Daniel Wolford LaRue 3d died Feb. 7, 2003, in his home at the
Villages in San Jose. He was 94.
Daniel Wolford LaRue 3d died Feb. 7, 2003, in his home at the Villages in San Jose. He was 94.
LaRue was born in Middletown, N.Y., Nov. 13, 1908, to Daniel Wolford LaRue II, an educator and author, and Mabel Guinnip LaRue, a well known author of children’s books.
Mr. LaRue attended school in East Stroudsburg, Penn., and played on the baseball team, graduated from Harvard in 1930 and then Harvard Business School. He loved playing baseball, tracking the stock market and writing wonderfully informative letters. He was a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. Mr. LaRue then made a career working for Henry Ford II at the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Mich. as manager of the Property Management Department. Locally, during his tenure at Ford he was responsible for acquiring the site for the San Jose assembly plant. Mr. LaRue divided his time between his homes in Birmingham, Mich., and Crystal River, Fla. After retirement and his marriage to Mildred Wharton in 1981, he enjoyed traveling several times each year, in their Ford automobile, between San Jose and Crystal River. Everyone who knew him will miss his loving smile and crisp sense of humor.
He is survived by his devoted wife, Mildred Holloway Wharton LaRue; cousins Dorothy and Jeanne Wall; sisters-in-law Garnet Miller (Dr. Samuel) and Marguerite Hoerl; nieces and nephews Margie, Sam, John and David Miller, Katie Boddie, Vicki Morris, and David, Brian, Scott and Roger Hoerl; stepchildren Louise Wharton Roebuck (Tom), Janie Knopf (Roger), Mary Helene Tietz (Ken), Mike Wharton (Lea) and Joe Wharton (Kathy); stepgrandchildren: Mark Wharton (Michele), Stacey Wharton, Valerie Constant (Mark), David Knopf (Gina), Carrie Knopf, Cindy Padden (Tom), Emily Minow (Brian), Ashley Holm (Josh), Tim Wharton (Amy), Steve Wharton, Andrew Wharton; and 13 stepgreat grandchildren. He also is survived by many great-nieces and great-nephews.
Mr. LaRue was preceded in death by his first wife Gwendolyn Field LaRue, and stepson Christopher Holloway Wharton.
As he wished, there will be no service. Inurnment will proceed in Prospect Cemetery, East Stroudsburg, Penn.
The family asks that any donations be made to a favorite charity. Arrangements were made by Habing Family Funeral Home in Gilroy.
