by the Chambers American Legion Post 320. Visitation will be from 5-7 pm Thursday, February 4, 2021 at Biglin's Mortuary in O'Neill with a 7 pm prayer service. Rev. Leif Hasskarl will officiate. Larry passed away on Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at his home in rural Ewing. Memorials may be directed to the family for future designation. Biglin's Mortuary in O'Neill is in charge of arrangements.

Larry Bruce Waller was born on October 5, 1932 on the farm 2 miles north and ½ mile east of Winside, Nebraska to Leland Bruce "Jiggs" Waller and Leona Virginia (Schneider) Waller. He was baptized April 4, 1943 at the United Methodist Church in Winside, Nebraska.

Larry attended country school at District 24 in Wayne County, Nebraska and then attended high school in Winside, Nebraska. Larry entered the U.S. Army on January 21, 1953 stationed at Fort Polk Louisiana. He completed Military Police School at Fort Dix, New Jersey and then served as a Military Policeman while stationed at Eniwetok in The Marshall Islands from July 1953 to July 1954. Larry received his honorable discharge as a Corporal on January 20, 1955 from Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
On October 1, 1955 he married Marlene Lois Lehman at St. John's Lutheran Church in Stanton, Nebraska. In May of 1958, Larry and Marlene moved to a ranch between Chambers and Ewing, Nebraska.

Larry was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Chambers, Nebraska. Larry served a term as Treasurer and two terms as Elder. Larry was also member of the Chambers American Legion Post 320.

Larry is survived by his wife of 65 years, Marlene Waller of Ewing; four children, Wenonah (Rod) Landers of Weldon Spring, MO; Rhonda Waller of Lincoln, NE; Layne (Tracie) Waller of Ewing, NE; Marshall (Kathy) Waller of Clearwater, NE; 11 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and sister Pat (Waller) Podoll of Fredericksburg, TX; several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Dennis Waller; and sister, Sandra Morrissey.