This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MONROE, FERGUSON, ZANE Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/nZB.2ACE/349 Message Board Post: The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., November 11, 1926, page 1 MRS. NANCY MONROE, A PIONEER, PASSES Funeral services for Mrs. Nancy A. Monroe, pioneer woman, who, had she lived until next Wednesday, would have been 90 years old, were held at 2 o’clock Tuesday at the Anderson chapel. Rev. Frank Spaulding, retired Methodist minister, officiated. Mrs. Monroe was a native of Pennsylvania. She came to Hood River in 1878 and had made her home here since. Mrs. Monroe is survived by her son, J.H. Ferguson, pioneer retired business man of this city, and a daughter, Mrs. Mattie K. Zane, of Portland. Interment at Idlewilde cemetery followed the funeral service. At the age of 19 Mrs. Monroe was married to Wm. Ferguson, continuing to reside in Pennsylvania until the death of her husband in 1868. Following the death of Mr. Ferguson she moved to Carroll, Ia., where she engaged in the dressmaking and millinery business with a sister. While residing in Iowa she was married to John Monroe, who was then engaged in the lumber business. Mr. Monroe disposed of his lumber interests and they moved to California. In 1878 they moved to Hood River, finally settling on a farm three miles south of Hood River. Disposing of the farm about 30 years ago, she moved to town where she has resided every since. This was posted for reference only. I am not related to, nor am I researching this family. If you have additional information about the person or event listed above, please post it as reply to this message.