Alfred E. “Jay” Monroe, 64, passed away on April 29, 2012 in Suffolk. Born September 4, 1947 in Waukon, IA, he was the son of the late Alfred and Eleanor Gaare Monroe. A U.S. Army veteran, he served in Viet Nam. He was an electrician and a technical operator with Lipton Tea. His hobbies included Demolition Derby, playing with his grandsons, and “old cars and women.”
He is survived by his wife, Cindy Lou Monroe; a daughter, Andrea Jean Buer and her husband, Brad; two grandsons, Tristan Jay and Gavin Delano; two sisters, Connie Cress and Joan Weldge; and a boat-load of other family and friends. He was preceded in death by his brother, Gary Monroe.
The family will be hosting friends at home on Thursday from 12 noon at 551 Lake Kilby Road, Suffolk. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association or the American Heart Association.
Condolences may be shared via the online guestbook.
Thank you, Mr. Monroe, for your service to our country.
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Jay we met through the derby in 1998 and have been friends since. You were one of my closet friends and as of recent years I considered you and Cindy family. I will miss you greatly my dear friend. Cindy,Andrea Brad and the boys I am so sorry for your loss.
Funny, friendly, caring, with a huge heart. A great one has left this world to make another place all the more cheerier. You will be missed by all who knew you.
You will be missed my Friend, You will be Missed.
Jay was a great guy, he will be missed! Always fun to be around
RIP Jay!
Cindy and family just know your loss is shared. Jay and his family and mine go back over 50 years. What words can we say at a time like this. Better to keep the memory sealed forever in our hearts.
The Great Monroe will always be in my heart, your light has always shined so bright in everything you did and people you touched with your laughter and the way you made everyone feel at home in your home., Cindy you are an exstention of Jay here with us, all that we can do is live life the wasy that jay did, HAPPY, and very much LOVED.. We will miss you greatly jay, but we will keep your light shinning for you.Jack Frost is also going to help take care of things here for you..LUV YOU LOTS Jay( THE GR8T MONROE
THE GREAT JAY MONROE,It was allways a funny and joyous occasion to work and talk with you.your humorous personality will be missed by all!! Farewell and Rest in Peace,
Thank you for being my freind,co-worker. You was one of my crazy freinds. I will miss you and i hope when it’s my time i hope to see you.
Jay you will be missed by all whose lives you touched,especially the compitition in the derbys.
Miss you buddy
Little Brother now that you are in Heaven with God and Mom, be sure and check with God, I didn’t push you out the second story window,as you were fond of saying, you jumped.Will love and miss you forever.
Thank you for your friendship and all the memories. You will be dearly missed cowboy.
We are out of town, and just got the bad news. We are so sorry about jay. He was a nice guy !!!
Well brother, ya took this ride on angels wings. You have never been a brother- in- law, always my brother. There will never be a man with a bigger heart. We have lost the Great Monroe, but you will live on in the hearts of those of us you have touched . Love and miss ya Brother.
Jay was a childhood freind and will be greatly missed. My sympathy goes out to his family.
My Prayers and Sympathy go out you Jay’s Family!
I am so glad i got to know Jay several years ago.
he had such a Great sense of humor and was there for anyone who needed him!
I will never forget how he was there for me when my Son Pased in Aug of last yr.
He will ge greatly Missed.
Saying good bye to a good friend is always hard,But this is not the end for we all will meet agin in another life you will be missed so vary much .Your ride on that bike Has only just begun .Love you friend cowboy,
Jay was so special to me…….I loved him like a brother. I am so happy he chose me to be a friend.Out first meeting is vivid in my head…….his smile and the hand stuck out to say hello.
Cindy i hope you and all are doing the best you can.if you need to talk please call 274-8786.i will try to be there after work it may be around 630-700 pm hope its not to late.take care woman.
My Uncle Jay had a big personality, big smile and big heart. I remember when he called me in the middle of the night when I lived overseas to tell me happy birthday and because of the time change his happy birthday wishes were the first I got that year. I’ll never forget that and so many of the kind and (funny!) things he did.
Much love to Cindy in this tough time.
I will always miss you. You were my best friend. Any time I needed you, you were there for me. You listened and gave me your input. We could say anything to each other. That was yesterday! i love you.
Cindy, I will always be your friend. Jay would not have wonted it any other way.
I love you.
Susan
I really loved living across the street from you and have missed the neighborhood in the years that I have lived in Norfolk. You were a great neighbor and I know you will be missed. RIP my friend.
To those of us that lived close to you, you were “family”. We were a close group that cared about each other. One of your classic tales involved you and met in a frenzy to finish a demolition car. I was inside the car and you were cutting a hole in the hood…about that time a group of Jehovah’s Witnesses
strolled up your lane. Though the hole where the windshield had been,I saw
you roll your eyes. As they tried to talk to you I pulled out my .357 and started shooting holes throurh the floorboard to mount the seat and seatbelts.
You abted like nothing was unusual but they bid us a quick farewell. ou and I laughed many times about that day.
Farewell, friend. Keep smiling.
It has been years since I last saw you. We last spoke on the phone about a car. I remember fondly living across the street from you. I learned some car stuff and got free entertainment. The derby stories were the best. Thanks Jay.
Jay, You made us all smile in some way every day. Now smile with the angles and watch over us all. RIP “The Great Monroe”
Ride on brother
My friend , you will be greatly missed…
Sometimes when just one person is missing the whole World seems depopulated. The Great (Jay) Monroe will truly be missed.You always could make us all laugh and I will forever be grateful for you imbedding that quality in all of us here at Lipton. Journey well my brother and I hope to share a place beside you in heaven one day.
Jay you was a good friend. Enjoyed coming over when I could and looking at what you had purchased.
Always cheered you on at the Derby. You left to early. RIP
RIP Jay…..it was nice knowing you and talking to you at work.
RIP.Jay,you were a graet guy and a friend, you always had a smile, you will be missed.
u were like a father to me and a grandfather to sommer..you were the greatest man on earth…you will always be in our hearts…we love and miss you..love tracy and sommertime..
Blessings to Jay and his family,from my family and friends,,,God Bless
Jay and I were friends all the way through our high school days, and shared many “adventures”. See you later Jay, in that great “six-banger” in the sky (sadly,only a few left that knows what that means) Condolences to family left behind.
As I reflect upon the 4 years that we interacted together at the Lipton Plant I am grateful we met. I wish you could have enjoyed that retirement a lot longer with your grandkids who you spoke of so much. Thank-you for all the stories, rest in peace.
Today will be very hard for me. It was only 2 years of be married even though we were together for many years before that. It should have Longer!!!!! I love and miss you so much!
uncle jay, i love you and always have and always will.. I’m so very thankful for everything that you both have done for me… you’ll always hold a big place in my heart..
Happy birthday Jay, if I were with you, I would give you a big hug. Cindy seems to be doing well. Man, I miss you. Evey-one else misses you too. Take care, we all love you.
Susan Boyd
P.S. I hope this is appropriate.
I tried to post a picture from last year’s party but it wouldn’t download. I guess I’m not so smart. I love you! I miss you so much!You were probably out dancing with your mom last night!
Well Baby, it’s the new year and Damn it I still miss you! You are suppose to be here with me to watch the boys grow up! I Love You so much!