April 22, 2008  

LOWVILLE, N.Y.  —  Larry B. Widrick, 60, of Olmstead Road, died unexpectedly Tuesday, April 22, at University Hospital, Syracuse. 

The funeral will be held noon Saturday, April 26, at Iseneker Funeral Home, Inc., 5702 Waters Road, Lowville, with Rev. Bruce W. Chapman, retired Methodist minister, officiating. Burial will be private and at the convenience of the family. Calling hours are from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, April 25, at the funeral home.  

Born March 21, 1948 in Lowville, a son of the late Benjamin and Cecilia Kempney Widrick, he attended rural school on the Long Pond Road and Beaver River Central School. He worked for Climax Manufacturing in Castorland for a short time.  

He married Eva Mathous on April 20, 1985, at the Beaver Falls United Methodist Church with Rev. Smith, officiating.  

Mr. Widrick had worked as a logger and owned and operated Widrick’s Logging Company for many years until 2004, upon his employment with DANC in Rodman until 2005.  

He was a longtime member of the New Bremen Fish and Game Club and was a member and caretaker of the Tide Lake Hunting Club in Herkimer County.  

Mr. Widrick enjoyed hunting, fishing, NASCAR, spending time and working with his horses, and riding his motorcycle on nice days

Surviving are his wife, Eva; a son, Aaron L. Widrick and his companion, Carie Eisel, Lowville; a grandson, Bram L. Widrick; a brother, Edward Widrick, Croghan; a sister and her husband, Linda and Jerry Lyndaker, Croghan; two half-brothers, Loren Widrick, Croghan, Herbert Branagan and his wife, Rebecca, Harrisville; two half-sisters, Ellen Roggie, Carthage, Alfrieda Roggie and her husband, Lansing, Carthage; an aunt, Mary Burt; several nieces, nephews and cousins.  

A sister, Judy E. Widrick, a half-brother, Arnold Widrick, and a half sister, Gertrude Widrick, all died before him.   

Information provided by Iseneker Funeral Home, Inc. of Lowville and Newzjunky, Watertown, N.Y.