Laura Mae (Clark) Monroe (1937)

MONROE, CLARK, TREGE, STRIBLING, DE GRAFF

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler, Volunteer (email)
Date: 3/7/2015 at 13:40:11

Earlham Echo – Earlham, Iowa
November 25, 1937

Funeral Services For Mrs. W. H. Monroe Held Saturday With Burial at Dexter.

Mrs. W. H. Monroe prominent Colfax woman died suddenly Wednesday night about 10 o’clock from heart trouble at their apartment at the Mason House.

She had apparently been in her usual health during the day and spent the evening with Mr. Monroe in their rooms. They retired reasonably early and had been asleep when Mr. Monroe was suddenly wakened by a noise which proved to be the passing of wife.

Mrs. Monroe’s early life was spent in Dexter, Iowa, coming to Colfax in 1910 with Mr. Monroe and son Paul to operate the Close-to-Nature Co. She devoted much of her time in this business until her health failed about two years ago.

She was admired by people from all walks of life, through her courtesy and charm in her daily contacts.

Laura May Clark, daughter of Almon Clark and Letitia Trege Clark, was born November 21, 1868, at Oneda in the vicinity of Galesburg, Illinois, and died November 10th, 1937 at Colfax, Iowa. At the age of four, she came with her parents to Iowa, settling at Dexter. She was educated in the old Dexter Normal College, where she gave much of her time to the study of music.

She was married on August 5, 1886 to William Hall Monroe, then president of the Dexter Normal College. She spent a large part of her life in teaching music, both as a private teacher and in the public schools.

Upon coming to Colfax twenty-seven years ago, she went into the office of the Close-to-Nature Company, and aided largely in the establishment of that business.

She was a member of the Presbyterian church and the P.E.O. Sisterhood.

She leaves her husband, William Hall Monroe, a daughter, Gladys Monroe Stribling, a son, Paul Monroe, three grandchildren, James Monroe, Betty Marie Stribling and Patricia May Stribling, a sister, Grace Clark De Graff, and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were conducted Saturday morning from the Cutter-Hartnott Funeral Chapel, with Dr. Theodore Morning of Des Moines officiating, assisted by Rev. A. O. Wendelburg of Colfax.

Chapter BA of the P.E.O. Sisterhood attended in a body.

Mrs. S. E. tenant, Mrs. L. H. Burton, Mrs. Joe Weresh and Mrs. Carl Janney were in charge of the flowers.

Pall bearers were: B. A. Brown, F. J. Stouffer, John Doyle, Ed Bollhohfer, J. B. Ryan and Dr. F. E. Boyd.

Burial was had at Dexter, Iowa.