Etta Jane “Buzzy” Soltis LaRue, R.N.
Etta Jane “Buzzy” Soltis LaRue, R.N., of Enterprise, Alabama, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 24, 2009, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, after a diligent, hard fought battle with breast cancer. Etta was born on February 26, 1938, in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and was raised in Hopwood, Pennsylvania.
She graduated in 1956 from Uniontown High School and the Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Pittsburgh in 1959.
Etta lived to laugh and will be remembered for her fantastic sense of humor.
She loved her family and friends, the ocean and the beach, and her many pets.
Etta was predeceased by her loving husband of 46 years, Dr. J. Robert “Bob” LaRue Jr. of Mount Lebanon, Pa.
Etta’s surviving Family includes her daughters: Karen LaRue and Shari LaRue Bishop; her son, Mike LaRue; her beloved grandchildren: Holland, Madison, Chloe and Cooper; her sister, Joanne (“Suzie” Peneseski) Bartlett; and her nephew and niece: Will Bartlett and Nell Fisher.
A family Memorial is planned in her honor in Key West, Florida.
TWIFORD FUNERAL HOME at 929 Battlefield Boulevard, Chesapeake, VA 23322 (757.482.3311).