Lawrence ‘Larry’ A. Thiel Obituary (1960 - 2021)

Lawrence Larry A. Thiel, 60, passed away on Tuesday, October 12 in his home in Dracut. He was born in Winchester, MA on December 29, 1960, and was the son of the late Anton V. Thiel and the late Pauline M. (Berrett) Thiel. Larry was raised in Tewksbury and went on to graduate from Austin Preparatory School and Merrimack College. In 1986, he met the love of his life, Sharon A. (Pigott) Thiel, while working together in Boston. They married on June 24, 1989 and moved to Dracut where they raised their three children Chris, Kara, and Jenn. Larry was a financial services executive and spent his almost forty-year career at New England Securities, Fidelity Investments, and most recently Mass Mutual. Larry loved his family more than anything and enjoyed spending time with them in Dracut and at their summer home on the Cape in Hyannis. He looked forward to waking up for his morning coffee every day with his beloved golden retriever, Carly, always by his side. Larry loved golfing, playing cribbage with Sharon, his nightly Strat-O-Matic baseball games while listening to jazz music, family vacations to Disney World, playing Words with Friends, and was an avid Red Sox and Patriots fan. Larry will be lovingly missed and remembered by his wife, Sharon; a son, Christopher Thiel of Boston; two daughters, Kara Thiel and her fianc Alex Torres of Dracut and Jennifer Thiel of Dracut; a sister, Arlene Lyons and her husband Robert Lyons of Tewksbury; brother-in-law Frederick Leahy of Dracut; father and mother-in-law Arthur Pigott and Carol Pigott of Burlington; many in-laws, nieces, and nephews, including Jon Leahy and his wife Mary Leahy of Dracut, with whom he spent so much time over the years. In addition to his parents, he is predeceased by his sister, Janice Leahy of Dracut. Friends and family are invited to his visiting hours on Monday, October 18th from 4-8 PM at DRACUT FUNERAL HOME, 2159 Lakeview Ave., DRACUT. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, October 19th at 10:30 AM at St. Francis of Assisi Parish, 115 Wheeler Rd., Dracut. Interment to follow at St. Mary Cemetery, Tewksbury. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to either The Arthritis Foundation, www.arthritis.org or the MSPCA at, mspca.org/donate-now. Service Details Visitation When October 18, 2021 4:00pm - 8:00pm Location Dracut Funeral Home Address 2159 Lakeview Ave. Dracut, MA 01826 Interment When October 19, 2021 Location St. Mary Cemetery Address 90 River Road Tewksbury, MA 01876 Service When October 19, 2021 10:30am Location St. Francis of Assisi Parish Address 115 Wheeler Road Dracut, MA 01826