Eloise LaRue, daughter of the late Charles LaRue and Anna Barker LaRue was born on January 19, 1916 in Frisco, Missouri and departed this life at her residence in Dexter, Missouri on April 9, 2012 at the age of 96 years.

Eloise was a former receptionist at the Y.M.C.A. in Pontiac, Michigan, former Waitress at the Hickory Log Restaurant in Dexter, attended the Second General Baptist Church in Dexter, and was a resident of Dexter.

Survivors include two brothers, Charles “Bud” LaRue Jr. and wife Geneva of Sikeston, and Kenneth LaRue and wife Shirley of Dexter; one sister Opal Coffey of Dexter; also by many nieces, nephews, and great-nieces and great-nephews.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by four brothers, Glenn LaRue, Virgil LaRue, Leo LaRue, and Chester LaRue; by two sisters, Beulah Arnold and JoAnne Whitledge.

Friends may call from 11:3- a.m. until 1 p.m., Thursday, April 12, 2012 at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m., Thursday, April 12, 2012 in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel in Dexter with Rev. Phil Warren and Rev. Josh Carpenter officiating.  Interment will follow in the Essex Cemetery.