Dec 29, 1920
One Family's Grief: Three deaths among the children withn four days is the record of grief in the home of John Monroe, near Geneseo, as reported by O.H. Six, the Lyons undertaker. Wednesday, a seven-year-old daughter died of a combination of mumps and tonsilitis; Friday, a three-year-old son died; Saturday, a six-year-old daughter died, all of the same disease. On Friday night a baby was born to the mother.
Chanute Daily Tribune
Jan 1, 1921
Sad Holiday Season
Kansas Family Lost Three Children Within One Week
Geneseo, Kas., Jan. 1. - The little Christmas presents that had be gathered into the gome of John Monroe, a farmer near her(sic), remain only memories of the sadness which the holiday season brought to the family in the death of three children within a week. In the same week, Mrs. Monroe gave birth to a child, which is doing well.
The first child to die was Thelma (sic) Opal, aged 7. Two days later Gilbert, aged 2½ succumbed, and the following day Ida (sic) May, aged 6, passed away. The children died of a complication of mumps and tonsilitis.
Dec 29, 1920
One Family's Grief: Three deaths among the children withn four days is the record of grief in the home of John Monroe, near Geneseo, as reported by O.H. Six, the Lyons undertaker. Wednesday, a seven-year-old daughter died of a combination of mumps and tonsilitis; Friday, a three-year-old son died; Saturday, a six-year-old daughter died, all of the same disease. On Friday night a baby was born to the mother.
Chanute Daily Tribune
Jan 1, 1921
Sad Holiday Season
Kansas Family Lost Three Children Within One Week
Geneseo, Kas., Jan. 1. - The little Christmas presents that had be gathered into the gome of John Monroe, a farmer near her(sic), remain only memories of the sadness which the holiday season brought to the family in the death of three children within a week. In the same week, Mrs. Monroe gave birth to a child, which is doing well.
The first child to die was Thelma (sic) Opal, aged 7. Two days later Gilbert, aged 2½ succumbed, and the following day Ida (sic) May, aged 6, passed away. The children died of a complication of mumps and tonsilitis.
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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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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Bruce C Monroe
1929–2017
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Orville Lewis Monroe
1934–2022
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Francis L Monroe
1935–2016
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