Darlene LaRue

Friday, July 8, 2016

Darlene LaRue

Oct. 2, 1934 - July 7, 2016

OBERLIN, Kan. -- Darlene LaRue, 81, died Thursday (July 7, 2016), at Decatur Health Systems in Oberlin.

She was born Oct. 2, 1934, to Harold and Dena (Kroeze) Hartzog in Prairie View, Kan. She attended Jennings High School. She married Martin D. LaRue on Jan. 1, 1956, in Jennings, Kan. She was a business manager for LaRue Tank Service in Jennings and worked at Hirsch and Pratt in Oberlin. She was a member of Jennings United Methodist Church and United Methodist Women.

She was preceded in death by husband, Martin LaRue; father, Harold Hartzog; mother, Dena Hartzog Gillespie; stepfather, George Gillespie; and brother, Earl Hartzog

Survivors include her son, Troy (Anne) LaRue of Fulton, Mo.; brothers, Daryl (Marge) Hartzog of Jennings, Bob (Joyce) Hartzog of Oberlin and Floyd (Erma) Gillespie of Newcastle, Texas; one sister, Dena Marie (Dan) Way of Springfield, Mo.; one sister-in-law, Pat Hartzog of Hoxie; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Services were today at Jennings United Methodist Church in Jennings with the Rev. Ed Woods officiating. Interment was at the Jennings Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the Jennings United Methodist Women.

Online condolences may be shared at www.paulsfh.com.

Pauls Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.