Jeanette's Newspaper Obituary

Jeanette Royle Monson, 70, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving children, ending a lifetime of devoted service to all with whom she came in contact. Mother did everything in life with the highest degree of excellence, grace and passion. Born in Moab, Utah she was the third of 4 daughters of Homer Freeman Royle and Emily Peay Royle.
She attended Forbes Elementary School, graduated from American Fork High School (1957) and Brigham Young University (1963). She loved missionary work serving in the Brazilian Mission from 1960-1962. She served faithfully in numerous church callings.
Jeanette married Alan Campbell Monson (separated) April 3, 1963 in the Logan, UT Temple. They have 5 children, 16 grandchildren and 1 grandson-in-law.
Music was an integral part of Mother’s life. Playing flute in the American Fork HS Marching Band, performing vocally, conducting numerous choirs and musical productions were among her favorite memories.
Jeanette loved this country and its history. She served in the Air Force ROTC at BYU; visited many US historical sites; visited 48 states; and loved living in New England for its rich American history.
She began her teaching career in 1963, took time off to raise her children, then returned to teaching. 2-time recipient of the Golden Apple Award; 2-time Alpine School District Teacher of the Year; taught US and World History to 5th & 6th Graders; and organized and toured Washington DC historical sites with a group of students. Mom loved each student and saw their potential. She created many lasting friendships with students and their families. During her chemotherapy, she continued teaching - one week of chemo and recovery, one week teaching - an amazing demonstration of love and devotion to her students! Cancer ultimately ended her teaching career in 2008.
Her greatest accomplishment in life is her family. She is survived by her 5 children: Grant (Robin) Monson, Sheila (Scott) Hansen, Ken (Jen) Monson, Tawni (Matt) Sumsion, Andrea (Darrin) Overson; sisters: Nadine Miller, Kathleen Rasmussen and Diane Harvey; grandchildren: Ashton (Jeff) Jensen and Kylee Monson; Jessie, Emily, Michael and Conner Hansen; Tanner, Conner and Mackenzie Monson; Taylor, Justin, Austin and Charly Sumsion; Sydney, Drew and Ethan Overson. She is preceded in death by her parents. Our Mom, Grandmother, Sister, Aunt, Teacher and Friend will be greatly missed. We appreciate the love she has given us throughout her life and we take great comfort in knowing she is enjoying a well-deserved family reunion in the eternal realms above.
The family wishes to express deep appreciation to Hospice for Utah, especially her nurse and niece, Joan Pfau, who graciously and lovingly met her needs. A special thank you to her many friends across the country for sending their expressions of love and respect for our Mother. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Feb. 13 at 12:00 pm in the American Fork East Stake Center, 825 E. 500 N, preceded by a viewing from 10 – 11:45 am. Friends and family may also call at Anderson Mortuary, 49 E 100 N, American Fork Friday evening from 6-8 pm. Interment will be in the Lehi City Cemetery. Online guestbook: andersonmortuary.com. A scholarship was established in her name. Contributions can be made to: ASDF, and sent to Alpine School District Foundation 575 N 100 E, American Fork, UT 84003. Please reference the Jeanette Royle Monson Memorial Scholarship.

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Alice Bingham Harper

We received word today of the passing of Alice Bingham Harper on May 7, 2009 at her home in  Fillmore, UT.  She had been ill with ovarian cancer for 14 months.

Some of you will remember that Alice was one of only three experienced sister missionaries in the mission when 20 plus sisters arrived from the U.S. over a period of a couple of months. Alice was the Primary coordinator at that time.  She served also in Santos, Ribeirao Preto, Belo Horizonte, Santana, Ipiranga and Tijuca. 

After returning from her mission and her marriage to Eugene Harper, Alice was a substitute teacher and enjoyed selling Avon as she and her husband raised two boys.  Alice served well in ward and stake callings in all of the church auxiliaries.  Her latter years she and Eugene served in the Manti Temple as ordinance workers.  Alice is greatly missed by her husband, two sons, their spouses and eight grandchildren. 

Jeanette Royle Monson, an update from her family.

 

Jeanette's children have a blog that may be of interest to you and where you can post your sentiments and remembrances of Jeanette.   http://www.nosnowpatrol.blogspot.com/   

See below:

Why NOSNOW?

I (Andrea) chose "nosnow patrol" as the blog name because it is our last name upside down and backwards.



This will be a place where those who love our Mom can come for updates, to leave comments, and to keep in touch.

Jeanette Royle Monson

 

Jeanette Royle Monson, Sisters Reunion, September 2009

It is with sadness that we advise you of Jeanette Royle Monson's passing early this morning, February 5, 2010.   Many of you will remember her from our mission days and many others from our Sisters Reunions over the years.  My first memory is of her beautiful voice singing at one of our missionary meetings in Brazil.  She was a terrific missionary.  I could always count on her being at the Bangerter reunions over the years and some one I could visit with.  Last Friday, Virginia Walker Hansen and I met Jeanette at the Mount Timpanogos Temple.  She took my arm in the Celestial Room as we moved to the nearest sofa to visit a while.  The three of us lunched for a couple of hours and then visited for another couple at the Bangerter's in Alpine.  She was her typical vibrant self.  We had many lembranças to share. 

Anticipating she would be leaving this life in the near future she and her children had a wonderful week in Boston and Connecticut visiting familiar places from their twenty years there.  The last item in her "bucket list" as she called it was a Disney Cruise with all her children and grandchildren.  She did it all and faired well.

Jeanette had a great battle with cancer over the past three years.  She loved teaching in the elementary grades, especially teaching U.S. History and taking many of her students to Washington, D. C.  She was awarded Teacher of the Year.  The last two years of her teaching were facilitated by wonderful students and their parents as she rotated from chemo therapy days to teaching days in typical Jeanette class and style.  Of significance these past months has been her bishop, Bishop Paulo Bangerter and the physician on call in the emergency room one night when she arrived last summer,  Dr. Neeleman--yes, Rose and Gary's son.  These men were a timely and wonderful help to her.

Jeanette was remarkable and we'll miss her. 

Her obituary will be published in the Deseret News and Provo Herald Wednesday and can be accessed at www.legacy.com.  We send this advance notice in the event you might miss it in the papers. 

Christmas Music from Brazil

Listen to Christmas music from Brazil.  An Alf Gunn reference.

The site is called ConnectBrazil.com    or

http://www.connectbrazil.com/tsob-hp.php

Click on "Brazilian Blend."
Bring up the music on your computer speakers by clicking on "Click here to listen" a couple times and enjoy.

FELIZ NATAL

Books Available from Sister Bangerter

Brazilain Mission begins with an introductory letter, dated September 15, 2009 from President and Sister Bangerter.  The spiral-bound book contains photos of the two mission homes, the arrival of the family in Brazil, the arrival of President Kimball, 1959, and the South American Mission Presidents and their wives, Chili, 1962.

Of special interest are the images of every card that has ever been on the missionary bulletin board--that's all of us--how we used to look and every companion we had.   You can order a copy from Sister Bangerter for $22, plus postage.

The Collected Works of William Grant Bangerter contains writings and talks from1960 to 2006.    It is available for  $15, soft copy or $25 for a hard bound copy.    Please add postage.

Sister Bangerter also has copies of Rose Neeleman's cook book A Taste of Brazil.  This is a wonderful cookbook of recipes as well as reminders of living in Brazil.  Tantalizing photographs of food we've loved.

Price: $15, plus postage.

Send orders to:

Wm Grant & Geri  Bangerter

542 S. Alpine Hwy 

Alpine, UT 84004

801-756-4236

Reunion 2009

Reunion 2009 is now history.

We have had some remarkable speakers over the years--Kim and Marlene Russell speaking on the Perpetual Education Fund experience, mission presidents who were our contemporaries as missionaries speaking of their recent mission experiences, Sister Julie B. Beck one of our very much younger contemporary missionary sharing Young Women and personal experiences, Elder Wm Grant Bangerter our mission president giving a history of the Church in Brazil and now Gary and Rose Neeleman speaking on their many years of experiences in Brazil dating from our years as missionaries and continuing through their seven years living in Brazil and then visiting every year since, almost 50 years.  As sisters lingered and called later the consensus was that we should have Gary and Rose return and give us more updates on Brazil.

"Brazil is something you experience and absorb--it saturates the senses in ways that can't be forgotten."  A Taste of Brazil, Gary and Rose Neeleman, p. 17.

Rose's words from the first pages of their cookbook, A Taste of Brazil  typify the Neeleman's love for Brazil.  She and Gary renewed many of our memories as they spoke of the rich experiences with Brazil.  Nineteen of their family members hold dual citizenship.  They have hosted 76 Brazilian exchange students in their home. 

Gary's professional career in the news media in Brazil and later more broadly, Latin America and the Caribbean, has given them a view of Brazil that few returned missionaries have.

Currently he serves in the voluntary position of Honorary Brazilian Consul for the state of Utah.  The consul provides Utah locations for Brazilians to renew their visas saving them a trip to Los Angeles.  When Carol Wheeler Brumfield asked him what he did for leisure we were treated to an outline of his new book he is writing, River of Doubt. 

In case you are interested in their son, David's, new airline adventure you can read about it in the August 27th edition of the Economist.
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14302634


Sister Geri Bangerter shared with us the first copy of her history of their/our mission years and brought us up to date with each of the Bangerter children.  Their posterity of grandchildren (65) and great grandchildren (63) is almost even.  They have six missionaries currently serving including three in Germany and one in Brazil.  More than half of their family missionaries have served in Brazil.  Of particular interest was this photo of the first Relief Society Presidency in Brazil.  June 1963.
Left to right:  Antonetta Lombardi, Geraldine Bangerter, Julietta Ardito, Gerta M. Kerns.

A few of the candid photos from the reunion. 
We didn't have time for a group photo this year before some had to leave for the BYU/Florida State game.

Colleen Sorenson Chipman, daughter of President and Sister Sorenson who preceded the Bangerters and then returned to preside over the Brazil South Mission; Lola Gygi Timmins, Sister Geri Bangerter.

Karla Allred Christensen, Arlene Albach Tolson.

 

Maureen Daines Hodgen and her mother Sarah Daines.  Sister Daines joins us each year.  At age 98 she is an inspiration.

Verna Sorenson Benson

 Jeanette Royle Monson.

Sue Isenhour Van Wagoner and her son, Dee.

Jackie Gatenby Thomas, Adele Smith and Carol Wheeler Brumfield.

Thelma Black Soares, LeeAnn Bangerter Lorenzon and Glenda Bangerter Apple.

Phyllis Merrill Miller and LeeAnn Bangerter Lorenzon

Our 2010 reunion will be held Saturday, September 18th.

(Our reunions are held the Saturday prior to the General Relief Society Meeting.)

Photos from past reunions.

 2005

 

Speakers, Samuel Morrison and his wife, Marilyn, former mission president in Brazil.  

Back: Lola Gygi Timmins, Geraldine Burningham Olsen, Phyllis Merrell Miller, Maureen Daines Hodgen, Mary Etta Watson Parkinson, Sam Morrison.

Front:  Adelaide Gonzales Andra, Cleonice Carvalho Hermansen, Arlene Albach Tolson, Thelma Black Soares, Beverly Sanders, Marilyn Morrison.

 2006

 

Speaker, Julie Bangerter Beck, then General Young Women Counselor.

1st row:  Karla Allred Christensen, Arlene Albach Tolson, Norma Mills Shiner

2nd row:  Mary Etta Watson Parkinson, Julie Bangerter Beck, Geraldine Hamblin Bangerter, Verna Sorenson Benson, Jeanette Royle Monson, Sarah Daines, Maureen Daines Hodgen

3rd row:  Phyllis Merrell Miller, LeeAnn Bangerter Lorenzon, Carol Wheeler Brumfield, Audrey Olpin Haight, Lola Gygi Timmins, Joy Bodily Gossett, Jackie Gatenby Thomas, Bonnie Bondurant Larsen, Rose Neeleman

 2007

 

Speakers, Elder Wm Grant Bangerter and Sister Geri Bangerter.

1st row:  Carol Wheeler Brumfield, Joy Bodily Gossett, Geraldine Hamblin Bangerter, Elder Wm. Grant Bangerter, Lola Gygi Timmins, Jeanette Royle Monson, Alan Monson.

2nd row:  Barbara Crowley, Gary & Rose Neeleman, Arlene Alback Tolsen, Adelaide Gonzalez Andra, Velda Wemack Sharp, Mary Etta Watson Parkinson

3rd row:  Marilyn Stanley Humphreys, Phyllis Merrell Miller, Adele Smith, Glenda Bangerter Apple, Norma Mills Shiner, Audrey Olpin Haight, Lee Ann Bangerter Lorenson, Geraldine Burningham Olsen, Maureen Daines Hodgen, Elinor Moss South, Diane Kowallis Fifield.

We hope to see you next year.

If you were a sister missionary in Brazil prior to 1965 and would like to be added to our mailing list please contact:

Mary Etta Parkinson

mewparkinson@comcast.net

801.566.7563