Larry L. Nash, 60, of Topeka, formerly of Axtell, KS, died late afternoon Saturday, December 30, 2006, shortly after arrival at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital in Seneca.

He was born June 29, 1946, in Topeka, the son of William Thomas and Ruth Louise Peavler Nash. When he was 13 years old the family moved to Mayetta. He graduated in 1964 from the Mayetta High School. After graduation, he joined the U.S. Navy, but was discharged shortly afterward for medical reasons. He returned to the Topeka area and worked briefly for the railroad before becoming a prison guard at Rollins, WY. He later moved back to Kansas and worked in Hiawatha for Flairfold, making shutters, and for Wilde Tool Company. He also worked for Nemaha County area farmers, driving trucks during harvest, until he retired for health reasons. In 1998 due to his declining health, he went to live with his mother and later his brother in Topeka, to be closer to his doctor.

Survivors are his mother, Ruth Hamilton of Atlanta, TX; three daughters, Michelle Nash of Axtell, Denise McGinnis of Seneca, and Kathy Hamilton of Atlanta, TX; two brothers, William T. Nash and Ivan Hamilton of Silver Lake; two sisters, Connie Martin of Holton and Linda Brownlow of Mayetta; and eight grandchildren. A life-long friend and companion, Louise Kaster of Axtell, also survives him.

He was preceded in death by his father, William T. Nash Sr., and his stepfather, Luther Ivan Hamilton.

Inurnment will be in the Seneca City Cemetery.