Obituary of Laurence Dearinger

Laurence “Larry”/“Kip” Dearinger died peacefully on Monday, October 21, 2019 of pancreatic cancer at the age of 59.  It is suspected that his timing was intentional, to avoid having to make any decisions in our recent election.

Larry was born to the late Laurence “Larry” and Carol Dearinger in 1960, in Omaha, Nebraska.  He graduated from North Kitsap High School (Go VIKINGS!) in 1978.  Soon after graduation, he started work at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) in Keyport, Washington, where he worked for 37 years before his retirement from the cyber security department in 2015.  After retirement, he kept his hand in cyber security, working for defense contractor AMSEC.  In June 1991, he married Katie, and together co-raised four amazing kids and shared over 28 years of the journey together.

His greatest prize is his family, and his love for them was bigger than life itself.  He is survived by his wife, Katie; his four children, Matt (Heidi), Sharie, Shaughn (Beki) and Chelsea (Scott); his mother, Carol (Walt); sisters, Andrea (Terry), Lisa, and Heidi (Kelly); former wife and forever friend, Candy (Allen), and daughter Allison (Josh); eight grandchildren; and his aunt and uncles.  We’re so blessed--our shared family is huge, just too many to list here.

We would like to extend our most heartfelt thanks to the staff of the University Place Franciscan Hospice House for the amazing care and compassion given in Kip’s final days there.

We will be taking some time to remember him together at a memorial service on Saturday, November, 23, 2019, 1:00 p.m. at the Silverdale United Methodist Church, 9982 Silverdale Way NW, Silverdale, WA 98383.

Should friends desire, contributions may be sent to some of his favorite organizations:  Scarlet Road, Kitsap Rescue Mission and Pregnancy Resource Services.

“When it’s my turn to go to heaven, the first thing I’m going to do is to find you. The second is to never let you go again.” -Katie