Yarmouth Port – Laurence "Larry" Lerner, 76, passed away at Gulf Coast Village in Cape Coral, Florida on June 7, 2019, after valiantly fighting brain tumor regrowths for 15 years. He is survived by his beloved wife of 51 years, Sheryl (Kaplan) Lerner, his son Andrew of Orlando, FL, his brother Elliot (Helene), and sister Nancy (Larry) Hurwitz. Many nieces and nephews.
Larry was born in Middleboro, MA, to Dr. Benjamin Lerner and Esther (Goldsmith) Lerner. After graduating Middleboro High School, he obtained his Bachelor of Science in Education from Bridgewater State College, his Master of Education from Northeastern University, and CAGS Degree from Northeastern University.
His career started as a math and science teacher at King Philip High School in Wrentham, MA. When he finished his counseling degrees, he was hired as a junior high school counselor in Randolph, MA. In 1970, upon hearing of a vacancy in the guidance department at Barnstable Vocational High School (soon to become Cape Cod Regional Technical High School in Harwich), Larry applied and spent 26 wonderful years on Cape Cod, having also been awarded in 1994, Massachusetts School Counselors Association “Counselor of the Year”. With relatives and warm weather in Florida, the next eight years were spent as Guidance Director at Mariner High School in Cape Coral, Florida. When medical issues struck both Sheryl and Larry, they decided to realize their dream of being snowbirds, still owning their home in Yarmouth Port.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in memory of Laurence Lerner to support Dr. David Reardon’s Research Fund at Dana-Farber Institute, P.O. Box 849168, Boston, MA 02284. Please write checks to Dana-Farber and include Dr. David Reardon’s Research Fund in the memo section. To give online, please visit www.dfci.org/give
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