Larry Eugene Sheridan, age 73, a former resident of Uniontown, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, September 24, 2024, at Azria Health Care in Olathe, Kansas. He was born March 13, 1951, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Bernard Sheridan and Fern Ackers Sheridan.
Larry married Donna Marie Miller on April 1, 1978. They made their home in the Kansas City area where Larry was employed as a plant manager at Central Bag, a company that manufactured sacks and bags. In earlier years, Larry enjoyed fishing and coaching basketball. After retirement, he and Donna relocated to Uniontown, Kansas, to be near their daughter. As Larry’s health failed and he became more homebound, time was spent watching old western movies and listening to music. He was of the Catholic faith.
Survivors include his daughter, Christy Pritchett (Danny) of Uniontown, Kansas and a son, Eric Sheridan, of Independence, Missouri, and eight grandchildren, Aubree, Asenath, Brendan, Cayman, Mike, Melissa, Samantha and Shawn, twenty great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Also surviving are a sister, Teresa Martin of Olathe, Kansas and two brothers, Pat Sheridan of Pittsburg, Kansas and Jimmy Sheridan of Jacksonville, Florida.
Larry was preceded in death by his wife, Donna, on October 3, 2018. He was also preceded in death by a great-grandson and two brothers, Fred and Mike Sheridan.
Father Yancey Burgess will conduct funeral services at 10:30 A.M. Saturday, September 28th at the Cheney Witt Chapel.
Burial will follow in the Uniontown Cemetery
. Memorials are suggested to St. Martin’s Academy and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, P.O. Box 347, Ft. Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.