COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY – 11/15/1994
Larry Wayne Cruse, who was instrumental in the organization of the Louisville AIDS Walk, died Sunday at his home on Yorktown Road of an AIDS-related illness. Cruse came up with the idea for the AIDS walk, which supports several local AIDS services groups, about two years before the first walk in 1993. "The whole AIDS walk was Larry's idea," said Teresa Gordon, a friend with whom Cruse lived. "He was the one that went to all the organizations and said, "This is what I want to do; let's work together, and that's how it came to be." Gordon said Cruse wanted money raised by the walk to go to several groups. "He wanted it to work for all the organizations – no one organization was more important than the other." Cruse attended the second annual walk in September, which raised more than $145,000, and ended up in the hospital the next day with a 104-degree fever. "We pushed him in the wheelchair, but he was there," Gordon said. Cruse also spoke to the public on living with AIDS and was involved in other organizations. He was a former co-chairman of the Buddy Program, a volunteer for the House of Ruth and the AIDS Services Center's phone line, and a member of Community Health Trust and the board of Kentuckiana People With AIDS Coalition. He was a former secretary for Bank of America. Cruse's survivors include his mother, Delores Case; his father and stepmother, Elmer Lee and Virginia Cruse of Clearwater, Fla.; four brothers, Gary D. Stephenson and Terry A., Ricky E. and Michael A. Case; two sisters, Sharon L. Cruse and Karen Clemons; a stepbrother, James C. Sanders of Augusta, Ga.; a stepsister, Beverly J. Humphress of Seminole, Fla.; and his grandparents, Bert and Aline O'Brien of Clearwater. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. tomorrow at Owen Funeral Home, 5317 Dixie Highway, with burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation is after 10 a.m. today and after 11 a.m. tomorrow. The family suggests that memorial gifts go to the House of Ruth or the Community Health Trust.
Larry Wayne Cruse, who was instrumental in the organization of the Louisville AIDS Walk, died Sunday at his home on Yorktown Road of an AIDS-related illness. Cruse came up with the idea for the AIDS walk, which supports several local AIDS services groups, about two years before the first walk in 1993. "The whole AIDS walk was Larry's idea," said Teresa Gordon, a friend with whom Cruse lived. "He was the one that went to all the organizations and said, "This is what I want to do; let's work together, and that's how it came to be." Gordon said Cruse wanted money raised by the walk to go to several groups. "He wanted it to work for all the organizations – no one organization was more important than the other." Cruse attended the second annual walk in September, which raised more than $145,000, and ended up in the hospital the next day with a 104-degree fever. "We pushed him in the wheelchair, but he was there," Gordon said. Cruse also spoke to the public on living with AIDS and was involved in other organizations. He was a former co-chairman of the Buddy Program, a volunteer for the House of Ruth and the AIDS Services Center's phone line, and a member of Community Health Trust and the board of Kentuckiana People With AIDS Coalition. He was a former secretary for Bank of America. Cruse's survivors include his mother, Delores Case; his father and stepmother, Elmer Lee and Virginia Cruse of Clearwater, Fla.; four brothers, Gary D. Stephenson and Terry A., Ricky E. and Michael A. Case; two sisters, Sharon L. Cruse and Karen Clemons; a stepbrother, James C. Sanders of Augusta, Ga.; a stepsister, Beverly J. Humphress of Seminole, Fla.; and his grandparents, Bert and Aline O'Brien of Clearwater. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. tomorrow at Owen Funeral Home, 5317 Dixie Highway, with burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation is after 10 a.m. today and after 11 a.m. tomorrow. The family suggests that memorial gifts go to the House of Ruth or the Community Health Trust.
COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY – 11/15/1994
Larry Wayne Cruse, who was instrumental in the organization of the Louisville AIDS Walk, died Sunday at his home on Yorktown Road of an AIDS-related illness. Cruse came up with the idea for the AIDS walk, which supports several local AIDS services groups, about two years before the first walk in 1993. "The whole AIDS walk was Larry's idea," said Teresa Gordon, a friend with whom Cruse lived. "He was the one that went to all the organizations and said, "This is what I want to do; let's work together, and that's how it came to be." Gordon said Cruse wanted money raised by the walk to go to several groups. "He wanted it to work for all the organizations – no one organization was more important than the other." Cruse attended the second annual walk in September, which raised more than $145,000, and ended up in the hospital the next day with a 104-degree fever. "We pushed him in the wheelchair, but he was there," Gordon said. Cruse also spoke to the public on living with AIDS and was involved in other organizations. He was a former co-chairman of the Buddy Program, a volunteer for the House of Ruth and the AIDS Services Center's phone line, and a member of Community Health Trust and the board of Kentuckiana People With AIDS Coalition. He was a former secretary for Bank of America. Cruse's survivors include his mother, Delores Case; his father and stepmother, Elmer Lee and Virginia Cruse of Clearwater, Fla.; four brothers, Gary D. Stephenson and Terry A., Ricky E. and Michael A. Case; two sisters, Sharon L. Cruse and Karen Clemons; a stepbrother, James C. Sanders of Augusta, Ga.; a stepsister, Beverly J. Humphress of Seminole, Fla.; and his grandparents, Bert and Aline O'Brien of Clearwater. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. tomorrow at Owen Funeral Home, 5317 Dixie Highway, with burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation is after 10 a.m. today and after 11 a.m. tomorrow. The family suggests that memorial gifts go to the House of Ruth or the Community Health Trust.
Larry Wayne Cruse, who was instrumental in the organization of the Louisville AIDS Walk, died Sunday at his home on Yorktown Road of an AIDS-related illness. Cruse came up with the idea for the AIDS walk, which supports several local AIDS services groups, about two years before the first walk in 1993. "The whole AIDS walk was Larry's idea," said Teresa Gordon, a friend with whom Cruse lived. "He was the one that went to all the organizations and said, "This is what I want to do; let's work together, and that's how it came to be." Gordon said Cruse wanted money raised by the walk to go to several groups. "He wanted it to work for all the organizations – no one organization was more important than the other." Cruse attended the second annual walk in September, which raised more than $145,000, and ended up in the hospital the next day with a 104-degree fever. "We pushed him in the wheelchair, but he was there," Gordon said. Cruse also spoke to the public on living with AIDS and was involved in other organizations. He was a former co-chairman of the Buddy Program, a volunteer for the House of Ruth and the AIDS Services Center's phone line, and a member of Community Health Trust and the board of Kentuckiana People With AIDS Coalition. He was a former secretary for Bank of America. Cruse's survivors include his mother, Delores Case; his father and stepmother, Elmer Lee and Virginia Cruse of Clearwater, Fla.; four brothers, Gary D. Stephenson and Terry A., Ricky E. and Michael A. Case; two sisters, Sharon L. Cruse and Karen Clemons; a stepbrother, James C. Sanders of Augusta, Ga.; a stepsister, Beverly J. Humphress of Seminole, Fla.; and his grandparents, Bert and Aline O'Brien of Clearwater. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. tomorrow at Owen Funeral Home, 5317 Dixie Highway, with burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation is after 10 a.m. today and after 11 a.m. tomorrow. The family suggests that memorial gifts go to the House of Ruth or the Community Health Trust.
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