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In Memory

LaRue Quayle (Macfarlane) - Class of 1920

LaRue Quayle Macfarlane, 90, passed away June 10, 1992, at her home in Cedar City, Utah.

Born April 6, 1902, in Montpelier, Idaho, to John Freeman and Margaret Hunter Quayle. Married Joseph Sinclair Macfarlane, November 3, 1928, in St. George, Utah; he died November 8, 1980. LaRue graduated from Montpelier High School, Montpelier, Idaho, in 1920. Graduated from LDS Hospital Nursing School in Salt Lake City in 1927. She was a member of the LDS Church, and served as a Relief Society teacher and in the Young Women's program. She was employed by the Iron County Hospital, where she was a dedicated registered nurse, and served in that capacity for 40 years. Early during those years, she also served as a hospital superintendent, business manager, and X-ray technichian. Throughout the balance of her career, she served as an anaesthesiologist at the Iron County Hospital and the Valley View Medical Center, and was on call 24 hours a day.She is survived by: Two children, Richard Q., Manti; Mrs. Margielee M. Nutt, West Valley City; 10 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; a brother, John William, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Preceded in death by a sister, Kathleen Q. Richards.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, 11 a.m., at the Southern Utah Mortuary Chapel, where friends may call Friday, from 7-8 p.m., and Saturday, one hour prior to services.

Interment, Cedar City Cemetery.