Jesse Horace Monson

1915 - 2003  (88 years)

• Name	Jesse Horace Monson  [1]
  Birth	28 Aug 1915	Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Oct 2003	Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah   [1, 2, 3]
  Burial	Pleasant Grove City Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah   [1, 4, 5]
  Person ID	I78987	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	23 Aug 2019

  
  

  Father	Horace Edward Monson,   b. 12 Dec 1888, Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah d. 16 Jun 1968, Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Mary Bernice Smith,   b. 13 Nov 1891, Manassa, Conejos, Colorado d. 11 May 1979, Rupert, Minidoka, Idaho (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	24 Jun 1914	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah   [1, 6]
  Family ID	F36381	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	June Cranney,   b. 14 Jun 1919, Ogden, Weber, Utah d. 25 Jul 2014, Utah (Age 95 years)
  Marriage	18 Sep 1940	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah   [1, 3]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living   5. Living   6. Living
  Family ID	F36581	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Aug 2019

  
  

• Notes

  The Salt Lake Tribune October 8, 2003 Jesse Horace Monson, 88, Pleasant Grove, passed away Saturday, October 4, 2003. He was born Aug 28, 1915 in Pleasant Grove, UT to Horace E. and Mary Bernice Smith Monson. Jess grew up in Pleasant Grove and attended school there, graduating from Pleasant Grove High School in 1933. He graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in mathematics and chemistry in 1937. Jess served an honorable mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Swiss/Austria Mission during which he was the mission secretary for 18 months. He was one the last five missionaries to leave Europe at the beginning of World War II. He married June Cranney, a sister of his favorite missionary companion (Dr. W. Doyle Cranney), in the Salt Lake Temple on Sept 18, 1940. They were married for 63 years. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II as a meteorologist and achieved the rank of 1st Lieutenant before his discharge. He was an active member of the LDS Church and served in many different capacities throughout the years. He founded the Monson Insurance Agency in 1946, and was active in that business until he was 84 years of age. In addition to his professional life, he was dedicated to community service and was active in the Pleasant Grove Lions Club for 45 years. He is survived by his wife, June, Pleasant Grove; children, Thomas J. (Mary) Monson, Martha (Robert) Craghead, Rebecca Palmer, Jolene (Howard) Bezzant, all of Pleasant Grove, Mary (Dean) Evans, Smithfield, UT, Judy (Ed) Turpin, Oregon City, OR; 33 grandchildren; 52 great-grandchildren; five great great-grandchildren; brother, David E. (Lynda) Monson; and sisters, Winona Kirk Jacob, both of Pleasant Grove, Bernice (Phil) Hoggard, Renton, WA. He was preceded in death by son-in-law, Michael Palmer; granddaughter, Elena Palmer; brother, Bardell

  
  

• Sources

  [S22707] Descendants of Joseph Hascall and Catherine Green, (provided by Richard K. Hascall to the Haskell Family Association). [S53585] SSDI: Social Security Death Index. [S40880] Obituary, The Salt Lake Tribune, Jesse Horace Monson, (October 8, 2003). [S27806] LDS - Family Search Pedigree Resource File, (Family History Center Files, Church of Latter Day Saints). [S10522] Cemetery index, Pleasant Grove City Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah. [S27805] LDS - Ancestral File, (Family History Center Files, Church of Latter Day Saints).