{"id":1947,"date":"2025-01-18T21:14:29","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T03:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thexradio3.com\/news\/?p=1947"},"modified":"2025-01-18T21:15:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T03:15:07","slug":"larry-hardiek-73-of-dieterich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/1947-larry-hardiek-73-of-dieterich\/","title":{"rendered":"Larry Hardiek (73) of Dieterich"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Larry Phillip Hardiek, age 73, of Dieterich, Illinois, passed away at 9:45 AM &#8211; Saturday, January 18, 2025, at his home.<\/p>\n<p>Private services will be held with burial in the Dieterich Village Cemetery in Dieterich, Illinois. Arrangements are under the care of the Meyer Funeral Home in Dieterich, Illinois. The obituary can be viewed, and condolences left <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meyerfh.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Larry was born on September 11, 1951, in Effingham, Illinois, the son of Gerald \u201cBud\u201d and Luella \u201cBabe\u201d (Hutmacher) Hardiek. He married Marie Archaimbault on April 15, 1972, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Dieterich, Illinois. Larry graduated from Dieterich High School with the Class of 1969. Following high school, he served his country in the United States Army from 1969 to 1970, in the Vietnam War. Larry retired after many years as a truck driver. He was a member of the former Dieterich American Legion Post #628. He enjoyed fishing, tinkering and gardening.<\/p>\n<p>Larry is survived by: Wife of 52 years \u2013 Marie Hardiek of Dieterich, Illinois; Children \u2013 Philip (Jamie) Hardiek of Dieterich, Illinois and Rachel (Jake) Doedtman of Teutopolis, Illinois; Grandchildren \u2013 Landriah Hardiek, Gabriella Hardiek, Samuel Hardiek, and Adam Doedtman; Siblings &#8211; Geri (Jag) Woods, Mary Lynn (Larry) Carroll, Kara (Ron) Geier and Matthew (Carol) Hardiek all of Newton, Illinois; Patty (Greg) Garbe of Bloomington, Illinois; Joe (Sheila) Hardiek and Mark (Brenda) Hardiek, both of Dieterich, Illinois; Christy (Gary) Harder and Steve Hardiek of Newton, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>Larry was preceded in death by his parents, brother Paul Haridek and a sister Tracey Hardiek.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Larry died the morning of Saturday, January 18<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1925,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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