November 1, 2024
Umatilla Cancer Survivor Turns Second Chance at Life Into Hundreds of Laptops For Those in Need
By Gina Horan
Umatilla Cancer Survivor Turns Second Chance at Life Into Hundreds of Laptops For Those in Need
Larry Kehler, also known as Señor Fox
If you need to get Larry Kehler’s attention, call him “Fox.” The Umatilla resident got that moniker nearly 25 years ago when he lived in Puerto Vallarta.
“I’m called Fox because I look like the former president of Mexico,” he says.
While in P.V. he met his wife Cheryl, another ex-pat. In 2015, they returned to the states to travel in their RV.
In 2019, their road trip was put on hold when Fox was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and given just three months to live. By utilizing the “Right to Try” act and heroically getting aggressive therapy, he is now cancer-free.
During his treatment, Señor Fox, the self-described computer geek, found an old laptop and to keep his mind occupied, repaired it, then donated it via an online message board.
“I couldn’t believe how many people responded,” Fox says. “I ended up asking for sob stories to decide who would finally receive it.”
Since then, Fox has wiped clean, restored and donated around 325 laptops and he has never once charged for his services.
“Not too many people get a second chance,” he says. “The good Lord has blessed me and even though I’m now cancer-free, I still love doing this to help the community.”
*To donate to Señor Fox: email- srfoxusa@gmail.com, Facebook-srfoxusa
Gina moved to central Florida in August of 2021 from the San Francisco Bay Area. She has a bachelor’s degree in Linguistics and spent 10 years as a fashion editor, columnist and food writer for The Knight Ridder Newspaper group. She was also a photo stylist and covered concerts, fashion shows and festivals all over Northern California. In 2000, she joined KSAN radio as a morning show co-host and produced the news and sports content there for 4 years. She also covered travel, events and the restaurant scene for KRON-Bay TV. She is a veteran bartender and has worked in hospitality on and off since high school. Her passions include travel, road trips, history books, baseball, tasting menus and most of all, landing in a new city with no map or guidebook. Gina lives in Oxford with her mom, cats and baby hamster.
