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- David Monroe, Lawyer Dies
Attorney David R. Monroe, 50, husband of Mrs. Mary Kirschner Monroe, 130 Sharon drive, died Thursday at 4:55 a.m. at Lebanon Veterans hospital after a lengthy illness.
Mr. Monroe was a partner in the law firm of Laucks & Monroe and served as special deputy attorney general of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in York County.
He held membership in the American, Pennsylvania and York County Bar Associations and served as chairman of the continuing Legal Education Committee of the York County Bar.
As an active member of the First Presbyterian Church he served as an elder and past president of the Board of Trustees, as well as a teacher of the Henry C. Niles Mens' Bible Class.
He served in World War II and was discharged as an Army Captain serving overseas in the Pacific Theater in the invasion of the Palau, Okinawa, and in the occupation of Korea.
As a member of the York Chamber of Commerce, he was serving as chairman of the Committee on Business Ethics. He was also a member of the York Lions' Club and past president of the Grantley Lions' Club. He held membership in York Lodge 266 F&AM; Zembo Temple and York County Shrine Club and Lafayette Club.
He was graduated from York High School, Oberlin College and Dickinson Law School in 1953.
He was the son of R. Rankin Monroe, Columbia, and the late Grace Johnston Monroe.
Surviving besides his wife are two daughters, Karen E. Monroe and Suzanne M. Monroe, 130 Sharon Drive.
Rev. Dr. Richard J. Oman, his pastor, will officiate at funeral services Tuesday at 11 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church, Market and Queen Streets. Burial will be in Greenmount Cemetery.
York Daily Record. York, Pennsylvania. Friday. 28 May 1971.
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