Sean C. Morgan
Larry Gordon Kangas, 65, of Beaverton never had any children, but considered the more than 1,000 murals and other pieces of public art he left across the Northwest as his offspring.
Kangas left his mark across Sweet Home too. He painted most of the murals in Sweet Home since 1994, and he has restored several by other painters. Kangas died from cancer on Nov. 25.
While dealing with the illness over the…