Vernon Lionel Monroe (1919)

FENIMORE, MONROE

Posted By: Kent Transier
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:03:02

The East Peru Mail
East Peru, Iowa
Friday, March 14, 1919
Page 8, Column 2

OBITUARY OF VERNON MONROE.

A Telegram was received last week by the Fenimore’s here from Mrs. Mollie Fenimore of Carthage, Mo., saying that her son Vernon Monroe died Tuesday. Vernon came to Peru with his mother when a small boy, and grew to young manhood here, graduated from our Peru High School. He was popular with his school mates and all who knew him, of a genial happy disposition. He was the life of every party of young people with whom he associated. He was greatly missed when he left Peru. Vernon has had a long and painful illness extending over several years, having been afflicted with that dread consumption. The sympathy of Mrs. Fenimore’s many friends here goes out to her in her bereavement. The funeral was at Carthage, Missouri. The Carthage paper says:

Vernon L. Monroe, 27, years old died at 11:30 o’clock last night at the home of his mother, Mrs. Mary Fenimore, in Cassil Place. Death was caused by tuberculosis. He had been in poor health for several years and has been bedfast for three years.

The mother, a half brother, and a half sister are the survivors. Eugene and Miss Marie Fenimore are the half-brother and half-sister. The family moved to Carthage four years ago from Diamond. They came to this State from Iowa. Mr. Monroe was born in Decatur county, Iowa, July 15, 1891.

The funeral was conducted from the Fenimore home, 629 Cassil Place Thursday at 2 p.m. conducted by Rev. D. W. Moore, of Webb City. Burial was in Park Cemetery.
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The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, March 19, 1919
Page 1, Column 5

Obituary

Vernon Lionel Monroe, son of William and Mary E. Monroe, was born in Decatur County, Iowa, July 15, 1891, and died at the home of his mother, Mrs. Wm, Fennimore, at Carthage, Missouri, after a long illness from that dread disease, tuberculosis, March 4, 1919, aged 27 years 7 months and 17 days.

Burden is survived by a devoted mother who cared for him through all his long illness, and a half brother and half-sister, Eugene and Mary Fennimore, who mourn the loss of a kind and loving brother.

Vernon was a graduate of the East Peru high school of the class of 1909. He was also a graduate of the Springfield Business College of Springfield, Missouri, and follow the profession of bookkeeping until ill health caused him to give up his business career.

He was also a member of the East Peru, Iowa, Cornet Band, and was a sweet musician and had many friends. He was a young man of fine principles and of a self-sacrificing nature and will be mourned by all in the home that he has left so lonely.
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Coordinator's note: A photograph of the deceased can be found in our Image Gallery under "The William Fenimore Family".