Jean Lenora LaRue

Jean Lenore LaRue, age 85, passed away August 26, 2012 at the home of her daughter, Jean Carol LaRue, in Cheyenne, Wyoming; after a long illness of Alzheimer s disease. Jean was born October 26, 1926 in North Rudyard, Michigan. Jean grew up in Hulbert, Michigan. She worked for the J. Shepherd Manufacturing Company in Hulbert specializing in the manufacture of wooden bowls and handles. In March of 1947 she met the love of her life Alton Charles LaRue and on July 26, 1947, they were married in Newberry, Michigan. She was a wonderful wife, the best mom in the world, a loving grandmother and great grandmother. She loved to cook and bake. Everyone that came to her home always got her famous chocolate chip cookies. Holidays at her home were the greatest and a guaranteed 5 pounds added on. Every summer she would take her children to pick strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries. She always had a big garden and did a lot of canning. She enjoyed all of her flower beds each summer. You would always find grandchildren at her home, they were her passion. She spent hours playing yahtzee and Skippo with her grandchildren, playing her way. She was always willing to help friends and family. She worked as a motel maid for many years. She was a past member of Tops, Royal Neighbors of America, and the Hulbert American Legion, Ladies Auxiliary. She did a lot of traveling in her later years with her daughter, including going to Disney World at 78, and going down Splash Mountain, Runaway train and the GM race Track. She is survived by her daughter Jean Carol LaRue of Cheyenne, WY, son''s: James LaRue (wife Darlene) of Clarkston, MI , Blake LaRue(wife Jamie) of Brimley, MI, and Charles LaRue (wife Debbie)of Brimley, MI, fifteen grandchildren: Vicki White, Amanda Jones, Jason LaRoux, Aaron LaRue, Alexis LaRue, Amber LaRue, Noel Schexander, Bonnie Frappier, James LaRue, Missy Blair, Wendy Bergman, Chris Golladay, Raymond Gollady, Kelly McGraw, Shavon McKerchie, and 28 great grandchildren. She is survived by her sister''s: Leah Sobczynski of Sault Ste. Marie, MI, Ann Dewitt (Andrew) Hulbert, MI and brother: Brian Leazier (Mary), of Holland, MI, sister-in-law''s: Helen Leazier of Hulbert MI, and Mary Leazier of Newberry, MI and Brother-in-law: Elmer Mercier of Garden, MI. She was predeceased in death by her husband: Alton Charles LaRue, son: Alton Charles LaRue Jr., grandsons: Charles William LaRue Jr. and Craig Blake LaRue, parents: James and Essie Leazier, sisters: Pearl Leazier, Reba Welty, and Rhea Mercier, brothers: Herschel, Blake, James, Bruce, and Brice, Leazier. Sister-in-law: Olive Leazier, brother-in-law''s: Harley Welty and Sam Sobczynski. Friends and family may call Friday, August 31, from 4 to 8 p.m. at Clark Bailey Newhouse Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 1, 2012, at 11 a.m. at the American Legion Post in Hulbert, MI with Pastor, Joseph Leazier, officiating. Final resting place will be Hulbert Township Cemetery, Hulbert, MI. Pallbearers will be James LaRue, Blake LaRue, Charles LaRue, Aaron LaRue, Jason LaRoux, and James LaRue. Memorial contributions may be made to the Cheyenne Regional Medical Center Hospice, 6000 Sycamore Road, Cheyenne, Wyoming, 82009.

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Jean Lenora LaRue

October 26, 1926 - August 26, 2012