| Lawrence Kirkman Larkin |
2010
Lawrence K. Larkin, 87, a marketing executive for General Electric
and manufacturing companies, died March 4 at Shady Grove
Adventist Hospital in Rockville. He had complications from cancer.
Mr. Larkin worked for GE from 1949 to 1958, initially as a test
engineer before moving into sales. He became director of marketing
for TV transmitter and studio equipment. He later did sales work for
the farm equipment business Allis-Chalmers, where he was responsible
for the Central American region.
He transferred with the company from Mexico City to Washington in
1972 and spent several more years doing international marketing with
manufacturing companies.
Lawrence Kirkman Larkin, a Rockville resident, was born in Flint,
Mich., and raised in Washington, where he was a 1940 graduate of
Wilson High School. He served in the Navy during World War II,
trained as a radio and radar technician, and saw combat in the Pacific.
He was a member of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers.
In 1956, he married Margarita Iturbe. They separated in 1990. Besides
his wife, of Gaithersburg, survivors include four children, Lawrence I.
Larkin of Rockville, Frederick Larkin of Stuttgart, Germany, Carlota
"Lolly" Tulloch of Ashburn and Alejandro "Alex" Larkin of
Jacksonville, Fla.; a sister; and five grandchildren.
-- Adam Bernstein
Lawrence K. Larkin, 87, a marketing executive for General Electric
and manufacturing companies, died March 4 at Shady Grove
Adventist Hospital in Rockville. He had complications from cancer.
Mr. Larkin worked for GE from 1949 to 1958, initially as a test
engineer before moving into sales. He became director of marketing
for TV transmitter and studio equipment. He later did sales work for
the farm equipment business Allis-Chalmers, where he was responsible
for the Central American region.
He transferred with the company from Mexico City to Washington in
1972 and spent several more years doing international marketing with
manufacturing companies.
Lawrence Kirkman Larkin, a Rockville resident, was born in Flint,
Mich., and raised in Washington, where he was a 1940 graduate of
Wilson High School. He served in the Navy during World War II,
trained as a radio and radar technician, and saw combat in the Pacific.
He was a member of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers.
In 1956, he married Margarita Iturbe. They separated in 1990. Besides
his wife, of Gaithersburg, survivors include four children, Lawrence I.
Larkin of Rockville, Frederick Larkin of Stuttgart, Germany, Carlota
"Lolly" Tulloch of Ashburn and Alejandro "Alex" Larkin of
Jacksonville, Fla.; a sister; and five grandchildren.
-- Adam Bernstein