Geneve Irene Monte

Published 10:37 am Tuesday, January 18, 2011

KITTS HILL – Geneve Irene Monte, 86, of Kitts Hill, died Monday, Jan. 17, 2011, at Best Care Nursing Center in Wheelersburg. The Kitts Hill native was born Feb. 8, 1924, the daughter of the late Robert M. Lyons and Dessie Elizabeth Hackworth Lyons. She was also preceded in death by her husband, James R. Monte, who passed away July 2, 1988.

Mrs. Monte was a 1941 graduate of Pedro High School and attended Lanham Business School. She was a homemaker and a member of the Pratt and Whitney Club in Florida. She attended the Lighthouse Baptist Church in North Palm Beach, Fla., where she lived for 40 years.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Ronald Cales; five brothers, John Lyons, Homer Lyons, Irvin Lyons, Earl Lyons and Theodore Lyons; and two sisters, Thelma Russell and Mabel Ferrell.

She is survived by two nieces, Phyllis and William Keeney of Kitts Hill and Frances Baker of Proctorville; a nephew, Jim and Mary Ann Monte of Ironton; and several other nieces and nephews.

Graveside services will be noon Thursday in Woodland Cemetery with Rev. James Cremeans officiating. Friends may call Thursday from 11 a.m. until 11:45 a.m. at Phillips Funeral Home. To offer condolences to the family, please visit www.phillipsfuneralhome.net.