Cora May Monroe, <

1867 - 1951  (83 years)

• Name	Cora May Monroe  [1]
  Suffix	<
  Birth	16 May 1867	Bennington Station, Shiawassee, MI   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	5 Jan 1951	Grand Rapids, Kent, MI   [2]
  Burial	8 Jan 1951	Grand Rapids (Woodlawn Cemetery), Kent, MI   [1]
  Person ID	I13782	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	William Berdette Monroe,   b. 11 Jan 1841, Violet, Fairfield, OH d. 17 Dec 1879, Bennington, Shiawassee, MI (Age 38 years)
  Mother	Caroline Holdbrook Simons, <,   b. 1 May 1845, Onondaga Co., NY d. 13 May 1917, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	19 Mar 1866	Laingsburg, Shiawassee, MI   [3]
  Family ID	F5997	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edward James Joyce,   b. 3 Jan 1866, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI d. 3 Dec 1942, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	25 Apr 1888	Grand Rapids (St. Andrew's Cathedral), Kent, MI   [4]
  Children	1. Harold Edward Joyce, <,   b. 18 Nov 1889, MI d. 5 Apr 1920, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI (Age 30 years)   2. Madlyn Joyce, <,   b. Jan 1892, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI d. 18 Jul 1925 (Age 33 years)   3. Aileen Edith Joyce, <,   b. 14 Mar 1894, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI d. 23 Jun 1986, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI (Age 92 years)   4. Beulah Marie Joyce, <,   b. 6 Sep 1897, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI d. 4 Sep 1985, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI (Age 87 years)   5. Eleanore Lorraine Joyce, <,   b. 23 Dec 1899, Cripple Creek, Teller, CO d. 17 Jul 1996, East Lansing, Ingham, MI (Age 96 years)   6. Gaylord Theodore Joyce, <,   b. 15 Jun 1902, MI d. 10 Oct 1917, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI (Age 15 years)   7. Bernice Joyce, <,   b. 1 Jul 1905, MI d. Apr 1978, Muskegon, Muskegon, MI (Age 72 years)   8. Helen L. Joyce, <,   b. 13 May 1909, MI d. 16 Oct 1993, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F5998	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 May 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S1044] Accessed; 22 October 2011; http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I3925&tree=Schirado. [S1044] Accessed; 22 October 2011; http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I3925&tree=Schirado. Obituary: Cora M. Joyce, Choir Member, Dies; Was 83 Mrs. Cora M. Joyce died Thursday at the home her daughter, Mrs. Aileen Hills of 55 Carlton Ave., SE. She was 83, and the widow of Edward J. Joyce who died in 1942. A native of Bennington, Mrs. Joyce lived here since she was 18. She was many years a member of the choir of St. Andrew’s [R.C.] Cathedral and belonged to the Cathedral Altar Society, and the Altar Society of the St. Thomas Church, and to the Cathedral Daughters of America. Mrs. Joyce was active in charitable organizations. In addition to Mrs. Hills, she is survived byb four other daughters, Mrs. Joseph Potchen, Mrs. J. C. Zant and Mrs. Leonard F. Howe all of Grand Rapids, and Mrs. Edward T. Hannan of Muskegon Heights, 22 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Services will be Monday at 11 a. m. from St. Andrew’s Cathedral, with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. Obituary, Grand Rapids Herald, 6 Jan 1951: JOYCE — Mrs. Cora M. Joyce, aged 83, widow of Edward J. Joyce, passed away Thursday afternoon at her home, 55 Carlton Ave., SE. She is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Eileen Joyce Hills, Mrs. Leonard F. Howe, Mrs. Joseph A. Potchen, and Mrs. J. Condon Zant, all of Grand Rapids and Mrs. Edward T. Hannon of Muskegon Heights; twenty-two grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren. Funeral Mass will be Monday morning at 11 o’clock in St. Andrew’s Cathedral. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery. Mrs. Joyce reposes at her residence, where members of the Altar Society and friends will recite the Rosary Sunday evening at 8 o’clock. Arrangements by Alt. Person ID I3925  [S1044] Accessed; 22 October 2011; http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I3928&tree=Schirado. [S1044] Accessed; 22 October 2011; http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I3924&tree=Schirado.