BERNICE MONSON

Bernice Northcott Monson, a 34 year resident of Larchmont, died at home on November 28, at age 89. Born in Richmond, Virginia, and raised in the south, Bernice had a lengthy career which included working for the Civil Aeronautics Board for five years in Washington, DC, before moving to New York City in 1945 to work for Pan American Airways.

Bernice retired as a senior financial analyst from Pan Am in 1972 after 27 years, and then on December 30, 1972, she married long time Larchmont resident and widower Roland Parkinson Monson. After his death in 1983, Bernice went back to work locally for another 18 years, retiring again just before her 84th birthday.

A world-wide traveler, skilled seamstress and quilt maker, Bernice also enjoyed being active in her church and community.

She is survived by five stepdaughters, all graduates of Mamaroneck High School, Sally (and husband Robert) Hoffmann of Bethesda, MD (MHS class of '48), Eleanor Davenport of Tallahassee, FL ('52), O. Kristin Monson of Middlefield, MA ('59), Karen (and husband Joseph) Torgesen of Tallahassee, FL ('62), Susan (and husband Berwyn) Griffiths of London, England ('65); 16 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.

A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, December 9, 2006, at 11 am at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 111 North Ave., New Rochelle. Interment will be on December 16 at 11:30 am at the Logan City Cemetery in Logan, Utah. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to your local Humane Society or to the World Humanitarian Fund of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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