I recently found out that Captain John Larsen of Deep Adventures III has been having a tough time over the past few years. John was diagnosed with dementia several years ago and the illness is slowly progressing. To make things worse his home was flooded during Hurricane Sandy an he and his wife Peggy were trapped in the attic all night. Peggy told me that in the beginning of 2013 John lost the use of his legs due to Parkinson and had to be placed in assisted living due to his illness. Peggy stated that John is in pretty good mental state but he's forgotten a lot about the past. She indicated that John is always telling stories about past scuba diving and fishing adventures. Please keep John and Peggy in your prayers and if anyone would care to drop him a note Peggy's e-mail is mmccarthy62@comcast.net. John has always been a character and its very unfortunate to hear he has these devastating illnesses.
I started diving with John back in 1982 on the Deep Adventures II and finally worked as a dive mate on Deep Adventures III back in 1997 for several years. I remember many great dive adventurers and the Memorial day weekend trips with Boston Sea Rovers to many great wreck sites in south jersey and Delaware. I truly miss those days and all the great friends I made during that time.
Sorry to hear this news. I used to see John out on the bay crabbing in years past too. He worked a commercial crab line at the time. I have not been out on the bay much the past couple of years and have not been in touch with him. I hope the best for him and his family.
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