LaRue Potter

LaRue Youngberg Potter, our beloved mother and grandmother, passed away on the morning of November 26, 2024. She was born on June 4, 1931 in Lyman, Wyoming. She was the oldest of six children.

She grew up on a family ranch in McKinnon, Wyoming, which she loved dearly. She loved the outdoors and being with nature. Especially walking through the fields and enjoying all the nature provided for us.

She eloped with Charles W. Potter on September 17, 1949 and the were married in Salt Lake City. During their marriage they lived in a variety of place, but settled in Cache Valley in 1958. She had five children, Ramona (Jack), Paul (Deanne), Grant (Lynette), Mark (Nancy) and Aaron Potter. Chuck passed away in 1987. LaRue spent many hours working along side Chuck at the various properties that they had purchased. In 2000 she married her childhood friend Hugh Briggs and enjoyed 9 years of traveling and living in Saint George until a change in Hugh’s health.

She was active in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and served in various positions. She worked at the Logan and Saint George Temples and served a full time Family History mission in Coos Bay, Oregon. She spent many hours writing in her journals and doing family history.

She is preceded in death by her husbands, Charles W Potter, Hugh B. Briggs, her son Paul Potter and his spouse Deanne Jones Potter, great granddaughter Charlie Potter and her brother Robert Youngberg.

A graveside service will be held on December 6th at 11am at the Wellsville Cemetery. Memories and condolences maybe shared immediately following the graveside service at a luncheon to be held at the Henry’s Point Ward 680 South 1250 West Logan. 

LaRue left behind her legacy of hard work and kindness to those in need. She so loved her Wyoming roots and will be honored with a memorial at the family ranch in June, 2025.