More detail on this person: Volume 3 No. 11,
The Coppersmith Communicator, November 2002
A SAD NOTE, one of our bed & breakfast
colleagues Larry Pithan of "Away at Sea Bed and
Breakfast" passed away October 21 after being ill
for several months. He was a calm, strong leader
with a good sense of judgment. Larry was
instrumental in forming and being the first
president of the Bed and Breakfast Inns of
Galveston an association of six bed and
breakfasts. Unfortunately, I learned why he was a
leader, after he was gone. He had a Masters degree
in Social Work and came to Galveston from Iowa to
direct the Social Services Department at St.
Mary's Hospital in Galveston, for three years. He
was in the Army and completed a tour in Viet Nam
in 1971 where he was a Huey helicopter pilot.
Captain Pithan was decorated with both the Bronze
Star Medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross. We
will all miss him--- good by Larry.
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