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A memorial celebration for longtime Santa Ana and Santa Ana Valley coach and athletics administrator Larry Arason will be held July 9 at Santa Ana Elks Lodge. “A Celebration of a Life Well-Lived” begins at 10 a.m.

Arason, who served on the boards of many youth sports organizations in Orange County and also was a high school football official, died June 7 of a heart attack. He was 86.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Larry Arason Memorial Scholarship Fund, PO Box 2484, Orange, CA., 92859. The scholarship fund will assist college-bound students who have learning challenges and disabilities. 

Arason is survived by daughter Leesha K. Arason, granddaughter Cheyanne K. Blocker and son-in-law Ernie Grimm.