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Chris Monroe

28 May 1892 – Feb 1983

Birth	28 May 1892
Death	Feb 1983
Cemetery	Greenhill Cemetery Sullivan , Moultrie County , Illinois , USA
Added by	janet donner on 02 Jul 2007
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19925309

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Chris Monroe was the son of George and Paulina Monroe. He married Fern Patterson and she died 6/1939. He married Irene Yeakel 2/4/1943 and she died 1/5/1982.

Bio

SULLIVAN NEWS PROGRESS FEB 14 1983 CHRIS MONROE CHRIS L MONROE, 90 OF SULLIVAN DIED AT 630AM SUNDAY IN THE FAIRBURY HOSPITAL IN FAIRBURY. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 130 PM TUESDAY IN THE MCMULLIN FUNERAL HOME IN SULLIVAN WITH VISITATION ONE HOUR BEFORE SERVICE TIME. BURIAL WILL BE IN THE GREENHILL CEMETERY IN SULLIVAN. BORN MAY 28 1892 IN MOULTRIE COUNTY, HE WAS A SON OF GEORGE G AND PAULINA CLAIRIADGE MONROE. HE WAS A RETIRED FARMER, A RETIRED CUSTODIAN OF SULLIVAN COUNTRY CLUB AND A MEMBER OF THE OAK GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH. HE MARRIED FERN PATTERSON, AND SHE DIED IN JUNE 1939. HE MARRIED IRENE YEAKEL FEB 4 1943 IN BETHANY, AND SHE DIED JAN 5 1982. SURVIVING ARE A SON, WAYNE OF SULLIVAN, DAUGHTERS MRS. CLIFFORD (GERTRUDE) STEPHENS OF FAIRBURY, AND MARIE HARDEN OF ELDORADO, KAN, STEPSONS, ELLIOTT AND JOE YEAKEL, BOTH OF SULLIVAN, BROTHER HERSCHEL OF LA PORTE, IOWA, SISTER TELVA SMITH OF KANKAKEE, SIX GRANDCHILDREN, TEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, NINE GREAT STEPGRANDCHILDREN, AND FOUR GRET GREAT STEPGRANDCHILDREN. TWO BROTHERS, THREE SISTERS, AND ONE GRANDCHILD PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. THE FAMILY SUGGESTS MEMORIALS TO THE OAK GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH OR THE FAIRBURY HOSPITAL.

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Family

Parents

• George W Monroe 1864–1942
• Paulina America Clarage Monroe 1866–1941

Spouse

• Olive "Fern" Patterson Monroe 1891–1939 FaG

Siblings

• Claude Leslie Monroe 1890–1941
• Herschel E. Monroe 1894–1990
• Leaful Fern Monroe Baker 1898–1976
• Telva H Monroe Smith 1906–1984

Children

• Gertrude H Monroe Stephens 1911–1996 FaG

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