Larry C. Handke, 72, of Atchison KS. died Sunday, November 29, 2015 at his home north of Atchison.

Funeral services will be 10:30 am on Thursday, Dec 3th, 2015 at Trinity Lutheran Church with Rev. Robert Ziegler officiating. Burial will follow in the Sunset Memory Gardens, Atchison. The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8:30 pm on Wednesday, Dec. 2rd at the Becker Dyer Stanton Funeral Home who is handling the arrangements. Memorials are suggested to the American Heart Association or Trinity Lutheran School Endowment Fund and may be sent in care of the funeral home. Condolences to the family may be left online at www.beckerdyer.com.

Larry was born on Feb. 3, 1943 in Atchison KS the son of Leonard and Ruby (Armstrong) Handke. He attended Deer Creek and Trinity Lutheran Grade Schools. He graduated from Atchison High School in 1961 and completed his glazier apprenticeship that same year. Larry worked as a farmer and also as a glazier for Emery Glass, Atchison for 5 years, Pittsburg Glass, and Allied Glass, both of St. Joseph, MO., and Carter Glass, Kansas City, MO. Larry was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church, and the Glazier Union, Kansas City, MO. He enjoyed trap shooting, riding motorcycles, bull dozing, deer hunting and watching western movies. Larry loved to tease and have fun with people, and was always looking for his farmer’s discount.

He was married to the love of his life, Janice Franklin on Dec. 2, 1962. Janice survives of the home. Additional survivors include: is children, Debbie (Greg) Dinkel, Kearney, NE; Todd Handke (Kelli Hutchinson), Atchison KS., and Pam (Mark) McKinsey, Holton, KS; a sister, Jeanne (Richard) Durkin, Atchison, KS and grandchildren: Ben, Shane, Brandon, Eric, Emily, Jessica and Daniel His parents preceded him in death.