LaRue Hadlock Woodbury, our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, returned to her Heavenly Father on Saturday, March 19 - a beautiful spring day, much like the day she was born. She spent her last day doing her favorite things - most importantly, visiting with family.
LaRue was born May 27, 1926 to Ferry and Jennie Hadlock. She earned the "Golden Gleaner Award," the highest achievement a young woman could earn. She attended East High and later graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in Elementary Education. She went on to teach grade school for six years. LaRue served a mission to the Southern States, a blessing she cherished all of her life.
On Labor Day, 1952, she met the man of her dreams on a blind date. Though she had had many dates and previous proposals, this was different - she felt she had known Douglas Coulam Woodbury her whole life. They were engaged by the end of the week. Two months later, on November 28, they were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple.
They moved to Kansas City where LaRue taught school to support Douglas through Dental School. After he graduated, they lived in Yuma, Arizona while Doug was a dentist in the U.S. Air Force, before returning to Salt Lake to raise their family. Together, they raised seven children.
Faith, family, and friends were always more important to her than any monetary thing, and LaRue was blessed with many great friends and neighbors throughout her life. She served in numerous church callings. Her favorites included Roadshow Director, Stake Dance Director with her husband, and temple worker at the Salt Lake Temple, where she and Doug served for thirteen years.
She lived life to the fullest, enjoying dancing and teaching dance classes, watching movies, painting, crocheting, deer hunting, roller-skating, bowling, waterskiing, and snow skiing, among other talents. As she grew older, she became a great spectator, and her greatest joy was watching her children and grandchildren perform.
We love our mother dearly and we will miss her, but are comforted knowing she is with her sisters. She always loved spending time with them and they are no doubt happily catching up on the other side.
"She's gone ahead to save us seats…(on the front row)."
LaRue was preceded in death by her mother and father, brother, Ferry; sisters, Virginia, Hattie, Esther, and Jennie; and grandson, Landon. She is survived by her loving husband of sixty-three years, Douglas; children, Joyce (Reagan) Jones, Kristi (Jonathan) Camp, Scott (Denna) Woodbury, Toni (Scott) Lundskog, Ginger (Jon) Tingey, Patsy (Ken) Barney, and Spencer (Penny) Woodbury; thirty-three grandchildren, thirty-two great-grandchildren, brothers, Milo and Tony; and many other family members and friends, whom she loved.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 26, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. in the East Millcreek Stake Center, 3103 Craig Drive, East Millcreek. Viewings will be held at the same location on Friday, March 25, 2016 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. and prior to the services on Saturday from 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Interment will be in the Redwood Memorial Estates Cemetery.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News from March 23 to March 24, 2016.
LaRue was born May 27, 1926 to Ferry and Jennie Hadlock. She earned the "Golden Gleaner Award," the highest achievement a young woman could earn. She attended East High and later graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in Elementary Education. She went on to teach grade school for six years. LaRue served a mission to the Southern States, a blessing she cherished all of her life.
On Labor Day, 1952, she met the man of her dreams on a blind date. Though she had had many dates and previous proposals, this was different - she felt she had known Douglas Coulam Woodbury her whole life. They were engaged by the end of the week. Two months later, on November 28, they were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple.
They moved to Kansas City where LaRue taught school to support Douglas through Dental School. After he graduated, they lived in Yuma, Arizona while Doug was a dentist in the U.S. Air Force, before returning to Salt Lake to raise their family. Together, they raised seven children.
Faith, family, and friends were always more important to her than any monetary thing, and LaRue was blessed with many great friends and neighbors throughout her life. She served in numerous church callings. Her favorites included Roadshow Director, Stake Dance Director with her husband, and temple worker at the Salt Lake Temple, where she and Doug served for thirteen years.
She lived life to the fullest, enjoying dancing and teaching dance classes, watching movies, painting, crocheting, deer hunting, roller-skating, bowling, waterskiing, and snow skiing, among other talents. As she grew older, she became a great spectator, and her greatest joy was watching her children and grandchildren perform.
We love our mother dearly and we will miss her, but are comforted knowing she is with her sisters. She always loved spending time with them and they are no doubt happily catching up on the other side.
"She's gone ahead to save us seats…(on the front row)."
LaRue was preceded in death by her mother and father, brother, Ferry; sisters, Virginia, Hattie, Esther, and Jennie; and grandson, Landon. She is survived by her loving husband of sixty-three years, Douglas; children, Joyce (Reagan) Jones, Kristi (Jonathan) Camp, Scott (Denna) Woodbury, Toni (Scott) Lundskog, Ginger (Jon) Tingey, Patsy (Ken) Barney, and Spencer (Penny) Woodbury; thirty-three grandchildren, thirty-two great-grandchildren, brothers, Milo and Tony; and many other family members and friends, whom she loved.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 26, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. in the East Millcreek Stake Center, 3103 Craig Drive, East Millcreek. Viewings will be held at the same location on Friday, March 25, 2016 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. and prior to the services on Saturday from 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Interment will be in the Redwood Memorial Estates Cemetery.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News from March 23 to March 24, 2016.
LaRue Hadlock Woodbury, our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, returned to her Heavenly Father on Saturday, March 19 - a beautiful spring day, much like the day she was born. She spent her last day doing her favorite things - most importantly, visiting with family.
LaRue was born May 27, 1926 to Ferry and Jennie Hadlock. She earned the "Golden Gleaner Award," the highest achievement a young woman could earn. She attended East High and later graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in Elementary Education. She went on to teach grade school for six years. LaRue served a mission to the Southern States, a blessing she cherished all of her life.
On Labor Day, 1952, she met the man of her dreams on a blind date. Though she had had many dates and previous proposals, this was different - she felt she had known Douglas Coulam Woodbury her whole life. They were engaged by the end of the week. Two months later, on November 28, they were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple.
They moved to Kansas City where LaRue taught school to support Douglas through Dental School. After he graduated, they lived in Yuma, Arizona while Doug was a dentist in the U.S. Air Force, before returning to Salt Lake to raise their family. Together, they raised seven children.
Faith, family, and friends were always more important to her than any monetary thing, and LaRue was blessed with many great friends and neighbors throughout her life. She served in numerous church callings. Her favorites included Roadshow Director, Stake Dance Director with her husband, and temple worker at the Salt Lake Temple, where she and Doug served for thirteen years.
She lived life to the fullest, enjoying dancing and teaching dance classes, watching movies, painting, crocheting, deer hunting, roller-skating, bowling, waterskiing, and snow skiing, among other talents. As she grew older, she became a great spectator, and her greatest joy was watching her children and grandchildren perform.
We love our mother dearly and we will miss her, but are comforted knowing she is with her sisters. She always loved spending time with them and they are no doubt happily catching up on the other side.
"She's gone ahead to save us seats…(on the front row)."
LaRue was preceded in death by her mother and father, brother, Ferry; sisters, Virginia, Hattie, Esther, and Jennie; and grandson, Landon. She is survived by her loving husband of sixty-three years, Douglas; children, Joyce (Reagan) Jones, Kristi (Jonathan) Camp, Scott (Denna) Woodbury, Toni (Scott) Lundskog, Ginger (Jon) Tingey, Patsy (Ken) Barney, and Spencer (Penny) Woodbury; thirty-three grandchildren, thirty-two great-grandchildren, brothers, Milo and Tony; and many other family members and friends, whom she loved.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 26, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. in the East Millcreek Stake Center, 3103 Craig Drive, East Millcreek. Viewings will be held at the same location on Friday, March 25, 2016 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. and prior to the services on Saturday from 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Interment will be in the Redwood Memorial Estates Cemetery.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News from March 23 to March 24, 2016.
LaRue was born May 27, 1926 to Ferry and Jennie Hadlock. She earned the "Golden Gleaner Award," the highest achievement a young woman could earn. She attended East High and later graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in Elementary Education. She went on to teach grade school for six years. LaRue served a mission to the Southern States, a blessing she cherished all of her life.
On Labor Day, 1952, she met the man of her dreams on a blind date. Though she had had many dates and previous proposals, this was different - she felt she had known Douglas Coulam Woodbury her whole life. They were engaged by the end of the week. Two months later, on November 28, they were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple.
They moved to Kansas City where LaRue taught school to support Douglas through Dental School. After he graduated, they lived in Yuma, Arizona while Doug was a dentist in the U.S. Air Force, before returning to Salt Lake to raise their family. Together, they raised seven children.
Faith, family, and friends were always more important to her than any monetary thing, and LaRue was blessed with many great friends and neighbors throughout her life. She served in numerous church callings. Her favorites included Roadshow Director, Stake Dance Director with her husband, and temple worker at the Salt Lake Temple, where she and Doug served for thirteen years.
She lived life to the fullest, enjoying dancing and teaching dance classes, watching movies, painting, crocheting, deer hunting, roller-skating, bowling, waterskiing, and snow skiing, among other talents. As she grew older, she became a great spectator, and her greatest joy was watching her children and grandchildren perform.
We love our mother dearly and we will miss her, but are comforted knowing she is with her sisters. She always loved spending time with them and they are no doubt happily catching up on the other side.
"She's gone ahead to save us seats…(on the front row)."
LaRue was preceded in death by her mother and father, brother, Ferry; sisters, Virginia, Hattie, Esther, and Jennie; and grandson, Landon. She is survived by her loving husband of sixty-three years, Douglas; children, Joyce (Reagan) Jones, Kristi (Jonathan) Camp, Scott (Denna) Woodbury, Toni (Scott) Lundskog, Ginger (Jon) Tingey, Patsy (Ken) Barney, and Spencer (Penny) Woodbury; thirty-three grandchildren, thirty-two great-grandchildren, brothers, Milo and Tony; and many other family members and friends, whom she loved.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 26, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. in the East Millcreek Stake Center, 3103 Craig Drive, East Millcreek. Viewings will be held at the same location on Friday, March 25, 2016 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. and prior to the services on Saturday from 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Interment will be in the Redwood Memorial Estates Cemetery.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News from March 23 to March 24, 2016.
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