Larry Kater passed away in 1975 while on a fellowship in rheumatology at the Robert Breck Brigham Hospital in Boston. He graduated from Michigan State University medical school in 1972 and then did his internship and residency at Metro Hospital in Cleveland. While I barely knew Larry when we were at Shaker, we saw each other frequently in East Lansing when I was going to graduate school in zoology and Larry was in med school. Larry was always both thoughtful and funny. His wealth of knowledge in areas far outside his academic interests never ceased to amaze me.
My cousin Larry Kater was a gentleman I loved in its purest sense. Our friendship and road trips trips to Toronto play back in my mind as fresh as yesterday. How ironic that, while in his residency in medicine, the art of medicine had not caught up to his need for a strengthened heart.
Rest peacefully, Larry. You were one of the good guys.
Larry Kater was one of my most memorable people throughout elementary school to high school. We were at Moreland together! most memorably when I first arrived at Miss Sibley's class, having arrived from the somewhat less demanding academic standards at Eastwood School in Warrensville Heights. He was a funny, plump, iconoclast even at the age of 8! He also had a slightly hoarse voice which made his various aperçus even more effective.
When I learnt of his death many years ago I was in confusion: Larry Kater...the boy who always had something amusing to say, the kid who really made any encounter funny and rich...he sure understood irony...what could have taken him away? It certainly wasn't "drugs"....that wasn't his style. Now I know, thanks to this website.
There was something of the "teddy bear" about Larry. A very bright and delicious teddy bear. A man who would have done good things in this crazy world or ours. Anybody who knew him feels the loss of such a "one off"!
How wonderful it would have been to meet up with him after all these years. He would have been a person I desperately wanted to see and talk with...bringing back so many happy memories.
He is one of too many who are no longer HERE. They, the ones who are missing, make me feel like I have to enjoy each day, waste no time, get my act together etc. etc. What a delicious person he was!
Larry was one of a group of guys whom I loved going to school with at Woodbury. He, along with Bill Sokol, Stu Math and John Feher, were all so smart, clever and funny. They helped make junior high worthwhile, even though Mr. Simpson kept hounding me because my grades were not as good as those of my older siblings. Larry invited me to his bar mitzvah. I loved it, the food was great and I was able to sneak into a big party the next function room over where a magician was performing.
In 8th grade, in our Engish class, we had to write book reports. For one of them, Larry had not read a book, so he used his big brain and made one up. I still remember the name: "Tartak, Son of Wot". It was science fiction, of course. I am sure it was a thrilling story, and I don't doubt he got a good grade. That was Larry.
He was one of many in our class who left us too soon.
George Divoky
Stuart Goldman
My cousin Larry Kater was a gentleman I loved in its purest sense. Our friendship and road trips trips to Toronto play back in my mind as fresh as yesterday. How ironic that, while in his residency in medicine, the art of medicine had not caught up to his need for a strengthened heart.
Rest peacefully, Larry. You were one of the good guys.
Patricia Ann Richards (Armstrong)
Larry Kater was one of my most memorable people throughout elementary school to high school. We were at Moreland together! most memorably when I first arrived at Miss Sibley's class, having arrived from the somewhat less demanding academic standards at Eastwood School in Warrensville Heights. He was a funny, plump, iconoclast even at the age of 8! He also had a slightly hoarse voice which made his various aperçus even more effective.
When I learnt of his death many years ago I was in confusion: Larry Kater...the boy who always had something amusing to say, the kid who really made any encounter funny and rich...he sure understood irony...what could have taken him away? It certainly wasn't "drugs"....that wasn't his style. Now I know, thanks to this website.
There was something of the "teddy bear" about Larry. A very bright and delicious teddy bear. A man who would have done good things in this crazy world or ours. Anybody who knew him feels the loss of such a "one off"!
How wonderful it would have been to meet up with him after all these years. He would have been a person I desperately wanted to see and talk with...bringing back so many happy memories.
He is one of too many who are no longer HERE. They, the ones who are missing, make me feel like I have to enjoy each day, waste no time, get my act together etc. etc. What a delicious person he was!
Andrew Inglis
Larry was one of a group of guys whom I loved going to school with at Woodbury. He, along with Bill Sokol, Stu Math and John Feher, were all so smart, clever and funny. They helped make junior high worthwhile, even though Mr. Simpson kept hounding me because my grades were not as good as those of my older siblings. Larry invited me to his bar mitzvah. I loved it, the food was great and I was able to sneak into a big party the next function room over where a magician was performing.
In 8th grade, in our Engish class, we had to write book reports. For one of them, Larry had not read a book, so he used his big brain and made one up. I still remember the name: "Tartak, Son of Wot". It was science fiction, of course. I am sure it was a thrilling story, and I don't doubt he got a good grade. That was Larry.
He was one of many in our class who left us too soon.