Larry Guthrie Larry Guthrie, the son of Helen Janning Guthrie, was born and raised in Oklahoma and is a law librarian in Washington, D.C. By this Author Jul 30, 2022 The fertile fields of western Oklahoma CatholicismCommentary: The western Oklahoma German Catholic community of the 1930s produced incipient saint Blessed Fr. Stanley Rother; future White House staffer Helen Marie Janning Guthrie; and balladeer and activist Woody Guthrie.