Rev. Larry McNeill passed away to meet his Heavenly Father on Monday, June 8, 2015. He was born on December 21, 1942 in a little, one-room log cabin outside of Old Joe, Arkansas. He was preceded in death by his father, Lonnie R. McNeill; his mother, Mary Jewel McNeill Lane; and his sister, Neveah Joy McNeill.
Larry is survived by four brothers and sisters: Jane Rohleder (husband Chuck) from Mtn. Home, AR; Terry McNeill (wife Darlene) from Broken Arrow, OK; Rhonda Durham (husband Charles) from Sand Springs, OK; and Joseph McNeill from Tulsa, OK. He is survived by three sons and two grandchildren; Larry Paul (wife Keisha, granddaughter Marleigh) of Madison, MS, Scott (wife Rachada, granddaughter Alexandra Fallon) of Aurora, CO, and Marc (wife Jennlyn) of Aurora, CO.
Larry referred to himself as just a hillbilly kid from Arkansas, never ceasing to be amazed that God reached down and chose that hillbilly kid to travel the world as God's ambassador.
When Larry was 10 it became his job to kill the chickens. He occasionally commented how it was nothing short of amazing how long and high the body of a headless chicken can jump into the air and flap it wings.
Church was the center of their lives. When there was a revival they went every night. Larry's Sunday School teachers taught Bible stories and to love and obey God. He always paid tithes on his 25 cent weekly allowance.
Looking back on his early upbringing, last year he wrote, "I'm thankful for the family closeness as we worked to eke out a living together. I'm thankful for the strong character values: faith in God, hope, hard work, sharing, sacrifice, responsibility, honesty, resourcefulness, self discipline, respect, perseverance and gratitude this way of life taught me. I am blessed with true wealth. It gave me the strength and values to be who I am today. I wish the same for my children and grandchildren."
He attended Southwestern Assemblies of God College in Waxahachie, Texas in 1960 where he found the two loves of his life; a divine calling to ministerial service and his bride-to-be of 52 years, Delores P. Miller. Their lives were permanently joined in a marriage on December 21, 1963; his 21st birthday. They shared a special love for each other, God, and people.
Larry earned a Bachelors (Southwestern A/G College), Masters (University of Tulsa) and Doctor of Ministry (Assemblies of God Theological Seminary & Harvard University). He was a dedicated scholar who wrote and translated many articles and books.
Larry felt a definite calling to leave familiar territory and move to Rhode Island to pioneer a church. God blessed --- hard times, sacrifice and sometimes persecution produced growth and maturity. While in Rhode Island, he and Dee would give birth to their first two sons, Larry Paul and Scott. During this time, they felt a calling to full-time foreign mission work.
This calling would take him to more than 40 countries in Latin America, South America, the Caribbean, North Africa and Spain. Larry served as the President of the Seminario Evangelico Español outside of Madrid, Spain for 12 years. He was blessed beyond measure for the opportunity to touch lives and serve alongside dear brothers and sisters in the faith. Larry identified with Spanish culture and history even challenging himself to read copies of Christopher Columbus' hand-written journals. But most importantly, while in Spain he built longstanding bonds of deep friendship and respect. During this time, they gave birth to their third son, Marc.
Larry and Dee would return to Tulsa to pastor at Calvary Temple for seven years before returning to the foreign mission field. Larry served as the Dean, then President, of the Latin America Theological Seminary. Larry and Dee's ministry would take them to the majority of Latin America, South America and the Caribbean. Many of those students are church leaders today, including General Superintendents and National Secretaries. Larry was especially important in developing ministerial education in Cuba, with the Universidad Teológica Pentecostal de Cuba being named in his honor.
Larry was a special dad; taking custom orders for the shapes of the pancakes on Saturday mornings; even if the request was for a pancake in the shape of a monkey blowing bubbles riding on the back of an elephant. He also loved taking Dee for drives in his Purple Plum, a 1933 Plymouth.
While in Spain, he developed a love for ancient coins. He would search Roman ruins and medieval castles with a metal detector, developing a substantial coin collection. He spent hours researching the history of those coins and sharing that extensive history of his unearthed coins with anyone, including the history of the mines, mints, and rulers of the countries associated with the period of each coin.
Due to a botched surgery, Larry suffered severe health problems in 1988 that would significantly affect the rest of his life. Despite the severe chronic pain he suffered from over 70 major surgeries, Larry never gave up his ministry. He lived eight years with an implanted morphine pain pump. His undeniable calling was to minister to others and he would not let his health nor pain stop him. It was not uncommon to hear him tell his sons "the 10 most important two-letter words in the world --- if it is to be, it is up to me." Larry was a silent hero of the faith evidenced by Larry and Dee being honored as "Unsung Heroes" by the Assemblies of God World Missions.
He was dearly respected for living out the values of integrity, Godly character, honor, respect, perseverance and humbleness. Larry clearly knew Him, the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings (Phil 3:10); being blessed with a special grace in extreme suffering. He will be greatly missed by so many; family, dear friends, and esteemed colleagues.
Most assuredly when Larry met the Lord on Monday, he asked the Lord if he knew all the history behind any one of his collected coins. And without a doubt the Lord responded by saying, "Larry, I have a coin collection too. Look over here at your and my joint coin collection. You see each one of these countless lives that was touched on earth through you was like a lost coin that was restored to me. Well done, Larry, for bringing so many lost coins into my precious collection. Now go over there and tell the angels to all scoot down so you can sit a little nearer to me for eternity."
Visitation, Friday, 6-8 pm, June 12th and Funeral Service, Saturday, 1:30 pm, June 13th, both will be held at Horan & McConaty, 1091 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver.
Burial, Saturday, 3 pm, June 13th, Fairmount Cemetery, 430 S. Quebec St., Denver.
Larry is survived by four brothers and sisters: Jane Rohleder (husband Chuck) from Mtn. Home, AR; Terry McNeill (wife Darlene) from Broken Arrow, OK; Rhonda Durham (husband Charles) from Sand Springs, OK; and Joseph McNeill from Tulsa, OK. He is survived by three sons and two grandchildren; Larry Paul (wife Keisha, granddaughter Marleigh) of Madison, MS, Scott (wife Rachada, granddaughter Alexandra Fallon) of Aurora, CO, and Marc (wife Jennlyn) of Aurora, CO.
Larry referred to himself as just a hillbilly kid from Arkansas, never ceasing to be amazed that God reached down and chose that hillbilly kid to travel the world as God's ambassador.
When Larry was 10 it became his job to kill the chickens. He occasionally commented how it was nothing short of amazing how long and high the body of a headless chicken can jump into the air and flap it wings.
Church was the center of their lives. When there was a revival they went every night. Larry's Sunday School teachers taught Bible stories and to love and obey God. He always paid tithes on his 25 cent weekly allowance.
Looking back on his early upbringing, last year he wrote, "I'm thankful for the family closeness as we worked to eke out a living together. I'm thankful for the strong character values: faith in God, hope, hard work, sharing, sacrifice, responsibility, honesty, resourcefulness, self discipline, respect, perseverance and gratitude this way of life taught me. I am blessed with true wealth. It gave me the strength and values to be who I am today. I wish the same for my children and grandchildren."
He attended Southwestern Assemblies of God College in Waxahachie, Texas in 1960 where he found the two loves of his life; a divine calling to ministerial service and his bride-to-be of 52 years, Delores P. Miller. Their lives were permanently joined in a marriage on December 21, 1963; his 21st birthday. They shared a special love for each other, God, and people.
Larry earned a Bachelors (Southwestern A/G College), Masters (University of Tulsa) and Doctor of Ministry (Assemblies of God Theological Seminary & Harvard University). He was a dedicated scholar who wrote and translated many articles and books.
Larry felt a definite calling to leave familiar territory and move to Rhode Island to pioneer a church. God blessed --- hard times, sacrifice and sometimes persecution produced growth and maturity. While in Rhode Island, he and Dee would give birth to their first two sons, Larry Paul and Scott. During this time, they felt a calling to full-time foreign mission work.
This calling would take him to more than 40 countries in Latin America, South America, the Caribbean, North Africa and Spain. Larry served as the President of the Seminario Evangelico Español outside of Madrid, Spain for 12 years. He was blessed beyond measure for the opportunity to touch lives and serve alongside dear brothers and sisters in the faith. Larry identified with Spanish culture and history even challenging himself to read copies of Christopher Columbus' hand-written journals. But most importantly, while in Spain he built longstanding bonds of deep friendship and respect. During this time, they gave birth to their third son, Marc.
Larry and Dee would return to Tulsa to pastor at Calvary Temple for seven years before returning to the foreign mission field. Larry served as the Dean, then President, of the Latin America Theological Seminary. Larry and Dee's ministry would take them to the majority of Latin America, South America and the Caribbean. Many of those students are church leaders today, including General Superintendents and National Secretaries. Larry was especially important in developing ministerial education in Cuba, with the Universidad Teológica Pentecostal de Cuba being named in his honor.
Larry was a special dad; taking custom orders for the shapes of the pancakes on Saturday mornings; even if the request was for a pancake in the shape of a monkey blowing bubbles riding on the back of an elephant. He also loved taking Dee for drives in his Purple Plum, a 1933 Plymouth.
While in Spain, he developed a love for ancient coins. He would search Roman ruins and medieval castles with a metal detector, developing a substantial coin collection. He spent hours researching the history of those coins and sharing that extensive history of his unearthed coins with anyone, including the history of the mines, mints, and rulers of the countries associated with the period of each coin.
Due to a botched surgery, Larry suffered severe health problems in 1988 that would significantly affect the rest of his life. Despite the severe chronic pain he suffered from over 70 major surgeries, Larry never gave up his ministry. He lived eight years with an implanted morphine pain pump. His undeniable calling was to minister to others and he would not let his health nor pain stop him. It was not uncommon to hear him tell his sons "the 10 most important two-letter words in the world --- if it is to be, it is up to me." Larry was a silent hero of the faith evidenced by Larry and Dee being honored as "Unsung Heroes" by the Assemblies of God World Missions.
He was dearly respected for living out the values of integrity, Godly character, honor, respect, perseverance and humbleness. Larry clearly knew Him, the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings (Phil 3:10); being blessed with a special grace in extreme suffering. He will be greatly missed by so many; family, dear friends, and esteemed colleagues.
Most assuredly when Larry met the Lord on Monday, he asked the Lord if he knew all the history behind any one of his collected coins. And without a doubt the Lord responded by saying, "Larry, I have a coin collection too. Look over here at your and my joint coin collection. You see each one of these countless lives that was touched on earth through you was like a lost coin that was restored to me. Well done, Larry, for bringing so many lost coins into my precious collection. Now go over there and tell the angels to all scoot down so you can sit a little nearer to me for eternity."
Visitation, Friday, 6-8 pm, June 12th and Funeral Service, Saturday, 1:30 pm, June 13th, both will be held at Horan & McConaty, 1091 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver.
Burial, Saturday, 3 pm, June 13th, Fairmount Cemetery, 430 S. Quebec St., Denver.
Rev. Larry McNeill passed away to meet his Heavenly Father on Monday, June 8, 2015. He was born on December 21, 1942 in a little, one-room log cabin outside of Old Joe, Arkansas. He was preceded in death by his father, Lonnie R. McNeill; his mother, Mary Jewel McNeill Lane; and his sister, Neveah Joy McNeill.
Larry is survived by four brothers and sisters: Jane Rohleder (husband Chuck) from Mtn. Home, AR; Terry McNeill (wife Darlene) from Broken Arrow, OK; Rhonda Durham (husband Charles) from Sand Springs, OK; and Joseph McNeill from Tulsa, OK. He is survived by three sons and two grandchildren; Larry Paul (wife Keisha, granddaughter Marleigh) of Madison, MS, Scott (wife Rachada, granddaughter Alexandra Fallon) of Aurora, CO, and Marc (wife Jennlyn) of Aurora, CO.
Larry referred to himself as just a hillbilly kid from Arkansas, never ceasing to be amazed that God reached down and chose that hillbilly kid to travel the world as God's ambassador.
When Larry was 10 it became his job to kill the chickens. He occasionally commented how it was nothing short of amazing how long and high the body of a headless chicken can jump into the air and flap it wings.
Church was the center of their lives. When there was a revival they went every night. Larry's Sunday School teachers taught Bible stories and to love and obey God. He always paid tithes on his 25 cent weekly allowance.
Looking back on his early upbringing, last year he wrote, "I'm thankful for the family closeness as we worked to eke out a living together. I'm thankful for the strong character values: faith in God, hope, hard work, sharing, sacrifice, responsibility, honesty, resourcefulness, self discipline, respect, perseverance and gratitude this way of life taught me. I am blessed with true wealth. It gave me the strength and values to be who I am today. I wish the same for my children and grandchildren."
He attended Southwestern Assemblies of God College in Waxahachie, Texas in 1960 where he found the two loves of his life; a divine calling to ministerial service and his bride-to-be of 52 years, Delores P. Miller. Their lives were permanently joined in a marriage on December 21, 1963; his 21st birthday. They shared a special love for each other, God, and people.
Larry earned a Bachelors (Southwestern A/G College), Masters (University of Tulsa) and Doctor of Ministry (Assemblies of God Theological Seminary & Harvard University). He was a dedicated scholar who wrote and translated many articles and books.
Larry felt a definite calling to leave familiar territory and move to Rhode Island to pioneer a church. God blessed --- hard times, sacrifice and sometimes persecution produced growth and maturity. While in Rhode Island, he and Dee would give birth to their first two sons, Larry Paul and Scott. During this time, they felt a calling to full-time foreign mission work.
This calling would take him to more than 40 countries in Latin America, South America, the Caribbean, North Africa and Spain. Larry served as the President of the Seminario Evangelico Español outside of Madrid, Spain for 12 years. He was blessed beyond measure for the opportunity to touch lives and serve alongside dear brothers and sisters in the faith. Larry identified with Spanish culture and history even challenging himself to read copies of Christopher Columbus' hand-written journals. But most importantly, while in Spain he built longstanding bonds of deep friendship and respect. During this time, they gave birth to their third son, Marc.
Larry and Dee would return to Tulsa to pastor at Calvary Temple for seven years before returning to the foreign mission field. Larry served as the Dean, then President, of the Latin America Theological Seminary. Larry and Dee's ministry would take them to the majority of Latin America, South America and the Caribbean. Many of those students are church leaders today, including General Superintendents and National Secretaries. Larry was especially important in developing ministerial education in Cuba, with the Universidad Teológica Pentecostal de Cuba being named in his honor.
Larry was a special dad; taking custom orders for the shapes of the pancakes on Saturday mornings; even if the request was for a pancake in the shape of a monkey blowing bubbles riding on the back of an elephant. He also loved taking Dee for drives in his Purple Plum, a 1933 Plymouth.
While in Spain, he developed a love for ancient coins. He would search Roman ruins and medieval castles with a metal detector, developing a substantial coin collection. He spent hours researching the history of those coins and sharing that extensive history of his unearthed coins with anyone, including the history of the mines, mints, and rulers of the countries associated with the period of each coin.
Due to a botched surgery, Larry suffered severe health problems in 1988 that would significantly affect the rest of his life. Despite the severe chronic pain he suffered from over 70 major surgeries, Larry never gave up his ministry. He lived eight years with an implanted morphine pain pump. His undeniable calling was to minister to others and he would not let his health nor pain stop him. It was not uncommon to hear him tell his sons "the 10 most important two-letter words in the world --- if it is to be, it is up to me." Larry was a silent hero of the faith evidenced by Larry and Dee being honored as "Unsung Heroes" by the Assemblies of God World Missions.
He was dearly respected for living out the values of integrity, Godly character, honor, respect, perseverance and humbleness. Larry clearly knew Him, the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings (Phil 3:10); being blessed with a special grace in extreme suffering. He will be greatly missed by so many; family, dear friends, and esteemed colleagues.
Most assuredly when Larry met the Lord on Monday, he asked the Lord if he knew all the history behind any one of his collected coins. And without a doubt the Lord responded by saying, "Larry, I have a coin collection too. Look over here at your and my joint coin collection. You see each one of these countless lives that was touched on earth through you was like a lost coin that was restored to me. Well done, Larry, for bringing so many lost coins into my precious collection. Now go over there and tell the angels to all scoot down so you can sit a little nearer to me for eternity."
Visitation, Friday, 6-8 pm, June 12th and Funeral Service, Saturday, 1:30 pm, June 13th, both will be held at Horan & McConaty, 1091 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver.
Burial, Saturday, 3 pm, June 13th, Fairmount Cemetery, 430 S. Quebec St., Denver.
Larry is survived by four brothers and sisters: Jane Rohleder (husband Chuck) from Mtn. Home, AR; Terry McNeill (wife Darlene) from Broken Arrow, OK; Rhonda Durham (husband Charles) from Sand Springs, OK; and Joseph McNeill from Tulsa, OK. He is survived by three sons and two grandchildren; Larry Paul (wife Keisha, granddaughter Marleigh) of Madison, MS, Scott (wife Rachada, granddaughter Alexandra Fallon) of Aurora, CO, and Marc (wife Jennlyn) of Aurora, CO.
Larry referred to himself as just a hillbilly kid from Arkansas, never ceasing to be amazed that God reached down and chose that hillbilly kid to travel the world as God's ambassador.
When Larry was 10 it became his job to kill the chickens. He occasionally commented how it was nothing short of amazing how long and high the body of a headless chicken can jump into the air and flap it wings.
Church was the center of their lives. When there was a revival they went every night. Larry's Sunday School teachers taught Bible stories and to love and obey God. He always paid tithes on his 25 cent weekly allowance.
Looking back on his early upbringing, last year he wrote, "I'm thankful for the family closeness as we worked to eke out a living together. I'm thankful for the strong character values: faith in God, hope, hard work, sharing, sacrifice, responsibility, honesty, resourcefulness, self discipline, respect, perseverance and gratitude this way of life taught me. I am blessed with true wealth. It gave me the strength and values to be who I am today. I wish the same for my children and grandchildren."
He attended Southwestern Assemblies of God College in Waxahachie, Texas in 1960 where he found the two loves of his life; a divine calling to ministerial service and his bride-to-be of 52 years, Delores P. Miller. Their lives were permanently joined in a marriage on December 21, 1963; his 21st birthday. They shared a special love for each other, God, and people.
Larry earned a Bachelors (Southwestern A/G College), Masters (University of Tulsa) and Doctor of Ministry (Assemblies of God Theological Seminary & Harvard University). He was a dedicated scholar who wrote and translated many articles and books.
Larry felt a definite calling to leave familiar territory and move to Rhode Island to pioneer a church. God blessed --- hard times, sacrifice and sometimes persecution produced growth and maturity. While in Rhode Island, he and Dee would give birth to their first two sons, Larry Paul and Scott. During this time, they felt a calling to full-time foreign mission work.
This calling would take him to more than 40 countries in Latin America, South America, the Caribbean, North Africa and Spain. Larry served as the President of the Seminario Evangelico Español outside of Madrid, Spain for 12 years. He was blessed beyond measure for the opportunity to touch lives and serve alongside dear brothers and sisters in the faith. Larry identified with Spanish culture and history even challenging himself to read copies of Christopher Columbus' hand-written journals. But most importantly, while in Spain he built longstanding bonds of deep friendship and respect. During this time, they gave birth to their third son, Marc.
Larry and Dee would return to Tulsa to pastor at Calvary Temple for seven years before returning to the foreign mission field. Larry served as the Dean, then President, of the Latin America Theological Seminary. Larry and Dee's ministry would take them to the majority of Latin America, South America and the Caribbean. Many of those students are church leaders today, including General Superintendents and National Secretaries. Larry was especially important in developing ministerial education in Cuba, with the Universidad Teológica Pentecostal de Cuba being named in his honor.
Larry was a special dad; taking custom orders for the shapes of the pancakes on Saturday mornings; even if the request was for a pancake in the shape of a monkey blowing bubbles riding on the back of an elephant. He also loved taking Dee for drives in his Purple Plum, a 1933 Plymouth.
While in Spain, he developed a love for ancient coins. He would search Roman ruins and medieval castles with a metal detector, developing a substantial coin collection. He spent hours researching the history of those coins and sharing that extensive history of his unearthed coins with anyone, including the history of the mines, mints, and rulers of the countries associated with the period of each coin.
Due to a botched surgery, Larry suffered severe health problems in 1988 that would significantly affect the rest of his life. Despite the severe chronic pain he suffered from over 70 major surgeries, Larry never gave up his ministry. He lived eight years with an implanted morphine pain pump. His undeniable calling was to minister to others and he would not let his health nor pain stop him. It was not uncommon to hear him tell his sons "the 10 most important two-letter words in the world --- if it is to be, it is up to me." Larry was a silent hero of the faith evidenced by Larry and Dee being honored as "Unsung Heroes" by the Assemblies of God World Missions.
He was dearly respected for living out the values of integrity, Godly character, honor, respect, perseverance and humbleness. Larry clearly knew Him, the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings (Phil 3:10); being blessed with a special grace in extreme suffering. He will be greatly missed by so many; family, dear friends, and esteemed colleagues.
Most assuredly when Larry met the Lord on Monday, he asked the Lord if he knew all the history behind any one of his collected coins. And without a doubt the Lord responded by saying, "Larry, I have a coin collection too. Look over here at your and my joint coin collection. You see each one of these countless lives that was touched on earth through you was like a lost coin that was restored to me. Well done, Larry, for bringing so many lost coins into my precious collection. Now go over there and tell the angels to all scoot down so you can sit a little nearer to me for eternity."
Visitation, Friday, 6-8 pm, June 12th and Funeral Service, Saturday, 1:30 pm, June 13th, both will be held at Horan & McConaty, 1091 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver.
Burial, Saturday, 3 pm, June 13th, Fairmount Cemetery, 430 S. Quebec St., Denver.
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