July 2011 CPS Newsletter 1075 Fulton1 - Carlton Senior Living

Carlton Plaza of Sacramento
Resident of
the Month
July
2011
Larry Schei
Larry was born in Long Beach, CA, on August 24, 1915. His parents brought Larry to
Sacramento in July, 1916. Larry has lived in Sacramento since then. In 1940, Larry
married Janet Barrows Hall of Berkeley. Janet died in 1996. On December 28, 2000, Larry
married Betty Gibbons McCurry. Her first husband, Robert McCurry passed away in 1989.
Larry attended Sacramento High School, Sacramento Junior College and UC Berkeley. He
received several awards for good scholarship, including election to Phi Beta Kappa in
1937. After passing the bar examination on his first try, he was admitted to the Bar on
December 10, 1940. Larry practiced law in Sacramento until his retirement in 1987. He
was President of the Sacramento County Bar Association and Chairman of the California
State Bar committees on Rules of Court Procedure and Continuing Education of the Bar.
He argued and won one case in the US Supreme Court, and won 6 of 7 cases in the
California Supreme Court. Larry is a Mason, and a member of Union Lodge. He was
Venerable Master of the Scottish Rite Lodge of Perfection and in 1969 was Potentate of
Ben Ali Temple of the Shrine. He is a member of the Board of Scottish Rite Clinic for
Children with Language Disorders, and, and also a member of the Board of The Marguerite
Home, a charitable trust to help elderly single women which was founded by Margaret
Crocker in 1880. Larry believes that God has given each of us all that we have, and that
we are obligated to use at least part of the Lord’s gifts to us to help people who need
physical and financial help. His favorite season is summer. He greatly enjoys the family
vacation home at Tahoe Pines, up Blackwood Creek from Lake Tahoe. Betty and Larry
have been residents of Carlton Plaza since November of 2010. They like it here!
Welcome to Carlton Plaza Larry Schei