Jed Allen Monroe

JED ALLEN MONROE WAS BORN AUGUST 23, 1950, IN GARDEN CITY, KANSAS TO DEAN AND PHYLLIS MONROE AND PASSED AWAY AUGUST 21, 2016. HE GRADUATED FROM PERRYTON HIGH SCHOOL, PERRYTON, TEXAS. HE ATTENDED OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY AND GRADUATED WITH A BSEE.

HE THEN WENT TO WORK FOR IBM WHERE HE WORKED FOR TWENTY YEARS. AFTER IBM HE WENT TO WORK FOR THE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM UNTIL HE RETIRED.

JED ENJOYED FISHING, ESPECIALLY IN COLORADO, AND CAMPING.

JED IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 33 YEARS, JANET, HIS CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN: JAY AND KENDRA MONROE, BRYAN AND BRAYDEN OF CHOCTAW, OKLAHOMA; JEFF AND KASEY MONROE, ZANE, MIA AND GAVIN OF CHOCTAW, OKLAHOMA; CHRIS AND SONYA SCHWARZ, AURORA AND AKIRA OF GOLDEN, COLORADO; AND STEPHANIE AND SEAN LINK, CONNOR AND COLIN OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS; TWO SISTERS, TANA BURTON AND SUSAN SCHULTZ, AND ONE BROTHER, TOM MONROE, ALL OF MISSOURI, ALONG WITH SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS.

JED WAS KNOWN FOR HIS SERIOUS, NO NONSENSE DEMEANOR ONLY TO SURPRISE YOU WITH HIS “LITTLE BUNNY FOO-FOO” HUMOR AT THE MOST UNEXPECTED MOMENTS.

SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 2:00 P.M., AUGUST 27, 2016, AT PROVIDENCE FUNERAL HOME, TAYLOR, TEXAS.

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