Larry G. Cool of Sioux Falls, SD, died Thursday, March 26, 2015, at the age of 68 from pancreatic cancer. His funeral service will be Monday, March 30 at 1:30 p.m. at Peace Lutheran Church, 5509 West 41st Street in Sioux Falls. Burial will be at 5:00 p.m. Monday in the Platte City Cemetery, Platte, SD.Visitation with the family present will be at Peace Lutheran Church Sunday, March 29, from 5 to 7 p.m.Email condolences may be sent to www.eidsnessfuneralhome.com. Larry Gene Cool was born to Lawrence Henry and Betty (Cahill) Cool, August 19, 1946, at Mitchell, SD. He grew up in Platte, SD, and graduated from Platte High School in 1964. He attended SDSU in Brookings and later the Chicago Schoolof Mortuary Science, graduating in 1968. He then became a funeral director, beginning his career as a fourth generation family member in the Cool Funeral Home in Platte, SD. Larry married Pamela Kay Schamber in 1974 in Scotland, SD, and worked many years in Sioux Falls before accepting a position as a funeral director at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. In December of 2014 they retired to Diamond Valley in Sioux Falls. Larry's passion for genealogy kept him very busy in retirement. He also did cemetery mapping for several SD communities. He was active in the Kidney Foundation of SD, Kiwanis Club in Brookings and the Brookings Area Genealogical Society. He was a founding member of the Su Fu Du Drum Line and the Spirit of PeaceContemporary Choir in Sioux Falls. Larry's passion for music led him to entertain in a five-state area for many years. Survivors include his wife of forty years, Pamela; his cherished son and daughter-in-law, James Elliott and Danielle Lila (Tupa) Cool, of Oak Park, Illinois; his mother, Betty (Cahill) Cool, of Platte; his two brothers, Tom Cool (Sharon) of Sioux Falls and Dan Cool (Linda) of Platte; his mother-in-law, Norma (Kepplinger) Schamber, of Scotland; special cousins, Jan and John Fox of Hideaway, Texas; as well as many friends and other relatives.