larry walsh was as good at retail poll licks as -- poll particulars and anybody i have seen. farmers, democrats, republicans, city folk, they all loved larry. he was one of the longest serving executives in the county's history. when he announced he wouldn't run for a fifth term because the cancer he was battling for five years was gaining the upper hand, there was hardly a dry eye in the room. everyone he worked with was sadden the by that announcement. he said i've been a blessed man and lucky man. well, from where i'm sitting, i think the really lucky ones were larry's folks back home, also lucky were those who worked with him and called him a friend. i'm honored to count myself among them. laurence michael walsh, born on a farm in he'llwood -- elwood, illinois, the second of eight children, his parents were farmers, as were his grandparents and great grandparents. he carried on that family tradition. farming was in his blood. he won his first election to the school board about three weeks before his first child was born. three years later he was elected to the local board

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a lifelong illinoisan and a 50-year public servant larry walsh senior was known for his booming voice and big. >>> he was a warm, welcoming presence in my life and the lives of his family, friends and countless others. ms. duckworth: larry embodied the spirit and ethos of illinois. he was born in elwood into a family with deep roots in the farming commun community. dedicating his early life to the family today he graduated in the class of 1968 he were his associates degree in agriculture. in 1970, at only the age of 21, he made his for ray into politics winning an election in the local school board. he was elected as jackson township supervisor, a position he continued to hold until december of 2004. he was first elected to the board in 1974, a position he would lead for the last 16 years of his lifetime you know, will county is a great cross-section in illinois. it is where the farmlands of central and southern illinois converge. it's not only home to over 100,000 acres of farmland, but it's also a booming transportation hub anchored by an inant pouredder ported, a project that larry