Jennie Louise (Steenhard) LaRUE

LARUE, VAN HORN, STEENHARD, BRAGER, SCHULTZ, SCHWIERJOHANN, NEVE, CARTER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 5/10/2017 at 18:58:46

December 22, 1920 ---- May 1, 2017

Jennie Louise LaRue, 96, of Clear Lake, died Monday, May 1, 2017, at Oakwood Care Center in Clear Lake. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, May 5, 2017, at the First Reformed Church, 214 Harriman St., Alexander, with Pastor Phil Arnold officiating. Following a luncheon, burial will be in Hillside Cemetery in Sheffield. Visitation will be from 3:00-4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 4, 2017, at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. 4th St., Clear Lake. Family suggests memorial contributions to the Jennie LaRue Memorial Fund.

Jennie was born on December 22, 1920, the daughter of Klaas and LaBena (Van Horn) Steenhard in Sheffield. She married Robert LaRue on December 21, 1942 in Sheffield. Jennie grew up and attended school in Sheffield. She worked at Trigs Manufacturing in Kanawha and Hensel Produce in Alexander. Jennie was a member of the First Reformed Church in Alexander. She enjoyed quilting, plastic canvas work, and working on puzzles.

Jennie is survived by two sisters, LaVonne Brager of Clear Lake and Wilma Schultz of Clear Lake; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Robert; four sisters, Anna Schwierjohann, Kurna Neve, Dena LaRue, and Elizabeth Carter; and a brother, Fred Steenhard.