Russell Lee

Marie with her family. Marie Ruth (Monroe) LaFever is the daughter of Beatrice Irene (Wihn) Monroe. She loved everything around her: the people, animals, and nature itself. Her loving bond with her family was tight as she personally schooled her children at home. She was thrifty and hardworking, maintaining her home and partaking in the yearly chore of drawing firewood for the coming winter season. Her untimely death at 63 was a shock to all of her family and her loving embraces and soft touches will forever be missed!

From Beatrice (left), the matriarch, to Marie (right), her daughter, to Charlene (center), her granddaughter, to Nicole (child), her great granddaughter.

Beatrice, the sister of Ralph Wihn, is pictured with her daughter Marie opening Christmas presents. The loving bond of the Wihn family was so tight that Beatrice died 2 years after the death of her brother and Marie died 2 years after the death of her mother. Very godly and loving people who had given so much of themselves to others that they each were affectionately referred to as "Mom" by those who knew them. Their love and tenderness will forever be missed!

Ralph was the last of the Wihn family, as he had no children from his marriage. His mother died shortly after the birth of his sister when he was about 3. His sister Beatrice married Horace Monroe and had 3 children: Leroy who married Marcia, Marie who married Russell Lee LaFever, and Shirley who married James Killam and Newt Smith. Ralph was a WW2 veteran and later worked for Corning Glass Works as a forklift driver.