Stanley Thomas Larssen

Family and neighbors in Rapid City mark the death of Stanley Thomas Larssen on August 26, 2026. He was 74. Born on January 12, 1952, with Norwegian-American roots that shaped the table more than the flag. He learned that neighborhoods remember who helps without being asked. He fed crews on hills that could erase a schedule. A camp Dutch oven lid lifter outlasted two camp bosses. Colleagues still mention a camp Dutch oven lid lifter. In 1975 he married Judy. The marriage was not a speech; it was groceries, repairs, and two daughters walked to school in weather that did not care. When Judy died in 2019, he kept what still worked: the early walk, the small garden, the call on Sundays. Neighbors remember a porch light left on for anyone walking home late. He liked early mornings before the heat or the noise. He died in Rapid City, among streets he never needed to explain. The chair by the window still holds the shape of a habit.