Arline worked for the Visiting Nurse Service in Rochester before retiring in 1987 and was a member of the Kendall United Methodist Church and Sweden Senior Center for many years. She enjoyed cooking and was known for her love of wearing hats.
She was predeceased by her husband Frederick in 1997 after 50 years of marriage, her brother Frederick Louis LaBarge, her granddaughter Tacy Elizabeth Royce, and her son-in-law Laurence J. “Butch” Wheeler.
She is survived by her children, Diana May Wheeler of Kendall and Frederick K. Royce of Medina; five grandchildren, Kimberly Ann Wheeler, Kristen Lee (Terry) Sine, Kerri Lynn (Darren) Kwiatkowski, Tyler Frederick Royce, Lindsay Kathleen Royce, seven great-grandchildren, Zackary, Elizabeth, Ashley, Norah, Jacek, Aidan, and Sammy J.
A funeral service will be held on Friday December 2, at 12:00pm, at the Merrill-Grinnell Funeral Home, 12 Ingersoll Street, Albion NY, Burial will be held privately by the family. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society .
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