Lyle Edward Larson, 83, of Rapid City, died at the VA Hospice Hospital-Fort Meade on Saturday, May 2, 2015. He was born on June 5,1931, in Aberdeen to Ed and Cora (Niles) Larson. Lyie grew up in Aberdeen and graduated from Aberdeen High School in 1950. He enlisted in the Navy in 1951 and was stationed in Florida aboard the aircraft carrier, U.S.S. Bennington. He was Honorably Discharged from the Navy in 1954 and returned to Aberdeen. Lyle was united in Marriage to Virginia Kight on Aug. 20,1955, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Aberdeen and the family lived in Aberdeen before moving to Rapid City in 1969. He was employed by the South Dakota Highway Department and retired in July 1994 after nearly 40 years. They moved to Brownsville, Texas, in 1997, traveled the country in their RV and spent a lot of time in Alaska and Canada. He was a member of Blessed Sacrament Church Parish and the Elk's and Moose Lodges. Surviving are his daughter, Pamela Thornburg, of Rapid City; a sister, Ardis Bailey, of Ipswich; 10 grandchildren, Adam (Courtney) Armstrong, Alex, Angie, and Anthony Armstrong, Tiffany, Taylor and Nick (Katie) Johnson, David Alien and Aidan and Kieran Peterson; 8 great-grandchildren; a daughter-in-law, Josephine Larson, of Sturgis; a son-in-law, John Johnson, of Sioux Falls; a very special niece, Cherrie (Randy) Weisz, of Bath and a close family friend Jane Dare, of Rapid City. He was preceded in death by his; parents; his wife Virginia in 2014; a daughter, Tracy Larson-Johnson in 2005; a son, Eric Larson in 2014; a brother, Robert Larson; three sisters, Olga Bray, Helen Blando and Alice'Kolz; three grandchildren and a son-in-law Regis Thornburg. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, May 8, at Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home. A Christian funeral mass will be offered at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 9, at Blessed Sacrament Church with the Rev. Brian Lane presiding Burial with military honors rendered by the US Navy and Rushmore VFW Post 1273, will be at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, May 11, at the Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis.