Larry will be greatly remembered for his passionate advocacy of the Ensor Park and Museum and wireless pioneers Marshall and Loretta Ensor.

     Larry was issued WNØHXS as a high school student in 1952 and WØHXS in 1953. In 2001, after he retired, he became a volunteer at the Ensor Park and Museum. He was inspired to do what he could to help tell "the story of the Ensor family," particularly the radio adventures of Marshall and Loretta. In 2002, Larry Woodworth and Larry Thomas founded the Marshall Ensor Memorial Organization Amateur Radio Club, whose purpose was "to promote The "ENSOR PARK & MUSEUM" of Olathe, Kansas, to amateur radio operators and to the public both near and far away and to assist The Museum by caring for its historic radio equipment and by cataloging and guarding the documents, exhibits, and other information pertaining to Marshall H. Ensor, original callsign 9BSP, and Loretta Ensor, original callsign 9UA."
     Larry's passion was such that he became the Museum Manager. Not only did he train and manage the volunteer tour guides from two local amateur radio clubs, but he promoted the museum by speaking, writing magazine and newspaper articles, and inviting reporters to cover newsworthy events at the museum. He supervised the care and display of the old radios and other artifacts, and he organized a project to reach out and try to make contact with those radio amateurs whose radio-contact confirmation cards (QSL cards) were contained in the Ensor archives. His goal was to research the thousands of QSL cards at the museum and return copies of the originals to any of the operators who were still licensed. That effort culminated in the return of over 200 QSL copies to their original senders from as long ago as 1923. What a thrill it was for those "old-timers" to recall the magic of radio waves hurtling through across the nation and around the world! Larry carefully cataloged their responses and stories relating to the importance of ham radio in their lives and careers. All of this is now preserved at the museum.
     In October of 2020, during the Covid pandemic, Larry was honored via Zoom for his service to the Ensor museum in a ceremony conducted at his home. He was presented a D-104 trophy microphone with the inscription "Mo-Kan Council of Amateur Radio Organizations, Inc., In recognition of outstanding effort and meritorious service to the Amateur Radio Community in the Kansas City Region, Larry Woodworth, WØHXS, Who has advanced the art and science of Amateur Radio and brought credit and success to the Amateur Radio Community."

Thank you Larry, and may you rest in peace.