Oakland-Shiawassee County MI Archives Obituaries.....Monroe, John R.  November 7, 1944
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Owosso Argus Press  
JACK MONROE, 85, TAKEN BY DEATH
RETIRED HOLSTEIN BREEDER EXPIRES

John R. (Jack) Monroe, 85, retired farmer and at one time one of Shiawassee
County's best known breeders of purebred Holstein cattle, passed away at 12:30
A.M. today at the home of John Schmid of Beehler Street after an illness of
about a week.  Death was due to pneumonia and complications. 
Funeral services will be held at 2 P.M. Thursday at the Knapp and Smith Funeral
Home with the Rev. C.B. Lyons officiating.  The remains rest at the funeral home
and burial will take place in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Mr. Monroe was born in Caledonia, Canada, on March 6, 1859 a child of John and
Mary Monroe.  He attended schools in Canada and came to the United States while
still a young man.  The rest of his life was spent in Shiawassee County, part of
the time near Elsie.  For years however he lived on a farm on M-47, just north
of the Green Meadows school and there, with his partner, Earl Lewis, he
developed one of the best purebred Holstein herds in the state.  He retired
several years ago and for the past seven years had resided at the Schmid residence.

In September 1886, he was married to Miss Marian Van Wagoner and the wedding
took place in Owosso. 
Surviving are a nephew, Wallace Findley of Toronto, Canada, a sister-in-law,
Mrs. Roxie Richards of Lake Orion, Mich.: a niece, Mrs. Ed Washburn of Owosso;
and a son-in-law, Earl Lewis of Corunna, FRD. (Unidentified Owosso newspaper
clipping)

Additional Comments:
From the book "The Van Wagoner Family, A Genealogy" by Philo Van Wagoner

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