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"He was a Good Man" - Larry Davenport

excerpts from obits: "Larry was a true Renaissance man — athlete, artist and scholar."
"His accomplishments on the [basketball] court are of almost mythic proportions"
"After graduating from Newton High School, Davenport went to The University of Kansas, where he played for Phog Allen, winning a national title in 1952. In 1952, Davenport made the trip to the Helsinki Olympics as an alternate on the Olympic squad [winning a gold medal].
He went on to serve in the U.S. Air Force and became a commercial artist."

See my Memoriam for examples of his Art:

Short Bio from various published obits:

Mr. Davenport died Friday, Aug. 3, 2007, in Kansas City, Mo.

He was born April 25, 1933, in Newton, the son of Fred Moody Davenport and Mary Jane Hall. He attended Newton High School and Kansas University, where he played basketball for the Jayhawks from 1951 to 1956.

Mr. Davenport served in the U.S. Air Force from 1956 to 1959. He worked as a commercial artist in Kansas City, Colorado Springs, San Francisco, and then, Denver from 1959 until he retired in 2001.

He was a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity and Newton High School's Athletic and Fine Arts Halls of Fame. He also was a member of the 1952 Jayhawks NCAA championship team and won a gold medal at the 1952 Olympics as a reserve.

Survivors include 2 sons, Lawrence Dean, Kyle D. and 2 daughters, Laura L. Dempsey, Alison L. Davenport, a stepson Kevin and stepdaughter Gina; five grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Fred and Mary and a sister, Wilma Kliewer.

He was buried at the Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery.