MONROE, Susie Margaret (nee Haag) 1917-2003

MONROE, HAAG, FELTON

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/1/2009 at 12:21:30

Susie Monroe, 86, a resident of 105 North Cedar Terrace, Charles City, died Monday, March 31, 2003, at the Floyd County Memorial Hospital after a brief illness.

A funeral Mass for Susie Monroe will be held a 10:30 a.m. Thursday, at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Charles City. Monsignor Stanley Hayek, pastor, will celebrate the Mass. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Charles City.

Friends may call at the Hauser Funeral Home in Charles City from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday where the St. Jude Circle and Lay Carmelites will recite the Rosary at 4:30 p.m. and where there will be a Vigil Scriptural Wake Service at 7 p.m. Visitation will continue at the church an hour prior to the Mass.

Susie Margaret Haag Monroe was born February 23, 1917 at Nashua, the daughter of John Batiste and Elizabeth (Felton) Haag. She graduated from the Nashua High School.

On November 16, 1938, she was united in marriage to Bernard "Tip" Monroe at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Nashua. For 27 years Susie worked as a Nurse Aide in the Obstetrics Department at the Floyd County Memorial Hospital retiring in 1982. She was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, St. Jude Circle, Lay Carmelites, Heritage Club, and was a past member of the Rosary Society and had served as a Pink Lady at the Floyd County Memorial Hospital. Susie enjoyed visiting with her family and friends, traveling, and taking daily walks.

Living family members include a son, Joe Monroe of Charles City, a daughter Mary Castle of Burlington; a son-in-law, Ronald Stuart of Bettendorf; six grandchildren, Lisa Schafer, Scot Monroe Stuart, Andrew Stuart, Danielle Castle, Nathan Castle, and Michelle Castle; five great grandchildren, Stuart, Peter, and Abigail Schafer, Duncan Stuart, and Katelyn Peterson; and three sisters, Garland (Don) Jensen of Charles City, and Christina (Niels) Hvitved and Marian Hannemann both of Nashua.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband in 1982, a son, Gregory Monroe in 1994, a daughter, Lodema Stuart in 2002, and two sisters, Margaret Ransom and Mary Jean Haag.

The family suggests memorials be directed to the Immaculate Conception Church Memorial Fund.