Margaret Martha Monroe, age 93, of Sigourney, passed away Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at the Sigourney Care Center.

A celebration of life service will be held Saturday, May 23, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at the Jones & Eden Funeral Home in Washington, Iowa with Pastors Joel and Gail Aurand officiating. Family will receive friends from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at Jones & Eden Funeral Home Saturday morning. Interment will be held at Oregon Township Cemetery in Ainsworth. Memorials have been established for the Sigourney Care Center and for Hospice Compassus. Online condolences may be sent for Margaret's family through the web at www.jonesfh.com

Margaret Martha Monroe was born July 9, 1921 in Louisa County, Iowa, the daughter of Glen Arthur and Martha Lorena (Salladay) Green. She was united in marriage to William "Hap" Paul Monroe on December 10, 1941 in Kahoka, Missouri.

Margaret graduated from Washington High School in 1938. She was a school secretary at Vinton Community School until 1972. She was a co-owner of H & M Farm & Home Supply Company in Sigourney from 1972 until 1991, and actively worked at the business until her retirement in 1983. Margaret was a faithful parishioner at First Christian Church. She was a member of PEO Chapter J, T.T.T Chapter DL and the American Cancer Society. She was a hospice volunteer and board member and received the State Hospice Volunteer of the Year award in 1990.

She is survived by her son, Bill Monroe and wife Chris of Ankeny, Iowa; son, Thomas Monroe and wife Loree of Sigourney, Iowa; son, Dennis Monroe and wife Cheryl of Sigourney, Iowa; son, Mike Monroe of Atlanta, Georgia; 8 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Margaret was preceded in death by her parents, her husband in 2010, brothers: William, Robert, George, John, and James "Reed" Green, and sisters, Arliss Green and Marilyn (Green) Dunwoody.