A resident of Lyons since 1962, he was an Oil Field Pumper for 52 years around the Lyons and Wichita areas for Raymond Oil Co.
On June 1, 1952 he married Rosemary Ulrickson at Geneseo, she died on September 19, 2004. Survivors are sons, Gerald & Sharron Monroe, Dodge City, Wylie Monroe, Mercer, Wis.; daughters, Joan & Robert Renollet, Lyons, Gail Monroe, Hutchinson, Vickie & Lynn Tyson, Scottsdale, AZ.; brother, Orville & Jackie Monroe, Great Bend; sister, Garnet Hicks, Portage, Michigan; 9 grandchildren, Shelly Johnson, Brandi Daniels, Mindy Hoskins, Larry Collier, Jess Monroe, Kristina Monahan, Brandi Goracke, Robbin Myers, Katelyn Wolfe; 24 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by parents, sisters, Mary Cormeny, Irene Droegemeier, Marguerite Cormeny and brothers, Raymond Monroe, John Monroe Jr., and Francis Monroe.
Funeral Service will be 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at Birzer Funeral Home, Lyons with Rev. Robert Friesen officiating. Visitation, 2:00 to 7:00 P.M., Monday, June 26, 2017, with family present 5:00 to 7:00 P.M., at Birzer Funeral Home, Lyons. Burial in the Geneseo Cemetery, Geneseo; Memorials to American Diabetes Association or American Heart Association in care of the funeral home.
A resident of Lyons since 1962, he was an Oil Field Pumper for 52 years around the Lyons and Wichita areas for Raymond Oil Co.
On June 1, 1952 he married Rosemary Ulrickson at Geneseo, she died on September 19, 2004. Survivors are sons, Gerald & Sharron Monroe, Dodge City, Wylie Monroe, Mercer, Wis.; daughters, Joan & Robert Renollet, Lyons, Gail Monroe, Hutchinson, Vickie & Lynn Tyson, Scottsdale, AZ.; brother, Orville & Jackie Monroe, Great Bend; sister, Garnet Hicks, Portage, Michigan; 9 grandchildren, Shelly Johnson, Brandi Daniels, Mindy Hoskins, Larry Collier, Jess Monroe, Kristina Monahan, Brandi Goracke, Robbin Myers, Katelyn Wolfe; 24 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by parents, sisters, Mary Cormeny, Irene Droegemeier, Marguerite Cormeny and brothers, Raymond Monroe, John Monroe Jr., and Francis Monroe.
Funeral Service will be 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at Birzer Funeral Home, Lyons with Rev. Robert Friesen officiating. Visitation, 2:00 to 7:00 P.M., Monday, June 26, 2017, with family present 5:00 to 7:00 P.M., at Birzer Funeral Home, Lyons. Burial in the Geneseo Cemetery, Geneseo; Memorials to American Diabetes Association or American Heart Association in care of the funeral home.
Family Members
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Marguerite Ellen Monroe Cormeny
1912–1975
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Velma Opal Monroe
1913–1920
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Mildred Gwendolyn Monroe
1916–1920
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Gilbert Eugene Monroe
1918–1920
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Mary E. Monroe Cormeny
1920–2006
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William Curtis Monroe
1922–1922
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John Philip Monroe Jr
1924–2004
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Raymond Edward Monroe
1925–2006
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Deloris Irene Monroe Droegemeier
1927–2000
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Orville Lewis Monroe
1934–2022
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Francis L Monroe
1935–2016
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