Larry Dinsmore

Frankenmuth, MI

Formerly of Munger, MI

Passed away on the morning of July 12, 2020 due to cancer; age 75 years. Larry Dinsmore was born on November 16, 1944, the son of Alfred (Dude) and Eleanor Dinsmore, both of whom pre-deceased him. He is survived by his wife Peggy Grobe Dinsmore; son Andrew Dinsmore and his wife Annette; his daughter Janie Peters and her husband David; grandchildren Brandon and Allison Dinsmore; his sisters Gloria Gollin, Karen Maki, and Barbara Carter; siblings and their spouses Sandy and Mike Polny, Wendy and Roger Lynch, Russell and Deborah Dinsmore; Joyce Dinsmore, the wife of his late brother James. Larry is also survived by his former wife Helen Dinsmore.

Larry's childhood home was in Munger, MI. He enlisted in the U.S. Army following high school, serving as a civil engineer. After discharge from the military, he entered college to study engineering and began working summers at Saginaw Steering Gear in Saginaw, MI. Upon graduating from Western Michigan University, he became a full-time employee of Saginaw Steering Gear (later known as Delphi). He spent his entire career there. His work commute later prompted him to move his residence in 1976, from Munger to Frankenmuth, where he built a new home for his family. He was fond of this house and the community and resided there for the balance of his life.

When at home Larry was a member of St. Lorenz Lutheran Church in Frankenmuth. He volunteered for Habitat for Humanity and for the Frankenmuth Historical Association. Larry was also a member of the Frankenmuth Gemütlichkeit Verein (society of warmth, friendliness, and good cheer), a men's club that sings traditional German songs in the German language. This membership gave him the unique distinction of getting to routinely wear lederhosen in public. He had a garden in his backyard where he fulfilled his family needs for gladiolas, butternut squash, and much more.

But enjoy it as he did, Larry was not just a homebody. He and his close friends (the Up-North Cabin Gang) would spend time together in northern Michigan. He loved his home state but was also fond of traveling on camping vacations with his family to National Monuments throughout the USA. On numerous occasions, they visited sites related to his interest in Civil War history, which he developed because his great, great grandfather had been a Union solider. Even after his children had long left home, Larry invested in a time share program so he and his friends and family could meet and spend a few days throughout the year together at resorts in or out of Michigan.

Larry will be remembered fondly by many people for many things, but above all, he will be, and would want to be, remembered as a conservative, yet generous person, who was at his best when he was being a father and friend.

A funeral service will take place at St. Lorenz Lutheran Church on Wednesday July 15th at 2:00 p.m. Larry's family will receive visitors at the church on Wednesday at noon until the time of service. Those planning an expression of sympathy may wish to consider memorials to the I Support the 1% Veterans Food Pantry or the Wounded Warrior Project. Arrangements entrusted to Cederberg Funeral Home of Frankenmuth 590 N. Franklin St., Frankenmuth, MI 48734.