Wallace Funeral Home
Obituaries (2016)

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  1.    Chittum,  William
  2.    Maxwell,  Nancy Sue
  3.    Frasher,  Harry Sherman
  4.    Simpson,  Patricia Ann
  5.    Vickers,  Clifford Merrill
  6.    Swanson,  Charles
  7.    Abbott,  David Edward
  8.    Bias,  Barbara
  9.    Justice,  Mary Jarrell
  10.  Keys,  Gary Cooper
  11.  Thompson,  Harold
  12.  Hutchinson,  Cathy
  13.  Holley,  Frankie Jean
  14.  Warden,  Russell Lee
  15.  Beaver,  Linda Lou
  16.  Ayers,  Juanita Marie
  17.  Sharp,  Dora McLaughlin
  18.  Simpkins,  Beatrice Pearl
  19.  Pinkerman,  Vonda Kay
  20.  Frame,  John Bruce
  21.  Brokaw,  Emma Irene
  22.  Eaves,  Brenda
  23.  Smith,  Charlena May
  24.  Kearns,  Gregory Alan
  25.  Brown,  Dorothy Anne
  26.  Stickler,  Larry W.
  27.  Clifton,  Christopher
  28.  Eplin,  Sherri Gail

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cabell County
Doors to the Past

Obituary

Larry W. Stickler
(1947 - December 23, 2016)

Larry W. Stickler, 69, of Barboursville, WV, husband of Cindy Stickler, died Dec. 23 in the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House in Huntington, WV. He is survived by his wife and niece, Diana R. Wilson, of Apple Valley, Minnesota. He will be missed by his beloved church families and Hurricane Civic Chorus members, by many present and former students and by his opera community. Dr. Stickler, a bass-baritone, was a professor of music at Marshall University where he taught voice and music education for 28 years. He served in many roles at Marshall, including as the chair of the faculty senate for 7 years and as the first assistant dean of the College of Fine Arts. He was a member of two search committees for university presidents. He also served as advisor of Collegiate Music Educators, Chapter 2 at Marshall for 10 years. Dr. Stickler taught on the faculties of Indiana University, Drake University, and Yankton College. He earned his Doctor of Music degree with distinction in voice pedagogy, literature and performance; his Master of Music degree in voice and choral music; and his Bachelor of Music Education degree in voice and choral music from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. He at one time served as President of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Alumni Association. Voice students of Dr. Stickler have pursued performance careers as well as graduate studies in both master’s and doctoral degree programs. They also can be found as teachers in classrooms and voice studios in colleges and public school classrooms throughout the country. Dr. Stickler served as Dean of the West Virginia Governor’s School for the Arts in 2005-2007 and 1999-2000. Dr. Stickler also taught on the faculty for the West Virginia Honors Academy (GHA) for three years. He served on the faculty of the Indiana University Summer Music Clinics from 1969-1994. Dr. Stickler was President of the West Virginia Music Educators Association. He has served on the executive board of WVMEA as State Advisor for Collegiate Chapters and as President of the University/College Teachers. Dr. Stickler taught voice and vocal pedagogy as well as classes in choral materials and methods, elementary music materials and methods, and curriculum in music education. In addition, he taught student teaching seminars and supervised student teachers. Music Theatre was the topic of his honors seminars. Increasing appreciation for opera in this area became a quest for him. WV Public Broadcasting gave him the opportunity to meet, greet, share discussion with and answer questions for the viewers that come to the Metropolitan Opera Live in HD performances in Huntington/Barboursville. The Herald-Dispatch offered him the opportunity to write background articles of each of the performances. He also hosted pre-concert events for the Marshall University Artist series for opera and musical events. He conducted the Hurricane Civic Chorus for more than 25 years and was the music director at Forrest Burdette Memorial United Methodist Church in Hurricane, West Virginia. He was the former choir director at St. Marks United Methodist Church in Charleston; Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church in Huntington; First United Methodist Church in Barboursville and Steele Memorial United Methodist Church in Barboursville. Visitation will be held at Wallace Funeral Home in Barboursville, WV on Friday, December 30 from 6-8 p.m. Funeral services will be held at Forrest Burdette Memorial United Methodist Church in Hurricane, WV at 2 p.m. on Saturday, December 31 with visitation and organ music beginning at 1 p.m. All former choir members, former and present students, or friends of Dr. Stickler’s are invited to attend a choir rehearsal at Forrest Burdette at 1 p.m. on Saturday and to participate in the special service music. Donations may be made in Dr. Stickler’s name to a memorial scholarship to be given yearly to a vocal music student at Marshall University. Memorial contributions can be made to the Marshall University Foundation. A memorial concert will be organized in the future for former students to perform as a “Stickler Studio Singer” as a fundraiser for this scholarship.

 

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