Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Monger, Mary Ashton (Tuttle) May 30, 2013 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com January 18, 2015, 1:17 am Ionia Sentinel-Standard - Sat. June 1, 2013 Mary Ashton Monger (nee Tuttle), 92, passed away on May 30, 2013 at Heartlands Healthcare Facility after a brief illness. She was born on Feb. 3, 1921 in Ionia to Norman A. and Janie (Ashton) Tuttle. Mary was raised on Tuttle Road and attended Badder Country School and Ionia High School from which she graduated in 1937 at age 16. On July 6, 1937 she married Roger W. Monger and they enjoyed 58 years together until his passing in April 1996. Mary worked 30 years for the State of Michigan retiring in 1982 as the Claims Supervisor at the Michigan Employment Security Commission in Ionia. She was a member of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, Women's Literary Guild, Yellow Rose Hospital Guild, and the Ionia First United Methodist Church. She loved to travel and toured much of the United States, England, Scotland, Wales, Australia, New Zeeland, Mexico, Canada and the Virgin Islands. Mary played piano, organ, violin, enjoyed oil painting and soloed out in an airplane. Mary is survived by her daughter, Rosalind (Robert) Weber; grandson, Roger (Lisa) Weber; granddaughter, Rachel (John) Jacobsen; great-grandson, Robby Weber; sisters, Elizabeth Winslow; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services for Mary A. Monger will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, June 3 at Lake Funeral Home of Ionia with Rev. Larry Brown officiating. Visitation will be Sunday, June 2 from 4-7 p.m. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens of Ionia. Memorial contributions can be made in Mary's name to the First United Methodist Church of Ionia. Online condolences may be made at www.lakefuneralhomes.com. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/m/monger29596nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb