LA CROSSE - Florence Fae "Flo" Monroe, 82, died Feb. 24, 2017, at Locust Grove Village in La Crosse, Kansas. She was born Dec. 7, 1934, in Little River, to Robert and Florence (Moredick) Reynolds.

Flo graduated from Sterling High School in 1953. She worked as a secretary for the Hutchinson Community College welding vo-tech department and was director of the Coronado Quivira Museum in Lyons. Flo attended the Lyons United Methodist Church.

Flo is survived by: daughters, Joyce Young (Dale) of Salina, Julie Michaelis (Chris) of Hays; sons, Steven (Gayle) of Atlanta, Georgia, Mark (Joanne) of Overland Park, Darin (Cindy) of Salina; daughter-in-law, Kay Frank of Sterling; sister, Connie Morford of Newton; twin sister, Florene Berblinger of Sterling; nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

Cremation has taken place. Memorial service will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 28, 2017, at Elliott Chapel, Hutchinson, with Pastor Micah Sanderson officiating. Private family burial will be in the Geneseo Cemetery. Friends may sign the book from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday and Monday at Elliott Mortuary. Memorials may be made to the Mid-Kansas Susan G. Komen Foundation, (komenmid.ks.org), to benefit cancer research, in care of Elliott Mortuary, 1219 N. Main, Hutchinson, KS 67501.