Larry Wicks, 87 of Carpenter and Cavour, died peacefully at home on Thursday, October 29 after a short battle with cancer.
Larry Allen Wicks was born on September 30, 1939 to Harvey and Goldie (Board) Wicks in Huron, S.D. He attended grade school at Wicks School, Nielsen School, graduated eighth grade from Carpenter School and attended Willow Lake High School.
Larry worked for Armour in Huron, retiring after 20 years. He started his dairy farm at age 26, and dairy farmed until the early 80s. He graduated from Reisch World Wide College of Auctioneering in December 1982 and founded Wicks Auction. He auctioned for over 43 years.
Larry married Marlene Easthouse on December 4, 1960 in Carpenter. Together, they raised their six children, Lisa, Vaughn, Charleen, Justin, Blaine and Laurel. Larry and Marlene were married 39 years until her death on December 13, 1999.
Larry married Jan Williams on June 8, 2000. Larry and Jan were married 13 years until she passed away in November 17, 2012.
Larry is predeceased in death by his wife Marlene Wicks, his wife Jan Wicks and daughter Laurel Wicks. He is predeceased by his parents, Harvey and Goldie Wicks, brothers Kenneth (sister-in-law Naomi), Milo, Gordon and Roland (sister-in-law Katherine) Wicks and sister Phyllis Lathrop and also predeceased by brother in law Royal Gamber.
Larry is survived by daughter Lisa and granddaughters Francesca, Siobhan and Theodora Wicks; his son, Vaughn (Valerie) and grandchildren Elliott and Allison (Loren) Fisk; great-grandsons Elias, Isaac and Levi Fisk; daughter Charleen (Fred) Sylaart, granddaughter Makayla Sylaart, grandson Jordan (Yin May) and great-grandson Kaius Aung; and granddaughter Krista Sylaart; son Justin Wicks; son Blaine Wicks (Angela), grandson Zayne (Olivia) Wicks and great-granddaughters Raya and Lenora Wicks, grandson Elijah and granddaughter Ellianna Wicks; and grandson Jairus Wicks Jeffers. Larry is also survived by daughters by marriage Becky (Guy) Guiot and Jennifer (Sam) Bass, grandson Alex Plascencia and granddaughter Sabrina (Maggie) Vatcher; and many beloved cousins, nieces and nephews.
He is survived by his beloved sister, Ione Gamber and sisters-in-law Lois Wicks and Betty Wicks.
He is also survived by his special love, Jan LaMont.
The Celebrations of Larry's Life are as follows:
Visitation will be 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Friday, November 6, 2026 at Carpenter Café in Carpenter.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, November 7, 2026 at Campus Center, 333 Ninth Street SW in Huron. Visitation will take place starting one hour prior to the service from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
