Arlene J. LaFollette, 72, of Blue Grass, Iowa went home to be with the Lord on Monday October 24, 2022 at Genesis East Medical Center. Services to honor her memory will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday November 5, 2022 at Weerts Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. until time of service. Interment will be at Pine Hill Cemetery. Memorials in Arlene’s name may be made to Love Worth Finding Ministries – lwf.org.
Arlene was born on September 12, 1950 to Harry G. and Irene D. Smith in Clarinda, Iowa. She was united in marriage to Gary LaFollette on August 29, 1980 at her family’s farm near Coin, Iowa. Arlene was a faithful Christian and a devoted soul winner, always finding time to talk to others about Jesus Christ. She had other interests and pursuits, notably extensive Bible study culminating in writing a book about end time prophecy. She was also a participant in the 1992 Mississippi Valley Writers Conference and was awarded a citation for the best short story in Advanced Fictional Writing. She liked to record and document family history with her photography, research of genealogy, and building scrapbooks chronicling the times in which we lived. She enjoyed spending time taking care of our acreage in rural Blue Grass, Iowa. Her passion was to spend time with the family, always looking for opportunities to get everyone together. Arlene and Gary loved to travel and were blessed with many opportunities to travel around the USA, Europe, and Hawaii. Arlene had a great sense of humor and was very thoughtful toward family and friends. She will be greatly missed.
Those left to honor her memory are her husband, Gary; children Ken (Elizabeth) LaFollette, Kari (Gary) Frederickson, Amanda LaFollette, and Autumn (Matthew) Davidson; grandchildren John, Emily, Jared (Erin), Grace, Laena (Austin), Trystan (Preston), and Amarae; Great grandchildren Bennett and Colby; and her siblings Galen and Ilene.
She was preceded in death by her parents and brothers Marvin and James.
