| Graduation Year | Class of 1980 |
| Date of Passing | Aug 10, 2009 |
| About | Funeral services for Mrs. Kathy LaRue, 47 of Spencer, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009, at Hope Reformed Church in Spencer. Rev. Russell Muilenburg and Rev. John Elkin will officiate the service. Interment will take place at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. Mrs. LaRue passed away Monday, Aug. 10, 2009, at home in Spencer. Kathy Ann La Rue, the daughter of Clifford and Theresa (Wood) Woodbeck, was born June 19, 1962, in Emmetsburg. Her childhood years were spent in Emmetsburg where she received her education. Kathy moved to Spencer at an early age and began taking classes at the Spencer Business School. It was there that she finished her high school requirements. Kathy went to work for the Spencer Senior Center where she worked for almost 20 years. Shortly thereafter, she became employed at the Spencer Family Care/Avera Health, where she was presently working. On March 25, 2000, Kathy was united in marriage to Kevin LaRue at Holy Cross Resurrection Chapel in Ruthven. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clifford and Theresa Woodbeck; and one infant brother, Tommy Woodbeck. Kathy is survived by her husband, Kevin LaRue of Spencer; three children: Keri Gross and husband, Jarad of Spencer, Danica Thome of Spencer, and Devin LaRue of Spencer; and brothers and sister: Steve Woodbeck and wife, Wanda of Eagle Grove, Sharon Stoulil and husband, Gerald of Algona, Jim Woodbeck and wife, Sylvia of Eagle Grove, and Randy Woodbeck and wife, Megan of Ames. |
