LaRue Hymas of Hermiston passed away at her home with her family by her side on May 21, 2021 at the age of 81.
She was born on April 27, 1940 in Rexburg, Idaho to Adrian and Arvella Skinner.
LaRue grew up in the southern Idaho towns of Sugar City and Moody Creek. The family moved from southern Idaho to Connell, Wash. in 1955, where she attended and graduated from high school. She attended beauty college in Spokane, Wash. After becoming a licensed beautician she worked in Idaho Falls, Idaho, where she met her husband, Dee Hymas. They married in the Idaho Falls temple in 1961 and started their family in Idaho Falls, where she worked and changed professions, becoming the arts and crafts director for the city of Idaho Falls. They moved to Hermiston in 1968, where she was a stay-at-home mother, a custodian at the LDS church, had her own daycare, and worked for the Tri-City Herald for 36 years.
She really enjoyed doing crafts, working with ceramics, sewing, and camping with her family. She was involved in numerous organizations in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Her most favorite were working with the youth – teaching early morning seminary and running girls’ camp for numerous years.
She is survived by her loving husband of 60 years, Dee; her daughters, Rodna Hymas, Roni (Jeff) LaFrance, Terri (Robert) Becker, Tracy (Noel) Salinas and Jeri (Jim) Stacener; her grandchildren, Kirisha (Kevin), Kaelee (Andrew), Kennedy, Tucker, Ryelee, Delaney (Berenice), Tysen, Kaylee, Ainsley, Victoria and Jamison; her great granddaughter, Clarissa; siblings, Renae (Doyle-deceased), Malcolm (Valdine) and Klee (Treva); and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by granddaughters, Arisha and Brianne LaFrance, and her parents, Adrian and Arvella Skinner.
Services were held on Monday, May 24, 2021.
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