WEST FRANKFORT -- Rena Monaghan, 97, died at 1:25 a.m. Friday, March 28, 2014, in Stonebridge Senior Living Center in Benton. She was born June 8, 1916, in Thurber, Texas, to Umberto and Lucrezia (Galli) Bonacorsi. She married Charles Monaghan Jr. on Aug. 31, 1940, in Paducah. He preceded her in death March 7, 1972. Rena worked for many years as a clerk, first at Sears and then at Ben Franklin, retiring when the store moved to Marion. She was a member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in West Frankfort. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles; parents; sisters, Cecilia Tresso and Gina Colussi and brother, Armando Bonacorsi. Survivors include two daughters, Patricia (Danny) Wilson and Nancy (Noel) Summers; grandchildren, Danny L. Wilson, Charles (Deborah) Wilson, Stacy (Stacey) Grimes, Hayley (Tracey) Grimes, Libby (Jacob) Garza; great- grandchildren, Brittany Scales, Bailee Wilson, Sophie Wilson, Kiersten and Lily Grimes, Gabriella Garza, and Kennedy and baby Walker Grimes who is due to arrive any day; and many nieces and nephews. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 1, in St. Mark's Episcopal Church in West Frankfort, with the Revs. Sherry Black and Charles Wilson officiating. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Union Funeral Home. Interment will be in Tower Heights Cemetery. Memorials may be made in Rena's name to VNA-Tip Hospice, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or St. Mark's Episcopal Church. Envelopes will be available and accepted at the funeral home. Online condolences of sympathy may be made at www.unionfh.com. Published in The Southern Illinoisan on Mar. 30, 2014 - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thesouthern/obituary.aspx?n=rena-monaghan&pid=170423206#sthash.KoB6I2m7.dpuf