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Ralph Elser Monroe

Posted 2018-05-24 by Judy Wight Branson
The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona
Sunday, January 14, 1962, page 24, column 4

Pioneer Cattleman Succumbs

Camp Verde - Ralph E. Monroe, Sr., a pioneer Yavapai County
cattleman is dead.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m Tuesday in the First Methodist
Church. Burial will be in the Clear Creek Cemetery,

Mr. Monroe, who died Friday at his ranch here, was born in Dry Creek
Sept. 17, 1894, the son of Elsworth W. and Nancy E. Monroe.
Elsworth Monroe established the Monroe Ranch in 1905 and Ralph
Monroe took over its operation in later years.

Mr. Monroe was an Army veteran of World War 1 and a member of the
Yavapai County Cattle Grower's Association. His wife, Maggie, a
native of Pine, died in April 1960.

Surviving are three sons, Ralph E., Jr. and Gail L., both of Camp
Verde, and Basil P. Back, South Gate, Calif.; a brother, Elmer,
Modesto, Calif.; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Friends may call at the Ruffner Funeral Home in Prescott from 6 to 9
tomorrow.

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