Obituaries:  Mr. Richard A. Larue, Sabine Parish       L-600
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Feb 20, 2002
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Mr. Richard A. LaRue

  Mr. Richard A. LaRue, 82, of Killeen, Texas, died Feb. 13, at a
Texas hospital.

  Mr. LaRue was employed for 40 years with Civil Service at Fort
Hood, Texas. After retiring in 1985, he worked as a door greeter
at Wal-Mart. He entered the U.S. Army in December 1942, and
served in WWII, and was discharged in March 1946. He was raised
and educated in Zwolle. He married his first wife in 1947, in
Zwolle, and married Effie Dixon in 1969, in Killeen, Texas.

  Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., Feb. 18, at
Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home Chapel, with interment following at
Killeen City Cemetery. Father Edwin Kagoo officiated.

  Survivors include his widow, Effie LaRue of Killeen, Texas; son,
Donald LaRue and wife Wanda of Zwolle; daughters, Dianna Williams
and husband Kenneth of Zwolle, and Patricia Koscielski and
husband Richard of Peru, Ill.; brother, Bernice "Bob" LaRue of
Natchitoches; six grandchildren; and four great grandchildren.

  Mr. LaRue was preceded in death by his parents, Richard D. and
Joanna BeBee LaRue; and two brothers, Leon, and Ernest LaRue.