Larue Cator Mayo passed away December 29, 2025, in Dalhart. Texas.
A register book will be available for signing on Thursday January 1,2026 from 1:00p.m. until 6:00p.m. at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home in Spearman. A private family graveside will be on Friday, January 2,2026 at the Gruver Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home of Spearman.
Larue was raised in Gruver, TX by Speck & Rosalie Cator. She was the oldest of six children and always took her role as big sister seriously. She graduated from Gruver High School in 1959 and died a true Gruver Greyhound. After graduation, she went to business school in Amarillo, TX and there she met the love of her life Theo and married July 21, 1960. Together they had four girls and tried their best to raise them right.
She was a devoted wife to her husband Theodore Mayo, a patient mother to four daughters and a proud grandma to nine grandkids and 25 great grandkids.
Larue enjoyed sitting in the backyard under a shade tree watching grandkid chaos, was always ready to attend any event her kids or grandkids were participating in and loved going to the casino to “cha-ching.”
She was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years Theo Mayo; parents Speck & Rosalie Cator; sister Eva Pittman; brothers DA & Bill Cator; daughter Lisa Mayo Crane; son in law Larry Jurajda; grandson Seth Jurajda.
Larue is survived by daughters Thesia Mayo of Amarillo, TX, Krista Jurajda of Dalhart, TX and Thedra Reynolds and husband Jimbob of Little Rock, AR., her grandchildren, Kara Piehl husband Dave; Brooks Finley and wife Donna; Whitney Konnecke and husband Chase; Quentin Buetow; Kalen Jurajda and wife Lauren; Lisa Hartman and husband Jared; Alexandra Snell and husband Adam; Marlee Richburg and husband Weston and 25 great grandkids.
Family suggests memorials in memory of Larue be to the Gruver Cemetery.
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