Vernie R. Monroe, 90, died at 5:20 p.m. Monday in Betz Nursing Home, Auburn. He had been ill three years and had lived at the nursing facility for the past two. His former home was at the Wesley Park Apartments.
A retired employee of the Fruehauf Corp. in Fort Wayne, Mr. Monroe was born June 16, 1895 in St. Joe, Ind., to Freeman and Maude Monroe. He married Agnes Sechler in Lansing, Mich. She died in 1953. On April 14, 1956 he married Marguerite Leighty at Kalamazoo, Mich. She survives.
Other survivors include a son, William Monroe, Syracuse, Ind. and a daughter, Mrs. Donald (Nancy) Smith, Auburn; two step-daughters, Mrs. Fred (Patricia) Strible, California, and Mrs. John (Betsy) Prestage, Alaska; 13 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Mr. Monroe was preceded in death by a son, James, a brother and a twin sister.
He was a World War I veteran, a member of the First Christian Church in Auburn and a life member of the American Legion Post at St. Joe.
Services will be held at the Dilgard, Cline and Southern Funeral Home in Auburn at 2 p.m. Thursday. The Rev. Clarence Bangs of the First Christian Church will officiate. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-9 p.m. on Wednesday and after 10 a.m. on Thursday. Burial will be in Riverside Cemtery.
Preferred memorials are to the First Christian Church or to DeKalb County Youth for Christ.
A retired employee of the Fruehauf Corp. in Fort Wayne, Mr. Monroe was born June 16, 1895 in St. Joe, Ind., to Freeman and Maude Monroe. He married Agnes Sechler in Lansing, Mich. She died in 1953. On April 14, 1956 he married Marguerite Leighty at Kalamazoo, Mich. She survives.
Other survivors include a son, William Monroe, Syracuse, Ind. and a daughter, Mrs. Donald (Nancy) Smith, Auburn; two step-daughters, Mrs. Fred (Patricia) Strible, California, and Mrs. John (Betsy) Prestage, Alaska; 13 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Mr. Monroe was preceded in death by a son, James, a brother and a twin sister.
He was a World War I veteran, a member of the First Christian Church in Auburn and a life member of the American Legion Post at St. Joe.
Services will be held at the Dilgard, Cline and Southern Funeral Home in Auburn at 2 p.m. Thursday. The Rev. Clarence Bangs of the First Christian Church will officiate. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-9 p.m. on Wednesday and after 10 a.m. on Thursday. Burial will be in Riverside Cemtery.
Preferred memorials are to the First Christian Church or to DeKalb County Youth for Christ.
Vernie R. Monroe, 90, died at 5:20 p.m. Monday in Betz Nursing Home, Auburn. He had been ill three years and had lived at the nursing facility for the past two. His former home was at the Wesley Park Apartments.
A retired employee of the Fruehauf Corp. in Fort Wayne, Mr. Monroe was born June 16, 1895 in St. Joe, Ind., to Freeman and Maude Monroe. He married Agnes Sechler in Lansing, Mich. She died in 1953. On April 14, 1956 he married Marguerite Leighty at Kalamazoo, Mich. She survives.
Other survivors include a son, William Monroe, Syracuse, Ind. and a daughter, Mrs. Donald (Nancy) Smith, Auburn; two step-daughters, Mrs. Fred (Patricia) Strible, California, and Mrs. John (Betsy) Prestage, Alaska; 13 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Mr. Monroe was preceded in death by a son, James, a brother and a twin sister.
He was a World War I veteran, a member of the First Christian Church in Auburn and a life member of the American Legion Post at St. Joe.
Services will be held at the Dilgard, Cline and Southern Funeral Home in Auburn at 2 p.m. Thursday. The Rev. Clarence Bangs of the First Christian Church will officiate. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-9 p.m. on Wednesday and after 10 a.m. on Thursday. Burial will be in Riverside Cemtery.
Preferred memorials are to the First Christian Church or to DeKalb County Youth for Christ.
A retired employee of the Fruehauf Corp. in Fort Wayne, Mr. Monroe was born June 16, 1895 in St. Joe, Ind., to Freeman and Maude Monroe. He married Agnes Sechler in Lansing, Mich. She died in 1953. On April 14, 1956 he married Marguerite Leighty at Kalamazoo, Mich. She survives.
Other survivors include a son, William Monroe, Syracuse, Ind. and a daughter, Mrs. Donald (Nancy) Smith, Auburn; two step-daughters, Mrs. Fred (Patricia) Strible, California, and Mrs. John (Betsy) Prestage, Alaska; 13 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Mr. Monroe was preceded in death by a son, James, a brother and a twin sister.
He was a World War I veteran, a member of the First Christian Church in Auburn and a life member of the American Legion Post at St. Joe.
Services will be held at the Dilgard, Cline and Southern Funeral Home in Auburn at 2 p.m. Thursday. The Rev. Clarence Bangs of the First Christian Church will officiate. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-9 p.m. on Wednesday and after 10 a.m. on Thursday. Burial will be in Riverside Cemtery.
Preferred memorials are to the First Christian Church or to DeKalb County Youth for Christ.
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