Delores LaHue

August 23, 1938 – December 21, 2023

Delores LaHue, 85, passed away peacefully in her home December 21, 2023. She was born to Vernie C. Highfill and Beulah Webb Highfill in Kansas City, Missouri. Delores was the oldest of nine siblings. She graduated from Northeast High School in 1956. Delores was raised with a Baptist upbringing, but in 1968 converted to Pentecostal. Delores married her first husband Earnest Rushing in 1957. They had five children together. She was primarily a homemaker until her children were raised. Delores then went on to work in 1979 at Remel Diagnostic Lab, as a production Labeler, until her retirement in 2003. Delores remarried in the fall of 2005 to Harold LaHue. Delores was a faithful church attendee and had many interests such as an avid reader, loved houseplants, baking, canning, ELVIS music and movies, fishing, KU Basketball, traveling, and spending time with her family and friends.

Delores is survived by her children, Deborah Clement of Butler, MO., Bryan Rushing of Hume, Mo., Melissa Rosson (Dwayne) of Amoret, MO., and by two sisters Patricia Keil, Janice Smith, and one brother Stanley Highfill. Delores is also survived by her nine grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren, AND Bandit her beloved cat.

Delores was preceded in death by her husband Harold LaHue, two sons, Robert Wayne Rushing and Warren Wade Rushing, Her son in law Timothy A. Clement, and her Great grandson Liam Heller.

Services will be held at: Royer’s New Salem Funeral Home 1823 N Blue Mills Rd. Independence, Mo. 64058 Friday, December 29, 2023. Visitation: 10:00 AM Service: 11:00 AM Internment adjoins the funeral home PH: 816-796-8600

Obituary submitted by the family.

Arrangements: Royer’s New Salem Funeral Home, Independence, MO 816-796-8600